Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remixed

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African, Caribbean, and southern food are all known and loved as vibrant and flavor-packed cuisines. In Afro-Vegan, renowned chef and food justice activist Bryant Terry reworks and remixes the favorite staples, ingredients, and classic dishes of the African Diaspora to present wholly new, creative culinary combinations that will amaze vegans, vegetarians, and omnivores alike.

More than anything, perhaps, Bryant Terry is about connections. The year-old cookbook author and activist wants people to understand the relationships between cooking and health, between growing and eating, even between the culinary arts and the musical, literary and visual ones. I can attest to their effectiveness: For full article, see http: I cannot wait to get my hands on my copy. I have an arsenal of nearly 40 cookbooks. This should make a nice, colorful addition. Bryant Terry is one of my favorite cookbook chefs.

I am not a vegan but do like to eat lots of fresh vegetable dishes and this offers some new ideas particularly for some classics I grew up with like black eyed peas and greens. It's fairly easy to adapt many of the recipes to your own liking.

The seasoning blends appealed to me. My basil is almost ready to harvest and make into Basil Salt. A nice plus is each recipe has a music suggestion and sometimes a book or movie suggestion I would highly recommend this. A nice plus is each recipe has a music suggestion and sometimes a book or movie suggestion as well. I'm familiar with some,some others I have checked out on line and put together a nice new music playlist. View all 3 comments. May 25, Kathleen rated it it was amazing Shelves: Bryant Terry's books demonstrate that a life of pleasure can be entirely consistent with living a life committed to social justice.

Terry's recipes are fantastic. He makes delicious food. But what I love even more than his great culinary gift is his commitment to grounding and orienting his food in the rich traditions of the African Diaspora. Terry is working for food justice within a community that is underserved in terms of access to healthy foods and medical care. He presents his food as a me Bryant Terry's books demonstrate that a life of pleasure can be entirely consistent with living a life committed to social justice. He presents his food as a means of community self-empowerment and a celebration of the arts and culture of the Black diaspora.

I love this book. And I am grateful that there's a Bryant Terry out there in the world. Dec 23, Roberta Tabanelli rated it really liked it. Great descriptions of food and traditions, with soundtrack, and occasionally a film or a book, to accompany each recipe. So, it's also a great read besides being a cookbook. So far, I've tried about 4 recipes, they turned out very good, they offer an interesting fusion of various traditions.

They can be quite labor-intensive and time consuming, and likely need to go grocery shopping for specific ingredients, but if you decide to make a date out of the shopping, preparation, cooking, and eating, Great descriptions of food and traditions, with soundtrack, and occasionally a film or a book, to accompany each recipe. They can be quite labor-intensive and time consuming, and likely need to go grocery shopping for specific ingredients, but if you decide to make a date out of the shopping, preparation, cooking, and eating, you'll have lot of fun like I did!

Jan 07, Sabrina rated it it was amazing Shelves: This is a beautiful cookbook, inside and out! Great recipes and photos and each recipe has a song listed at the top, creating a "book soundtrack," which I love.

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There's a playlist for it on YouTube and it was awesome to hear while cooking. Some of the recipes even list book recommendations about various topics. Another thing I appreciated about the book were the recipes for homemade spice blends. What more could you ask for in one place? Yummy vegan recipes, reading ideas, cool music, beautiful This is a beautiful cookbook, inside and out!

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Yummy vegan recipes, reading ideas, cool music, beautiful photos, cultural and historical lessons. May 01, Rainey rated it it was amazing Shelves: Terry's Afro-Vegan provides so much more than just recipes- it is the full experience of food. Starting with the base components of African and Caribbean fused seasonings and following through courses and beverages, Afro-Vegan shows plating, provides a meal soundtrack, and touts local ingredients. If I were half so passionate about cooking as Bryant Terry, I would surely make all of these meals.

Oct 28, James rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Some interesting recipes from the Afro-Diaspora. No nutrition information and old school measurements are used. Some recipes look heavy on salt and oil, but nowhere near as crazy as Anglo-southern cooking. This is a fusion cookbook, so don't expect to create a country specific menu.

Lots of spice mixes and condiment recipes included along with mains, sides and drinks. I will have to try a few recipes before I can rate it. I have tried a couple of recipes now, tasty! Feb 28, Paroma rated it really liked it. I have a bad habit of acquiring cookbooks and not using them for months, but I bought this beauty at the perfect time- made 4 recipes in a week!

This is a rare cookbook where I use the recommended spice quantities and it's sufficiently flavorful- and the first vegan cookbook I've used that resembles how I like to eat. Be warned, this is not for the beginner cook and the recipes are time consuming. With experience you can come up your own shortcuts. Jul 30, Autumn rated it liked it Shelves: Another thoughtful winner from Bryant Terry. He cooks about 3 clicks up from me, so I don't actually make a lot of his recipes, but I appreciate what he's going for.

Also, saving your corncobs and making broth from them is a good idea and it worked. Dec 15, Bridget Johannes rated it it was ok.

