I received a copy of this eBook from netGalley for a honest review.

What a great, simple cookbook for vegans! I saw so many recipes I want to try and the pictures are beautiful though not all of the food. I think the recipes are easy to follow and create which isn't always the case with vegan/vegetarian food. Basic and simply wonderful!

This is a visually beautiful cookbook, maybe with too many photoshoots of the authors throughout, but what the hell. I think this would make a great gift for someone who is vegan or vegetarian, because the recipes are not your average tofu scramble. If you are looking to have a more "Mediterranean" diet while also being plant-based this is a fantastic choice. I found the breakfast options to be especially inventive and appealing, and among the desserts, the peanut butter fudge was incredible,

The Artful Way to Plant-Based Cooking is an instagram-worthy collection of photos and recipes curated by Chloé Crane Leroux & Trudy Crane. Released 24th Sept. 2024 by Simon & Schuster on their Simon Element imprint, it's 288 pages and is available in hardcover and ebook formats.

The entire book is beautifully photographed and styled, with a breezy affluent Mediterranean cottage vibe which is professionally and aesthetically pleasing (if worlds away from where most readers -actually- live their lives). Dreams are important, and having Instagram-worthy inspiration for food and table settings are happy-making, if impractical for most on a large scale.

The recipes are well written and arranged thematically: aperó (appetizers), date night, friends for dinner, weekday favorites, solo suppers, and slow mornings/brunch ideas. Recipes are written with ingredients in a bullet list, yields, prep/cooking time estimates, and step by step directions. Measurements are given in imperial (American) units with metric measurements in parentheses (yay!). Ingredients will mostly be available from any well-stocked grocery store in North America; some few may require specialist vendors outside of large metropolitan areas. Nutritional information is not included.

As stated in the title, the recipes and ingredients are vegetarian friendly.The authors/publisher have also included useful general resources such as pantry staples lists, and cross-referenced index.

Four stars. The photography is gorgeous (if envy-inducing) and the recipes are written clearly and accessibly.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

The Artful Way to Plant-Based Cooking by Chloé Crane-Leroux is one of the most gorgeous cookbooks I've seen. I have dabbled in veganism for a bit and have found the transition to be quite difficult BUT cozy recipes like Lentil and Veggie Shepherd's Pie and Stuffed Paccheri are such fantastic recipes to help bridge that gap!

The amazing photography in the book makes it a joy to read and really inspires me to tackle some of these inspiring dishes. I appreciate the format too, how the chapters are arranged to include weekday favorites, date night recipes, solo suppers, friends for dinner and brunch faves. (I mean sweet potato waffles with coconut cream, maple syrup and berries? come on!)

That's all I have... I have to go take my dark chocolate chip coconut banana bread out of the oven!

I'm so grateful to publisher Simon and Schuster along with NetGalley for providing me with this beautiful book for review.

Recommend.

I really liked this book. Im definitely leaning towards an all plant based lifestyle, so this was a very handy cookbook.
I especially enjoyed the desserts.
Recommend.

I don’t care for recipe blogs that share long stories of life with every recipe and this is a book version of that. The privilege of the authors is not interesting to read about at all. I’m not sure their authority with plant based cooking but they also rely heavily on processed plant based options like packaged cheese.

Thank you S&S/Simon Element and NetGalley for the short sampler (38 pages) of this book. It is very difficult to review a cookbook when all you see is the table of contents, the introduction, some lovely images of the vegetables, table scenes, scenery, and 2 appetizer recipes in the pages provided. It promises to be an interesting plant-based cookbook, but it is not enough there to provide a rating. I hope to read this book when it is published and form my opinion then. Meantime, I’ll rate it 3 ⭐️ for the potential I see.

I’m honestly kind of torn on how I feel about <i>The Artful Way to Plant-Based Cooking</i>, and I guess that feeling is strongest now because a part of me really wanted to like this book. One of its themes, which I resonate with quite strongly, centers around the desire to move toward a more vegan diet while also recognizing that everyone—including yourself—will come to this sort of lifestyle in their own way. And for that, I have to admit that I deeply appreciate the authors’ take.

I initially gave this book a lower rating, annoyed as I was at the amount of pointless fluff included through the book. I know this is a common thing in cookbooks, the inclusion of what basically amounts to a nothing stream-of-consciousness from the author in order to make the whole thing “unique” in some way. The problem most of us have with this is that it really takes away from the reason we picked up this book in the first place—to learn new recipes.

