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Bryanna Clark Grogan
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Bryanna is the
author of 7 vegan cookbooks andis co-author of several more. All
are published by The Book Publishing Co., Summertown, TN, a vegetarian
publishing company. Some of Bryanna's books are listed by the USFDA
on their list of healthy vegetarian cookbooks
Bryanna has
devoted over 35 years to the study of cooking and nutrition. She
wrote newspaper cooking columns for over 20 years, and was a frequent
contributer and reviewer for Vegetarian Times magazine for about
5 years. She has conducted cooking workshops and classes locally
and at several Vegetarian Summerfests (NAVS), and numerous health
conferences and gatherings. In February 2002 she was a guest speaker
at the International Scientific Conference on Chinese Plant Based
Nutrition and Cuisine in Philadelphia, hosted by the American Vegan
Society and the Institute for Plant Based Nutrition. In 2001 she
joined Vegsource.com as a "resident expert" and moderator
of their New Vegetarian discussion board. She has been a vegan since
1988.
Bryanna was
born in California, but has resided in British Columbia, Canada
for many years. She raised a family of four children and now has
6 grandchildren. She was a La Leche League leader for several years
and taught cooking and baking at LLL International conferences in
Chicago, Kansas City, Washington, DC and Anaheim, as well as serving
as an Associate Editor for the LLL official cookbook, Whole Foods
for the Whole Family, still in print (NAL Books). She was instrumental
in opening the first vegetarian restaurant in her area.
Bryanna loves
experimenting and learning. The main focus of her cooking is low-fat
vegan cooking, particularly ethnic cooking. She is considered an
expert at making tofu appealing to die-hard "soyaphobes",
but in her books 20 Minutes to Dinner, Nonna's Italian Kitchen,
she has addressed the needs of vegans allergic to soy by providing
non-soy alternatives to most of the soy-based recipes. With each
book she learns more about the processes of cooking-how and why
things work. Her great joy is sharing what she's learned with others.
She plans to
write a mystery novel with a vegan detective in the near future.
Bryanna’s
books are, in order of publication:
The (Almost)
No-Fat Cookbook: Everyday Vegetarian Recipes (Sort of “all-American”
style recipes.)
The (Almost)
No-Fat Holiday Cookbook: Festive Vegetarian Recipes (Lots of ethnic
recipes—17 holidays from different cultures and religions,
throughout the year.)
20 Minutes to
Dinner; Quick, Low-Fat, Low-Calorie Vegetarian Meals
Nonna’s
Italian Kitchen: Delicious Homestyle Vegan Cuisine (The only vegan
Italian cookbook on the market; still on amazon.com’s vegan
best-seller list.)
Soyfoods Cooking
for a Positive Menopause (Lots of solid information and quick, delicious
and easy soy recipes.)
Authentic Chinese
Cuisine for the Contemporary Kitchen: All Vegan Recipes
SOME REVIEWS:
NONNA’
ITALIAN KITCHEN—(customer reviews from amazon.com) Like being
on vacation in Tuscany!, July 20, 2001 Reviewer: A reader from California
USA This is a wonderful book with a nice combination of quick and
other more involved recipes. I love Grogan's side notes on the recipes
and her comments in the beginning of the book. The recipes are divided
up into courses of an authentic Italian meal, so it's easy to plan
a full menu, or just a single dish. These dishes would appeal to
anyone, vegan or not. These are good wholesome meals.
I Love This
Book!, June 2, 2001 Reviewer: melrieder (see more about me) from
New Haven, CT USA I have been looking so long for decent "cheese"
fillings for pasta, and I've found it here. She gives tasty alternatives
to soy in many of her recepies, which I appreciate, because being
vegan doesn't necessarily mean that you like Tofu.
That's Italian!,
July 13, 2000 Reviewer: wini (see more about me) from Charlotte,
NC This book is not only a must for vegan kitchens but for everyone
who likes Italian food. The recipes make very authentic tasting
vegan versions of popular dishes. My vegan friends are enjoying
this food too, always the best sign.
Informative
and Enjoyable, January 18, 2000 Reviewer: A reader from USA This
was a great addition to my collection of vegetarian recipe books.
Not only does it list authentic vegan Italian recipes of all kinds,
it explains every ingredient and gives background on Italian food
and veganism in general, without dwelling on things we already know
as informed vegetarians! It would make a good gift for anyone who
loves to cook, vegetarian or not.