A lot of the recipes looked delicious, but I was turned off by the amount of prep too much time for a busy person and the huge list of ingredients I'm not made of money. Jan 22, Aspasia rated it really liked it Shelves: I read an article online recently that mentioned this book. First, I was intrigued by the title: Second, when I read multiple reader reviews on Goodreads, my mouth kept watering from all the delicious-sounding recipe titles that the reviewers were referencing.

So with a growling belly I requested this book through my library. The cookbook is full of beautiful, closeup, full-color photos of these beautiful and intriguing recipes. Not only does Bryant Terr I read an article online recently that mentioned this book. Not only does Bryant Terry want to encourage healthy eating through the vegan lifestyle, he also wants African Americans to embrace the culinary legacies and traditions of their ancestors.

He believes that eating a plant-based diet of African heritage food will not only restore the physical health of many African Americans but their emotional and spiritual health as well. A unique aspect of this cookbook is that each recipe has a recommended song and sometimes a recommended book! So you can fill your belly, add to your musical playlist, and expand your literary horizons, all at the same time! You can read more of my reviews at: May 23, Berkeley High School Library rated it it was amazing. Soul food is often stereotyped as being as unhealthy as it is delicious.

This cookbook boasts huge flavor alongside a variety of nutritious, no-meat treats. You can find sauces, salsas, and stews, sweet and savory snacks, and beautiful images accompanying each of the sections.

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A whole chap Soul food is often stereotyped as being as unhealthy as it is delicious. A whole chapter is devoted to okra, black-eyed peas and watermelon — scrumptious!

Though many of the offerings are a bit more complicated than I can usually manage in the kitchen I mean I have a 9 month-old LOL! Jun 27, Blair rated it liked it. Nothing mind-blowingly interesting, though I like the idea of using corn cobs to make a broth. I like that each dish had information about its inspiration, which helped me learn a little bit about African and Caribbean cuisine. But I found myself unwilling to make a lot of the recipes because a lot of them called for a not so healthy amount of oil, and all of the greens recipes called for first boiling the greens and then transferring them to another pan to cook, a method which seems to needless Nothing mind-blowingly interesting, though I like the idea of using corn cobs to make a broth.

But I found myself unwilling to make a lot of the recipes because a lot of them called for a not so healthy amount of oil, and all of the greens recipes called for first boiling the greens and then transferring them to another pan to cook, a method which seems to needlessly increase the amount of pots you have to use and also take leech out vitamins into the water. It's probably to cut down on the bitterness, but, you know, isn't that the point of eating greens anyways?

Jul 22, Little rated it liked it Shelves: Everything looks tasty, delicious, spicy. I haven't actually cooked anything in the book as written, but riffed on a couple of them, and more than that I found the recipes and writing inspiring, which is what I need when I'm in a cooking rut. This would make a great gift for the foodie in your life, because it suggests music to match with many of the rec Everything looks tasty, delicious, spicy.

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This would make a great gift for the foodie in your life, because it suggests music to match with many of the recipes, and it's so educational, packed with facts about African, African American, and Afro-Caribbean food-ways and traditions. Dec 07, john aaron rated it really liked it. It's a very useful overview of how to make vegan versions of a lot of southern and african-style dishes.

The recipes are mostly good, although any of the dough recipes need some fiddling to deal with the ingredients themselves - the measurements are likely to not be as good as just eyeballing it and seeing what works well. That said, the methods are all pretty good, and the flavor combinations themselves are fantastic. The ground-nut soup recipe alone is perfection enough to justify buying the w It's a very useful overview of how to make vegan versions of a lot of southern and african-style dishes.

The ground-nut soup recipe alone is perfection enough to justify buying the whole thing, but there's plenty of good stuff in there.

Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remixed

Apr 17, Cat rated it it was amazing Shelves: Wow there are so many amazing looking recipes in this book I don't know where to start. Terry covers everything from basics to more complex, time-intensive meals. And I've never had a cookbook before that provided a song and sometimes movie to go along with every recipe. Such a great idea. I checked this out from the library a couple of days ago and already ordered it through my local bookshop. I'm sure it's going to see some heavy use in our kitchen. Apr 19, Christine Thibodeau rated it it was amazing. This "cookbook" has it all! Social justice, gorgeous photography, love, music, international influences, and oh, yeah, yummy and nourishing dishes!

It's true, most of the recipes have a dauntingly long list of ingredients, but since I love to improvise, I've made them more accessible. I go back to it again and again, even if I'm not going to cook!

Sep 23, Robin rated it really liked it. Aug 24, False rated it it was ok Shelves: I checked this book out of the library with hopes of finding several recipes that I could use for dinner parties with vegetarian friends. Nothing really seems to fit the bill in terms of overall "balance," and by that I mean heavy on the beans or Some interesting sauces I'll probably copy and save to try later, but overall, not for me Afro-Vegan 2 15 Apr 01, For the past eight years he has worked to build a more just and sustainable food system and has used cooking as a tool to illuminate the intersections between poverty, structural racism, and food insecurity.

His interest in cooking, farming, and community health can be traced back to his childhood in Memphis, Tennessee, where his grandparents inspired him to grow, prepare, and appreciate good food. Books by Bryant Terry. No trivia or quizzes yet.

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