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Ellen DeGeneres' personal chef, Roberto Martin, shares over 125 delicious vegan recipes he's created for Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi that he hopes will make healthy vegan cooking accessible and easy for everyone. Portia de Rossi explains in her foreword, "Roberto taught me that the key to making good food vegan is substitution...you can enjoy all your favorite foods and never feel deprived."
Some of the standouts Martin, a Culinary Institute of America-trained chef, has developed for Ellen and Portia include: Banana and Oatmeal Pancakes, Avocado Reuben, Red Beans and Rice, "Chick'n" Pot Pie, and Chocolate Cheesecake. Featuring mouthwatering photographs by award-winning food photographer, Quentin Bacon, this cookbook will appeal to die-hard carnivores and vegetarians alike.
Meat-craving vegans, despair no more. In his Vegan Cooking for Carnivores, celebrity chef Roberto Martin shares more than 125 healthy recipes that he has created for clients Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi. These imaginative offerings include Avocado Reuben, Red Beans and Rice, Chocolate Cheesecake, Banana and Oatmeal Pancakes, and "Chickn'n" Pot Pie. A gift idea for vegans and would-be-vegans.
— Edward Ash-Milby
Roberto Martin grew up in a Mexican-American family of 15. While in college he worked in a restaurant, fell in love with cooking and attended the Culinary Institute of America. He became a personal chef to celebrities, and has focussed on nutrition and health. Now he cooks exclusively vegan meals for Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi. He appears frequently on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and on the show's website.
Anonymous
Posted May 17, 2012
I am soooooo glad I looked at this in the library before I spent any money on it. The recipes are all old and are found in many other vegan cookbooks. The author uses packaged supermarket faux meats to make a number of dishes. It's easy enough for a non-chef to buy a package of grain "chicken" and add a sauce. I expect some originality in a cookbook.
6 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Posted May 3, 2012
The inviting, easy to follow photos and little stories in this cookbook really draw you in and almost make you feel like you are reading a little biography, not just a cookbook. Most of the recipes are very approachable and take some of the fear out of trying something new. I felt like I was right in a warm friendly, delicious smelling kitchen with Roberto.
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Posted July 20, 2012
This is a wonderful jumping off point for someone looking to start cooking/eating vegan or vegetarian food. I'm using this book every week for "Meatless Mondays". My favorite recipes so far are the red beans and rice, and the veg sandwich. Make sure you read through the cooking intro, it gives you very good information that you don't find in other cookbooks, and at the end it gives you recipes on condiments and other little things (like making a milk substitute for vegans).
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Posted May 13, 2012
This cookbook makes vegan cooking SIMPLE. I hate following recipes and quite frankly I suck at it. This book uses practical ingredients that you can find in any grocery store and techniques that are as simple as making a box of kraft mac n cheese. As if that isn't great enough, the food tastes phenomenal! Great taste, simple recipes...what more could you ask for?
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Posted May 3, 2012
I'm just learning about Vegan cooking (and how to make it NOT taste like stereotypical tofu stuff) and this book ROCKS! I can't wait to make more of the recipes. Total success!
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Overview
Ellen DeGeneres' personal chef, Roberto Martin, shares over 125 delicious vegan recipes he's created for Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi that he hopes will make healthy vegan cooking accessible and easy for everyone. Portia de Rossi explains in her foreword, "Roberto taught me that the key to making good food vegan is substitution...you can enjoy all your favorite foods and never feel deprived."
Some of the standouts Martin, a Culinary Institute of America-trained chef, has ...