Crossroads: Extraordinary Recipes from the Restaurant That Is Reinventing Vegan Cuisine


Vegan recipes from restaurateur Tal Ronnen that everyone can enjoy.

 

Crossroads

 

Vegan recipes from restaurateur Tal Ronnen that everyone can enjoy.


Crossroads: Extraordinary Recipes from the Restaurant That Is Reinventing Vegan Cuisine
by Tal Ronnen (Artisan, $23.37). This is sexy vegan food from a practicing vegan chef presented in a modern style. Apart from a few recipes with fava beans, lentils and hummus, however, the book contains few plant-based protein sources and, as a result, reads like a collection of side dishes rather than substantial meals. While the names of many recipes from “béarnaise,”and “hearts of palm calamari,” to “vegetable bouillabaisse rouille” reference meat-based dishes to give hesitant readers a sense of the familiar, Ronnen misses the opportunity to create a truly innovative vegan culinary lexicon. Still, regardless of diet, everyone will get ideas from this book.

This original article initially appeared in the Winter 2015/16 issue of City Style and Living Magazine.