Veganly essential!,
September 11, 1999 Reviewer: bs-sj@mail.tele.dk from Copenhagen,
Denmark What a wonder this cookbook is! I don't hesitate to say
this is by far the most wonderful vegan cookbook I have ever bought;
it is simply packed with recipes (and variations), and don't be
scared off by the lack of photos, every recipe is simply so mouthwatering!
Bryanna Clark Grogan provides delicious alternatives to dairy-,
egg- and meatproducts, and there is simply everything you'd need
in this book: bread recipes, antipasti, soups, pasta dishes, vegetable
dishes, meat-style dishes, desserts (great ice-creams!), you name
it. I find myself reading the book again and again, thinking how
will I ever have time enough to try out them all ... it is an essential
to any vegan kitchen!
Nonna”s
Italian Kitchen:
**From Ron Pickarski,
author of EcoCuisine and Friendly Foods; Culinary Olympics gold-medal
winning executive chef:
“This excellent
vegetarian Italian Cookbook by Bryanna Clark Grogan brings the spirit,
history, and cuisine of Italy into the 21st century with a breath
of fresh air. She inspires the reader with her culinary wisdom and
artfully marries vegetarianism with traditional Italian cuisine
in an authentic manner.”
**From Ken Bergeron,
author of professional vegetarian Cooking; Culinary Olympics gold-medal
winning executive chef:
“Nonna’s
Italian Kitchen unfolds like a wonderful Italian Meal. As would
the courses of a feast, each recipe stimulates the taste buds and
keeps one anticipating the next chapter. From ther soundly written,
innovative, and well-researched text, Bryanna serves up delicious
information with the generosity of an Italian grandmother.”
**Fron Mindy
Toomay, author of Best 125 Meatless Pasta Dishes, Best 125 Vegetable
Dishes, Best 125 Meatless Main Dishes; and several other books:
“Bryanna
Clark Grogan’s grasp of Italian ingredients and techniques
is extraordinary, and her translation of traditional dishes into
vegan terms is a boon to health-wise cooks. But beyond mere instruction,
her book delivers tremendous inspiration. In it, grogan imparts
not just the substance, but the soul, of Italian cooking.”
THE (ALMOST
NO-FAT) COOKBOOK: (customer reviews from amazon.com)
"Regular
foods" from scratch!, November 24, 2000 Reviewer: Celeste Dickson
from Austin, TX USA I love this book because it shows how to make
regular, satisfying meals...without meat! An earlier review of this
book mentioned that you will never make another Boca Burger...the
best thing about this book is, you can control what ingredients
go in your meal (organic, no-GMOs for me!). I especially like the
seitan recipe, which allows you to make delicious seitan for pennies
what it costs to buy the prepared stuff. The pizza is also excellent;
the homemade crust really makes it. This is a book that makes vegetarianism
easy.
Best Burger
Yet!, August 18, 2000 Reviewer: Sandy (vegetarian over 30 years)
from Seattle, WA USA I love this book, you will never buy another
boca burger. Once you make up some of the staples in this book most
recipes come together quickly. Many of the dishes are of the real
comfort food variety. I also have the Holiday Cookbook and equally
enjoy the recipes (some are repeated).
One of the
best vegan cookbooks I've ever found, October 13, 1998 Reviewer:
levin@sfsymphony.org from USA This book provides a wide array of
completely vegan sauces, sides, entrees, and desserts that are all
extremely low in fat and all very easy and quick to prepare. Almost
every one of the recipes that I've tried were excellent(and I've
made almost all of them. Of special note are the baked goods and
desserts that are vegan and fat-free (or very low fat) yet resemble
their dairy and egg laden counterparts. Favorites include eggless
French Toast, Non dairy sour cream, tofu loaf (different from any
'meatloaf' tofu recipe you've tried), Drop biscuits, vanilla cake/muffins,
and cheezecake.
THE (ALMOST)
NO-FAT HOLIDAY COOKBOOK: (customer review from amazon.com)
Thank you, Bryanna!,
January 17, 2000 Reviewer: A reader from Iowa City, USA This is
one of the best vegetarian recipe collections I've come across.
