Making the Table: Vegetarian Recipes to Nourish Community

by Noah Rubin-Blose

Overview

Making the Table is a celebration of vegetarian cooking as a practice of love and collective liberation. Going back and forth between the kitchen and mobilizations in the streets across North Carolina, Noah Rubin-Blose noticed that cooking is full of lessons for how we create a more just world. Food offers a gathering place for people and a reminder that we need each other. Food is art that is made to be impermanent, and cooking can build our capacity for change. Food carries stories, and when we cook and share dishes that are meaningful to us, we honor where we come from and share those stories with each other.

The more than 100 delicious recipes here encourage you to cook with the cycles of the seasons, honor the ancestors who make our food possible, and share comfort food with community. Drawing on Noah's experience as a caterer rooted in Ashkenazi Jewish, Italian, Southern, and queer food traditions, recipes include main dishes, salads, soups, sauces, savory baked goods, desserts, and beverages. Many of these dishes are vegan, and many are nut- and gluten-free. Recipes are interspersed with tips for successful vegan cooking and stories about what cooking can teach us about building community, growing as people, and bringing forth a liberated future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780578831619
Publisher:	Noah Rubin-Blose
Publication date:	05/06/2021
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

Noah Rubin-Blose has been cooking in community for over fifteen years as a chef, baker, community organizer, and Jewish spiritual leader. As a co-founder of Bread Uprising Bakery and chef-owner of Stone Soup Catering, he has cooked for thousands of organizers, documentary students, spiritual seekers, and other humans in need of food. He is currently studying to become a rabbi.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

1: MAIN DISHES

Ancestors in the Kitchen: Parsley Makes Food Sweet

Grandma's Lasagna: Traditional

Grandma's Lasagna: Vegan

Vegan Meatballs

Vegan Antipasto

Almond-Crusted Tofu Cutlets

Honey Tempeh with Peaches

Jerk-Seasoned Tempeh

BBQ Tofu

Vegan Crab Cakes

Thai Red Curry

Peanut Noodles with Tempeh and Veggies

Awesome Vegetarian Chili

White Beans with Roasted Tomatoes

Mock Chicken "Carnitas" with Roasted Onions and Peppers

Potato Enchiladas

Black Beans with Cumin and Poblanos

Rice with Tomato and Onion

Cilantro Rice

Mac and Cheese

Vegan Mac and Cheese

Mesir Wat

Doro Wat

Rosemary Balsamic Tempeh Salad

Roasted Beet and Lentil Salad

Chickpea and Fava Bean Salad

Lentil and Corn Salad

Summer Quinoa Salad

Quick Pickled Onions or Carrots

Lima Beans with Carrots and Dill

Pasta Salad with Capers

Scrambled Tofu

Tempeh "Bacon"

Quiche

Spinach Ricotta Pie

Hummus

2: SALADS & VEGGIE SIDES

Work with Dignity: Caring for Our Bodies

Quick-Sautéed Collard Greens

Slow-Cooked Collard Greens

Baked Zucchini with Pesto

How to Roast Veggies

Okra and Tomatoes

Roasted Potatoes

Spiced Sweet Potatoes

Coconut Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Herbed Potato Salad

Green Bean and Fennel Salad with Balsamic Vinegar

Lemony Green Beans with Fresh Herbs

Roasted Seasonal Veggie Salad

Caprese Salad

Spicy Tomato Salad

Summer Cucumber Salad with Dill

Cucumber Salad with Sesame and Fresh Ginger

Red Cabbage and Carrot Slaw

Kale Salad

3: SOUPS

Queer Possibility: Chosen Family Recipes

Carrot Soup

Vegan Cream of Broccoli Soup

Roasted Tomato Soup

Smoky Corn Chowder

Versatile Fall Veggie Soup

Tuscan Bean Stew

Lentil Soup with Ginger and Fennel

Vegan Chicken Soup

Matzo Balls Three Ways

4: SALAD DRESSINGS, SAUCES, AND SALSAS

Comfort Food: Reflections on Cooking for Student Action with Farmworkers

Enchilada Sauce

Peanut Sauce

Tomato Sauce

Vegan Pesto

Balsamic Reduction

Lemon Tahini Dressing

Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette

Cilantro Lime Dressing

Avocado Sauce

Avocado Green Tomato Salsa

Peach Tomato Salsa

Herb Butter

5: SAVORY BAKING ADVENTURES

Sharing the Sacred: Bread from the Earth

Challah Two Ways

Gluten-Free Shabbat Bread

Tips for Bread Baking

Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread and Dinner Rolls

White Sandwich Bread and Dinner Rolls

Dinner Roll Flowers

Pancakes

Cinnamon Rolls

Bread Uprising Granola

Vegan Biscuits

Vegan Pie Crust

Pizza Crust

Vegan Pizza

Gluten-Free Pizza Crust

Tamari-Roasted Almonds

6: DESSERTS

Practicing Freedom: The Kitchen as Liberation Lab

Brownies

Vegan Brownies

Butterscotch Brownies

Pecan Sandies

Peanut Butter Cookies

Almond Horns

Hamantaschen with Poppy Seed and Prune Fillings

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Chocolate Cake with Strawberry Frosting

Gluten-Free Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting

Tips for Gluten-Free and Vegan Baking

Vegan Tres Leches Cake

Sweetened Condensed Nut Milk

Fresh Fruit Cheesecake

Carrot Cake with Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting

Pumpkin Pie

Strawberry Shortcake

Avocado Chocolate Mousse

Apple Crisp

7: BEVERAGES

Land, Cycles, and Seasons: The Herb Garden

Cucumber Water with Lime and Mint

Agua de Jamaica

Herbal Teas

Lemonade with Fresh Herbs

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