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It Has To Be Me •

Mastering The Art Of Plant-Based Cooking with Joe Yonan

We then get the gold from Joe’s latest cookbook on how to create plant-based dishes with the “wow” factor. He gives us the lowdown on what can make dairy-free ice creams deliver vibrant flavors, how we can get great results in a lot of vegan baking without egg substitutes, and the scoop on amazing homemade Pumfu. Joe also shares his take on crafting the perfect veggie burger and the secret to the world’s greatest vegan cacio e pepe.

We then get the gold from Joe’s latest cookbook on how to crea...
BostonGlobe.com •

Boston Globe: 12 standout cookbooks to give as gifts this year

This list approaches that from a few angles. The year saw many topical cookbooks, addressing history, wartime, and its aftermath. I am a sucker for a genre I’ll call “grandma cookery.” Soulful, delicious, time-tested, and accompanied by anecdotes of nurturing bosoms? My kind of recipe. There are some of those volumes here. You’ll find a few celebrities, cookbooks that transport the user to another locale, and some most excellent baked goods. I hope there’s something here that’s just right for yo...
Bon Appétit •

Bon Appetit: The 19 Best Cookbooks of 2024

Listing the best cookbooks of 2024 isn’t a straightforward task. Thousands of brilliant titles get released every year and determining the standouts is inherently subjective. Plus, the task each cookbook sets out to accomplish is unique. Restaurant cookbooks may be filled with innovative techniques and atmospheric photography, but they won’t help someone make a 20-minute meal on a Tuesday night. Likewise, a sheet-pan dinner cookbook might not appeal to the aspiring star baker who wants to tackle...
The New York Times •

New York Times: The 16 Best Cookbooks of 2024

When so much of modern living forces us to peer down at a screen, there’s a lot to be said for a cookbook. It won’t blast you with blue light or exacerbate your tech neck; it won’t inundate you with notifications or unskippable ads. If you let it, it will feed you and whomever you choose, and the best ones do so with vibrant photography, clear instructions and an extra serving of whimsy.We want to help you find those best ones, so members of our Food and Cooking staff read and cooked from dozens...
NPR •

NPR's Cooks We Love: 11 cookbooks from 2024 recommended by NPR critics and staff

NPR has an appetite for great recipes. Every year, when NPR staffers and critics offer their recommendations for Books We Love — NPR's annual, year-end books guide — plenty of cookbooks get thrown into the mix. Here are 11 cookbooks with a broad array of recipes from (dare I say it?) Cooks We Love. If you're hungry for more, head over to Books We Love for our full menu of food recommendations for 2024. Amrikan: 125 Recipes from the Indian American Diaspora by Khushbu ShahAmrikan is Khushbu Sh...
Los Angeles Times •

LA Times: The best cookbooks of 2024

The year 2024 had us hugging our cookbooks. They brought us solace, nostalgia, inspiration, delight, reclamation, beauty and deliciousness when much of the rest of the world seemed to induce fear and uncertainty. Our list of favorites for 2024 includes something for every kind of food book lover. Recipes came from a tiny creek in the Appalachians and the rice terraces of Yunnan. Through them, authors gave voice to their ancestors, explored identity, put spins on centuries-old traditions, shared...
The Strategist •

The Best Gifts for Vegans

Shopping for vegans, whether you’re a longtime vegan, vegan curious, or simply someone like me with a lot of vegan friends, can take just a little extra consideration and attention. “It doesn’t begin and end with cruelty to animals,” says Caitlin McCormack, an outspoken vegan, artist, and one of my closest friends, whom I consulted in compiling this guide. “The most important thing is to think holistically about animals, human-labor practices, and environmental sustainability.” (Be wary of produ...
Eater •

The Best Way to Test a Cookbook? Try It at a Restaurant

After seeing posts from Agi’s Counter in New York City pop onto his Instagram Explore page, chef Jeremy Fox felt compelled to message its chef, Jeremy Salamon. “I was like, I think we’re soulmates or something,” recalls Fox, the chef and owner of Los Angeles’s Birdie G’s and Rustic Canyon. Salamon’s food reminded Fox of restaurants he reveres: Prune, Zuni Cafe, Cafe Mutton.
The two became friends and met for the first time when Fox was visiting NYC last fall. When planning out the promotion of h...
Food & Wine •

These 24 Fall Cookbooks Deserve a Spot on Your Shelf

We all only have so much space on our bookshelves, but these 24 cookbooks, selected by the Food & Wine team, are well worth the real estate.
Modern cookbooks are artifacts, visual feasts that serve just as well on a coffee table as they do splattered with oil and sauce on a countertop. These books, beautifully photographed and illustrated, are no exception. They are often more, too: memoir in Tom Colicchio’s Why I Cook; geography and history in Ashleigh Shanti’s Our South; voice, personality, h...
Apple Podcasts •

Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking with Joe Yonan

Join Chris Spear in this episode as he interviews Joe Yonan, the acclaimed food and dining editor of The Washington Post and celebrated cookbook author. Joe’s latest work, Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking, redefines plant-based food, focusing on creating flavorful and approachable dishes without dietary labels or limitations. Together, they discuss the nuances of plant-based vs. vegan terminology, the cultural roots of global plant-based cuisine, and practical techniques to elevate veget...
Forbes •

