Bake and Destroy: Good Food for Bad Vegans Cookbook Review
I was contacted to review Bake and Destroy Good Food for Bad Vegans. When I saw a photo of this book and I said to myself, I have to review this cookbook for vegans! My husband summed it up nicely saying “the cover grabs your curiosity and makes you want to see what it’s all about”. I thought the cover was extremely gutsy and creative. The title alone, Bake and Destroy Good Food for Bad Vegans made me want to take a second look! I wanted to know more about the author and what kind of recipes I would find in this book. I received no compensation other than this book. All comments and thoughts are my own unless otherwise expressed.
About the Author
I wondered what Bake and Destroy Good Food for Bad Vegans would be like. The Foreword, written by CM PUNK a pro-wrestler (with a nice tattooed photo of him), said that these recipes have been battle-tested by carloads of angry, 250-pound wrestlers who would beat you up if you told them the recipes were vegan.
The author, Natalie Slater photograph on the left, has quirky humor that you will find manifested all through out her book and calls recipes very interesting names such as Cannibal Corpse Crock-Pot! Natalie is described as the Iron Maiden and her cooking has influenced TV, pro-wrestling, punk rock and heavy metal! Natalie is passionate about plant-based baking and cooking.
As a child, Natalie Slater loved cooking in the kitchen with her mom but had a natural aversion to being told what to do, that was the driving force behind creating bakeanddestroy.com with more than half-million hits a month. She’s also won the Cooking Channel’s Perfect 3 award. She is a blogger at WTTW Chicago Tonight, served as a judge on Food Networks “Cupcake Wars” and written for various other magazines and online publications. Now let’s get to the nuts and quirks of the recipes!
Review
Doesn’t this Taco Lasagna for Vegans look fabulous and make you want to eat it right now? Although I am not strictly Vegan, I do eat many vegan meals. I love the fact that Natalie offers recipes for Vegan Mayo, Ranch Dip & Dressings and 2 types of Vegan Chee-Zee sauces! I have loved reading this cookbook! Besides the humor there are many great tips.
Here are some of the recipes I really want to make! Peach Cobbler Cupcakes, Frozen Lemonade Pie, The Non-Cop-Out Tofu Scramble, Venus Chocolate-Pumpkin Muffins, Samosa Potpie, Spaghetti Cake with Grandma Sharon’s Hater-Proof Sauce, Mace ‘n’ Cheez Ballz….. Got the picture?
thanks for the review…will be picking up a copy!
i love it it makes me want to buy it.
This book looks great and I liked the review. We are a vegan family and good vegan books are hard to find! I love the cover
The review has me wanting this book! Such great sounding recipes, and interesting endorsement by pro wrestlers!
What a fun review and I can tell this is not your momma’s cookbook. Really shows the humor and uniqueness of the book and the pics you chose peaked my interest. Can’t wait to review the cookbook.
Wonderful review!
I follow the author on tumblr and facebook, she is awesome, I would love to win.
Awesome!!! I’ve been a fan of hers for a while! I’m glad you liked it. I don’ thave the book yet, so I hope I win! haha.
I’ve been anticipating this cookbook since Natalie started posting about it!
I have been wanting this book ever since it came out! I am trying to go vegan but I am having trouble finding recipes that look appealing to me.
Thanks for the book review! The vegan lasagna looks ridiculous….seriously mouthwatering haha
I like that your review touched on many of the types of recipes you can find. If there is a cupcake recipe…does that mean there is a vegan buttercream frosting recipe too? I would LOVE one of those!
Rumsita, Yes there is a vegan buttercream frosting recipe among other frosting recipes
I substitute the butter using coconut oil and/or Earth Balance vegan butter sticks.
I had never thought about replacing the butter with coconut oil! Thank you!!
i like it alot i love that the recipes are battle tested, hungry people tell the truth when it comes to food, great review of this book i like it alot
This sounds interesting! Curious to see this book.
THis review made me interested in reading this Bake and Destroy Good Food for Bad Vegan book and it makes me want to see what kind of recipes are in it and feed them to my family
Sounds like a witty book so you adopted just the right tone in your review!
I think it iis good
Looks like a quirky but delicious cookbook. I’d LOVE to check it out. I, too, am not vegan all the time but cannot eat dairy or eggs so these recipes sound awesome!
Looks delicious. I would love to win. I was vegan for awhile but now just vegetarian. I would like to try being vegan again soon though.