The longer I sat and thought about it, though, I realized that there’s not nearly as much fluff in this book as in some others I’ve come across. I think a part of me, based on its title, was simply expecting there to be significantly more pictures than there were and that there would be a focus on presentation of the cooking itself.

It’s difficult to say whether these recipes are good or not, since I was unaware that it was a sample of the book rather than the whole book itself. But I will say that I do see promise with the ones that are presented. I don’t think I would purchase this, though, due to some of my disappointments with it. And that’s the tough thing about cookbooks—the internet is kind of one giant cookbook in and of itself, which makes owning certain ones feel a little silly, especially when you wanted something different from the one you read. I could, however, see this as a fantastic gift for vegetarians and vegans who are looking for some new recipes.

As others have mentioned, the review copy contained only two recipes and dozens of pages of fluff like photos of the authors looking rich and beautiful. I cannot publicly review or recommend this book.

As a vegetarian, I am always on the lookout for new recipes to try, so I was excited to check out this cookbook. The cookbook begins with an introduction to a plant-based lifestyle and ingredients to have in a vegan kitchen, which I thought was useful. Then the cookbook is supposed to include recipes for Apero, Date Night, Friends for Dinner, Weekday Favorites, Solo Suppers, and Slow Mornings & Brunch Favorites.
However, the download is only a sample and includes the first 38 pages and two recipes (Provencal Chickpea Flatbread and Mediterranean Spinach Pie), so I cannot comment on the rest of the contents or the overall quality of the recipes.

This was incomplete. It didn’t go past page 38 so I was only able to view two recipes; I didn’t care for all the photos of the authors at the front of the book or the text. With a cookbook I want the focus to be on food and recipes.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. It is an excellent book for those considering plant-based cooking. Filled with recipes, tools, and other equipment needed for your new lifestyle.

The description should have made it clearer that this was only a sample. As it is, this is not a strong sample. Only two very basic recipes and a pantry list. The rest is just superfluous. If the daughter wanted to photograph food instead of fashion than why is there so little food photography in the first 38 pages?

I was excited for this one, but disappointed to find it was just a sample. I would still be interested in checking out the rest of the book based on the few recipes I saw.

This book was lovely but nowhere in the description did it say this was only a sample. After a lot of fluff about the authors there were only 2 recipes included. It was a promising beginning but there was not enough here to be able recommend the book if I don't know what the bulk of the recipes were going to include. There isn't even a list of the recipes. Very disappointing.

I’m not really sure how to provide a legitimate review when I only received 38 pages of the book, most of which were photos of the two authors. I hope that the recipes are good, but I can’t provide adequate feedback about those since they were not made available to me!

"The Artful Way to Plant-Based Cooking" by Trudy and Chloé presents an enticing premise—a collection of plant-based recipes inspired by the culinary delights of European travels. However, my experience with the Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) left much to be desired.

While the blurb promises 80 flavorful recipes spanning appetizers, main dishes, and desserts, the ARC provided only a fraction of that. With just 10 recipes included, I couldn't help but feel disappointed and misled by the book's description.

Moreover, a significant portion of the ARC seemed devoted to personal anecdotes and reflections from the mother-and-daughter duo. While these insights into their lives were occasionally interesting, they detracted from the main promise of the book: a diverse collection of plant-based recipes.

The lack of recipes as described in the blurb suggests a potential issue with the ARC version, making it difficult to provide a comprehensive review. It's possible that the final version of the book will include the promised 80 recipes and offer a more balanced blend of personal narrative and culinary content.

Despite these shortcomings, I appreciate the authors' commitment to plant-based cooking and their evident passion for sharing vegan food with others. If the final version of the book delivers on its promise of a robust recipe collection, it has the potential to be a valuable resource for those seeking flavorful, plant-based meal ideas.

In conclusion, while "The Artful Way to Plant-Based Cooking" shows promise, the ARC version fell short of expectations with its limited recipe selection and excessive focus on personal anecdotes. I hope that the final version addresses these issues and fulfills the book's potential as a comprehensive guide to delicious, plant-based cuisine.

The Artful Way to Plant - Based Cooking was more story than recipe. A lovely love letter to embracing a plant based lifestyle but little more than that.

I only got the first 38 pages or so, and most of them were pictures, so it's pretty difficult to base a review off of that. Because it's plant-based my library is very likely to purchase this to keep in line with the growing trend. I, however, don't see myself making any of the recipes I was able to view in this preview.