Unlike many veggie cookbooks, this one does not assume that just
because you're not eating meat that it's fine to go ahead and load
up on nuts, cheese and other high fat ingredients. As a matter of
fact, the recipes are vegan, so there is no cheese or milk at all
(or honey, I don't think...). The recipes are easy to make and very
healthful and DELICIOUS. I love the no-fat basic cookie dough. Try
it, it's amazing. I keep making them for omni-vorous friends and
they are a hit every time
20 MINUTES
TO DINNER (customer reviews from amazon.com):
AWESOME BOOK
WITH DELICIOUS AND FAST RECIPES!!, May 14, 2001 Reviewer: Jennifer
(see more about me) Bryanna Clark Grogan has written other great
books such as, a no fat holiday cookbook for vegetarians and an
authentic chinese cuisine cookbook. IT IS FANTASTIC!! and it has
great tasting, easy to make fast recipes that are not only delicious
but FAT FREE!. I am not a vegetarian but I need to watch my weight
because of high colesterol and these recipes are good tasting and
help me with my diet. Not only will these meat, egg, and dairy-free
recipes be just the thing for putting together a well-balanced dinner
(on those nights when you just can't figure out where the time went),
but they'll be just the thing for creating a quick snack or appetizer
for unexpected company and making that who-has-time-to-cook lunch.
Most of the recipes are based on the Mediterranean/Asian model using
lots of grains, fruits, and vegetables. Nutritional analyses accompany
each recipe. I think this is a great low fat cookbook and I highly
recommend it.
Very delicious
and quick to make., April 20, 2001 Reviewer: A reader from Los Angeles,
CA GREAT recipes and very easy to make. Almost all of the dishes
took less than 30 minutes to make and they were ALL delicious. I
thought the spinach pizza was the best!. I have cooked most of these
dishes for my family and everybody seems very pleased. The book
offers many different foods such as, flavorful spanish rice, seafood,
soups, appetizers, spagetti, lasagna, many salads and other fresh
foods. The fish recipes were all great and I found them easy to
make. The book takes you step-by -step into the preparation process.
I was very satisfied with all the recipes contained in this book
and the price is very reasonable
This book offers
delicious recipes, January 17, 2001 Reviewer: Serena Lancaster (see
more about me) from Arizona I have totally changed the way I cook
now. I'm not a vegetarian, but I do want to eat healthy, so this
book really came in handy. I have tried several of the recipes already
and I'm impressed as to how delicious they are. The book takes you
step by step and the instruction is nery easy to follow. What I
likes the most is, that the book provides you with many recipes,
the hardest part was picking which one I wanted to cook first.
SOYFOODS COOKING
FOR A POSITIVE MENOPAUSE (customer reviews from amazon.com):
Good Advice
Good Food, July 13, 2000 Reviewer: wini (see more about me) from
Charlotte, NC I am always excited when a new cookbook by Bryanna
is published. There is so much mis-information and hype around soy
and menopause. Bryanna has done a great service to women (and their
families and friends) by presenting her well-researched information
in such a clear, realistic manner. The recipes make wonderful food,
no surprise to anyone who has cooked from her other books. Anyone
who would like to learn more about cooking with soy will benefit
from this book. A great cookbook for everyone!, April 1, 2000 Reviewer:
Julianne Bonner (see more about me) from UK Although Bryanna might
have aimed this cookbook at menopausal women its content would benefit
everyone - vegans and non-vegans alike. Up-to-date health advice
and suggestions are included at the front of the book but its main
appeal lies in the wide range of delicious recipes that all include
the wonder food, soy. I am nowhere near menopausal age but I bought
this simply because I love Bryanna's books in general. I think the
title might put some people off before they check out the content,
but do take more than a peek because it's definitely worth it. Bryanna
Clark Grogan has come up trumps again! (Also recommended by the
same author - Nonna's Italian Kitchen)
AUTHENTIC CHINESE
CUISINE FOR THE CONTEMPORARY KITCHEN:
for those pursuing
a vegetarian life style, January 27, 2001 Reviewer: Midwest Book
Review (see more about me) from Oregon, WI USA Authentic Chinese
Cuisine For The Contemporary Kitchen offers a superbly developed
compendium of vegetarian Chinese recipes similar to those found
in a Buddhist restaurant. Bryanna Grogan brings her expertise to
bear in offering delicious, nutritious recipes for homemade "Mock
Meats"; savory snacks and appetizers; dumplings and breads;
rice; noodles, soups, and sauces; stir-fried dishes; braised, steamed,
and stewed dishes; and even sweets. From Shanghai Spring Rolls,
Mandarin Pancakes,
and Savory Rice Porridge, to Duck Sauce, Buddha's Delight, and Walnut
Cookies, Authentic Chinese Cuisine For The Contemporary Kitchen
will quickly became a personal and family favorite for those pursuing
a vegetarian lifestyle.
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