Holiday Gift Guide 2024: The Best Cookbooks For Beginners To Kickstart Their Cooking Journey

Getting started with cooking at home can feel intimidating, but the right cookbook can make all the difference. These beginner-friendly selections offer approachable recipes, simple techniques, and pantry-friendly ingredients to help any novice build confidence in the kitchen. From reviving classic recipes to modern plant-based cooking, these books for beginning cooks will equip you to save money, savor a variety of flavors, and make mealtime something to look forward to.
With a relaxed approach...
Apple Podcasts •

Learning Plant-Based Cooking With Joe Yonan

The Dinner Plan host Maggie Hoffman chats with Joe Yonan, author of Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking and longtime food and dining editor of the Washington Post. Joe shares what's in his fridge right now, how he dials down the dinner pressure, and how this impressive vegetarian cookbook came together. For exclusive recipes, Joe's recommended cookbooks, and show notes, get the The Dinner Plan free Substack here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Apple Podcasts •

This is Taste: Washington Post Food Editor Life with Joe Yonan

Joe Yonan is the food and dining editor of the Washington Post. It’s a big job, covering an outstanding food city, so it’s pretty remarkable that Yonan finds time in the margins to write cookbooks every couple years. Much respect, Joe. In this episode, we talk about his latest cookbook, the ambitious Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking, among other topics. It’s a really great talk, and we dig into the Washington, DC, dining scene, this impossible-to-figure-out Beyond Meat world we live in,...
Dinner: A Love Story •

This Weekend in Food

This weekend is my idea of heaven in terms of cooking opportunities — two World Series games, a lounge-y Saturday morning live-streaming my college senior’s soccer game, friends over for drinks at a cocktail bar around the corner before dinner chez nous; then a low-key reset Sunday dinner, time to mentally prepare for the onslaught of nausea-inducing news consumption that will wear me down all week long. Hooray! While I am grateful for a good cookbook all the time, I am especially grateful these...
Epicurious •

‘Desi Bakes’ ‘Justine Cooks,’ and More Cookbooks We Loved in October

As Epicurious editors, we have a bounty of cookbooks stacked in our kitchens—and usually our living rooms and bedrooms too—new and old ones that we keep coming back to. We turn to them to get dinner on the table, bake a sweet treat, and learn something new. Here are the ones we’re especially excited about this month. Maybe you’ll order one for yourself, or gift a couple to your food-obsessed friend—either way, stock up.Much like her TikTok videos, content creator Justine Doiron’s book Justine Co...
Appetito •

WaPo Dining Editor Joe Yonan Writes about His New Book - Appetito

Italian cuisine, as every good cook knows, is besotted with vegetables (The artichokes! The eggplant! The tomatoes!), so it’s barely a stretch to approach it from a plant-based perspective. That’s one of the reasons I knew there would be a hefty proportion of Italian-style recipes in my new cookbook, Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking: Vegan Recipes, Tips, and Techniques. The other main reason, of course, is that I’m similarly besotted with Italian cooking itself. It’s become so ingrained...
The Local Palate •

Our Top 10 New Releases for Fall | Listen - The Local Palate

It’s been a whopper of a season for Southern cookbook releases—and many of them are excellent reads. We sifted through the pile and found several essential tomes, new guides to entertaining, a handful of well-researched books with a micro-regional focus, and one really good laugh. If you’re looking to stock your cookbook shelves, let our list of favorites be the ones to bookmark. 



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The Local Palate •

The Ultimate Veggie Burger - The Local Palate

The ultimate veggie burger, from Joe Yonan’s cookbook, Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking, Yonan shares his philosophy and best practices. In an age of high-tech products meant to mimic the exact texture and flavor of beef burgers, many of us longtime vegans and vegetarians have missed something: veggie burgers that actually include— and even celebrate—vegetables, legumes, fungi, and other stars of the edible, delicious plant kingdom. I’ve played around with veggie burger recipes for more...
Forks Over Knives •

How to Make Tofu and Soy Milk from Scratch

Editor’s Note: The following article is an excerpt from Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking, a forthcoming book from Joe Yonan, the James Beard Foundation Award-winning food and dining editor of The Washington Post and the author of Cool Beans and Eat Your Vegetables. Out Sept. 3, 2024, Yonan’s latest book is a comprehensive compendium spanning more than 400 pages, with approachable, high-quality vegan recipes as well as cooking wisdom from around the world. In the following excerpt, from t...
Simply Recipes •

The 22 New Cookbooks I'm Cooking From This Fall

I went through a delightful phase in my teenage years when everything my parents did or said made me cringe. I’m sure no one can relate.

My mom still likes to tell one particular story about when she was spending a relaxing afternoon flipping through her collection of Southern Living annual cookbooks. I came out onto the porch and asked, with a touch of scorn—and probably an eye roll for good measure—“Why do you spend so much time looking at cookbooks?”

She likes to rib me because now my job...
Cool Beans •

The secret to veggie burger bliss

Greetings, and welcome back to Cool Beans! It was a treat talking with Washington Post food and travel editor Joe Yonan for this week’s edition of On Repeat, because not only is he the author of meat-free bibles like the upcoming Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking and 2020’s Cool Beans (good title!), but he also says he’s found the secret to achie…

Greetings, and welcome back to Cool Beans! It was a treat talking with Washington Post food and travel editor Joe Yonan for this week’s editio...
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