Make It Plant-Based! Filipino

 

Make It Plant-Based! Filipino is one of a new series of related kitchen guides with recipes, this one featuring plant based Mexican recipes developed and curated by Ria Elciario-McKeown. Due out 13th May 2025 from Hachette on their Workman Publishing imprint, it's 190 pages and will be available in hardcover and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout.

This is a good basic, well organized, vegan friendly Filipino fusion cookbook. The basics and well loved recipes are represented, and the instructions are easy to understand and follow. They are arranged in chapters, thematically: breakfast & brunch, salads starters & staples, stews & soups, dinners & mains, snacks, and sweets & treats.

Ingredients will mostly be available at any large/well stocked international market/grocery store in North America. Recipes include an introduction, background info, and yields. Ingredients are provided in a bullet list, followed by step by step preparation instructions. Measurements are given in imperial (American) units with metric in parentheses (yay)!. Nutritional info is not provided. 

About 25% of the recipes include color photographs. The plated foods are professionally styled and serving suggestions are appetizing and appropriate. The author/publisher have also included pantry lists for convenience as well as a cross-referenced index. 

Four stars. Simple, but effective. It would be a nice choice for public or school library acquisition (it's a set volume, so it's worth acquiring all the volumes which are graphically similar with different themed cuisines), as well as for home use and gift giving.

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