Cookbook Book Club
Last weekend I attended my first cookbook book club and it was probably the most delicious vegan/vegetarian meal I’ve ever had. How it Worked: Since this was the first meeting, the hosts (and club founders) picked the cookbook. They chose V Street, written by the owners of a vegan/vegetarian restaurant in Philadelphia. (Rumor has it they are opening a vegetarian restaurant in DC any day now.) There were 8 participants (only one actually a vegetarian) and everyone brought 1-4 dishes from the book. There was no obligation to make more than one dish, some people were just extra excited about vegetables! If anyone didn’t have the book already, they borrowed it from someone else. We all emailed in advance to make sure there weren’t any duplicate dishes. I brought jerk spice cashews and the Cruz Control cocktail (recipes at the bottom of this post). The entire menu included: Cruz Control cocktail Whipped dal Mint chutney chick peas Bocadillos Jerk trumpet mushrooms Carrot asado Tandoori zucchini Israeli grilled eggplant Dan...
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