The Bottom Line
Though the absence of photographs in Linda Majzlik's vegan cookbook A Vegan Taste of Central America is a shame, the Central America vegan recipes are invaluable for vegans, vegetarians and other health-conscious cooks.
Pros
- Provides healthy twists on favorite Central America recipes.
- Most importantly: the recipes are delicious!
- Every possible Central America cuisine type is covered, from soups to salsas.
- The "Vegan Central American Storecupboard" section is helpful for new cooks.
Cons
- No photographs! When it comes to cookbooks, drawings just don't suffice.
- It would be nice if the recipes were arranged in steps, instead of paragraphs of text.
Description
- A Vegan Taste of Central America: a Central America cookbook by Linda Majzlik
- Jon Carpenter Publishing, 2005
- Illustrations by Amanda Henriques
Guide Review - A Vegan Taste of Central America Cookbook
While I'm not a vegan, I don't eat red meat, and so I've missed out on many carnivorous Central America dishes during my travels. But thanks to A Vegan Taste of Central America, I now have the knowledge to cook up healthy versions of classic Central America recipes.
Even better, the cookbook introduces many Central America recipes I've never heard of, like onion escabeche and iced sweetcorn cream. Of course, cooks with an appetite for a little more protein can easily add meat or seafood to many of the recipes.
Here's a selection of the Central America recipes you'll find in A Vegan Taste of Central America:
Chilled avocado soup
Fried potato and corn cakes
Butternut squash and cornmeal pie
Bean-filled plantain pancakes
Green chile and potato stew
Honduras herbed flat bread
Banana with chilled mocha custard
Strawberry wine punch
Hungry yet?
