This book was great, I haven’t tried cooking anything yet but everything seemed very approachable and appetizing! ( )

This is the first time I had heard of Pinky Cole or the Slutty Vegan, but her vibrant personality and love of life comes off the pages. It made reading about her past and reasons for turning to Veganism all that more interesting. Add to that the advice she (and other chefs) give in regards to being an entrepreneur and all the recipes and this makes for a fantastic cookbook.

I really enjoyed that most of the recipes were pretty easy to make. There are some that call for soy or tempeh, but most don’t, which is great for those who don’t eat soy or don’t enjoy the textures of those items. And there are other ones that call for vegan bacon or vegan cheese, so I can see people who are looking for more vegetable-forward recipes that don’t lean on vegan speciality items, not really like that.

While I am not a Vegan or even a Vegetarian, I do try to limit my meat intake and can see myself making a lot of these recipes, especially the breakfast ones since most of them are super fast… and the desserts too… because, desserts!

I could see anyone from a meat eater to a Vegan enjoying this book and finding lots of recipes that they could easily make And I could see people wanting to turn to Vegetarianism or Veganism finding this book to be a great step towards it. But if you are, I would recommend doing a lot of research to make sure your body continues to get all the minerals and nutrients that it needs from a vegetable only diet. ( )

I'm continually looking for vegetarian (not necessarily vegan) recipes that "will blow [my] meat-loving mind" as I understand it's better for my health and the health of the planet. I was attracted to the attitude and apparent celebrity of Pinky Cole (I'd never heard of her) and hoped that this would finally be THE cookbook that would make me go "Oh hell yea! I can totally do this!" Unfortunately, this was not that book although I did find a couple more recipes that I'd like to try and add to my meager collection of meatless meal recipes. I get that I'm a hard sell and that's not the books fault, although I will say that I was disappointed in the lack of nutritional information since my health is half of the reason I want to eat more vegetarian. But on the plus side, the photos were beautiful and very tempting.

Thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for providing me with an advanced copy (out Nov 15th) of this book in exchange for my honest opinion. ( )