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 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.
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