Plant-Based Gourmet: Vegan Cuisine for the Home Chef

A stunning guide brimming with 150 recipes to make high-end plant-based cuisine at home.

Plant-based meals can be a cornucopia of colors, shapes, textures, and mouthwatering flavors--a source of boundless opportunities for creativity in the kitchen. In Plant-Based Gourmet, 150 original recipes for vegans and the veg-curious will delight nutrition-minded home chefs and foodies alike. Featured inside are dinners and brunches, hors d'oeuvres, sides, drinks, and desserts--items like vegan sushi, charcuteries, roasts, and confits, vegan cheeses and mayos, sous vide truffles, a triple-layer cheesecake, and cr mes br l es.

Also included is guidance for stocking up, allergy substitutions so everyone can enjoy, easy-to-follow instructions for advanced techniques like sous vides and foams, and plating and styling tips, so you can make Instagram-worthy dishes that will have your friends asking what restaurant you dined at. This delicious and richly illustrated volume was created by plant-based gourmet chef Suzannah Gerber, "Chef Suzi," and features spectacular photographs by food photographer Tina Picz-Devoe and a foreword by Afton Cyrus of America's Test Kitchen.

Suzannah Gerber,"Chef Suzi," is a chef specializing in plant-based cuisine and superfood medicine who has traveled the world studying flavor and the relationship between food and health. She is the former executive chef and general director of Prestige Hospitality Group's plant-based concepts, the largest food concept of its kind in New England, her food has been sold in Whole Foods Market, and she is a regular contributor to VegNews, as well as a range of other media, including Shape, Livestrong, and Eat This, Not That! Chef Suzi studied behavioral science with a special interest in medical applications of lifestyle intervention and has presented at symposia held by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, and New York University. At home she grows edible and medicinal plants for herself. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

Tina Picz-Devoe has been a food photographer and stylist since 2014, and has worked with more than 240 restaurants on images of food and other products. Her work has been published in magazines and used for billboards, menus, ads, banners, and a wealth of social media campaigns. Today she also works as a lifestyle photographer and freelance writer. Tina lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.