Lobster mushrooms we picked on the way back from our morning walk a few days agoThis going to be a quick one because I had a busy week of writing (sent the manuscript off in the middle of the night,...
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Bryanna is the author of 8 popular vegan cookbooks, including vegan bestseller "Nonna's Italian Kitchen", and is co-author of several others. She wrote and published the popular subscription newsletter, the Vegan Feast, for 5 years, and maintains a vegan cooking blog.
Bryanna has devoted over 40 years to the study of cooking and nutrition, the last 22 to vegan cooking. Eighteen of her (pre-vegetarian) recipes appeared in The Harrowsmith Cookbook, Vol. I and some in The Harrowsmith Pasta Cookbook, as well. She wrote newspaper cooking columns for over 20 years, wrote and edited a newsletter on bread and sourdough, and was a frequent contributor and reviewer for Vegetarian Times magazine for 5 years. In 2001 she became a “resident expert” and moderator of the Vegsource New Vegetarian discussion board.
She has conducted cooking workshops and classes in her local area and at numerous health and vegetarian conferences and gatherings in North America over the years (including several NAVS Summerfests) . 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 Societyand the Institute for Plant Based Nutrition. Over several years, Bryanna has demonstrated some of her recipes and signed books at the Vegetarians of Washington 2-day "Vegfest" in Seattle, and has also appeared at the Portland, Oregon's VegFest. Some of her recipes appear in the Seattle VegFest cookbook, The Veg-Feasting Cookbook . In April of 2006 and 2007, Bryanna was the only Canadian presenting, alongside many reknowned vegan chefs and restauranteurs, at the Vegetarian Awakening vegan chefs' conference in Grand Rapids, MI. Bryanna has also presented at the McDougall Celebrity Chef Weekend in Santa Rosa, CA.
Her recipes also appear on Dr. Andrew Weil's website, and his new HealthyAging site, and in Howard Lyman's ("the Mad Cowboy", a former cattle rancher turned vegan activist) book, No More Bull!. Some of her recipes also appear in Cooking with PETA.
Clinical researcher Dr. Neal Barnard of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine asked Bryanna to develop recipes for his ground-breaking book on diabetes, "Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs". Bryanna appears in the new vegan cooking DVD "Everyday Dish" with authors Julie Hasson and Dreena Burton. She is currently working on recipes and research for an exciting new book with David Lee, founder of the Fieldroast company in Seattle, WA, and a new book on international vegan cooking for Vegan Heritage Press. She is also working on a book on making homemade seitan in a number of ways, to be self-published.
Bryanna was born in California, but has resided in British Columbia, Canada for many years. She raised a family of four children, two foster sons, and also has two stepsons, and 9 grandchildren. She was a La Leche League leader (mother-to-mother breastfeeding support) 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 also instrumental in opening the first vegetarian restaurant in Courtenay, BC.
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, and she delights in helping vegans keep true to their heritage through "veganizing" their family and national recipes.
Bryanna plans to write a mystery novel someday with a vegan detective, combining two of her life interests! She also loves dancing, particularly Middle Eastern and Latin, and danced with the Melissae Dance Company of Denman Island, BC for over 5 years.
Blog Entries by Bryanna Clark Grogan
LOBSTER MUSHROOM MADNESS, AND THANKSGIVING IDEAS
Bryanna Clark Grogan | October 9, 10 at 03:19 PM | Food
REVISITING TOFU "BACON"
Bryanna Clark Grogan | October 1, 10 at 08:58 PM | Food
Steamed baby green beans and patty pan squash with Tofu "Bacon"The other day I revisited a recipe from my very first cookbook, "The Almost No-fat Cookbook"-- a simple recipe for Tofu "Bacon". I hadn't made it for a long time,...
AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT-- CRUNCHY EGG REPLACER MERINGUES!
Bryanna Clark Grogan | September 24, 10 at 07:55 AM | Food
Orgran "No Egg" egg replacer meringues with melted vegan chocolate and pecans!When I went to my local health food store, Edible Island, in Courtenay, BC last week, I spotted an item that was new to the store-- Orgran "No Egg", an Australian...
REVIEW OF SOME WONDERFUL ITALIAN PRODUCTS-- LUCINI ITALIA
Bryanna Clark Grogan | September 19, 10 at 05:32 PM | Food, International
REVIEW OF SOME WONDERFUL ITALIAN PRODUCTS-- LUCINI ITALIA Homemade vegan pizza-- mmmmmm!It's been a busy week! Too much writing and not enough cooking, but that's the way it goes sometimes! I just wanted to tell you about a some...
A QUICK LUNCH: TAGLIATELLE WITH HOMEMADE PESTO AND ZUCCHINI STRANDS
Bryanna Clark Grogan | September 13, 10 at 02:59 PM | Food, International
Homemade Vegan Pesto-- see recipe belowWho says that good vegan meals take hours to make? I was about to freeze some homemade pesto (we're having a good basil year!) and I decided to use some for a quick pasta...
A BUSY LABOUR DAY WEEKEND!
Bryanna Clark Grogan | September 9, 10 at 04:37 PM | Food, Lifestyle
A rather fuzzy picture of my grandaughter Hannah's birthday cake, myNew Lower-Fat Chocolate Mudpie Cake with Coffee/Coconut/Pecan Frosting-- recipe here!-- we celebrated her 12th birthday (belatedly) on Sunday night.We had 8 guests for the weekend-- 2 of my daughters and their spouses,...
ITALIAN STUFFED VEGGIES AND GRAPE FOCACCIA
Bryanna Clark Grogan | September 2, 10 at 10:14 PM | Food, International
Grape Focaccia warm out of the oven!We had a bit of an Italian day yesterday (and this morning)-- culinarily speaking, I mean (is that even a word?). I don't have alot of time to cook lately, working on The Book,...
SALAD DAYS (AND A TINY, MYSTERIOUS PURPLE FROG)!
Bryanna Clark Grogan | August 29, 10 at 08:59 AM | Food, Lifestyle
Our dinner salad last night-- heavy on the home-grown tomatoes!Friday evening I came home from work (my "day job"-- managing a small branch of our island library system) and checked our little garden for anything that needed picking. Tomato bonanza!...
5-MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE-- VEGAN, ALMOST NO-FAT, WHOLE GRAIN (IF YOU WANT IT TO BE!), W/ GLUTEN-FREE VARIATION
Bryanna Clark Grogan | August 23, 10 at 12:37 PM | Food
UPDATE, Aug. 26, 2010: Well, last night I tried steaming the mugs as an alternative to using a microwave-- it was a flop, I'm afraid! For one thing, it ended up taking 18 minutes steaming time, which kind of defeats...
SOME SIMPLE SUMMER MEALS, KITCHEN MISHAPS, AND PERUVIAN LUCUMA ICE CREAM FROM CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
Bryanna Clark Grogan | August 19, 10 at 04:20 PM | Food, International
A summer lunch on the back deckI can't believe this week has gone by so fast! Sheesh! And here it is Thursday again! We did have a fun few days with DH's stepdaughter from Montreal and her two lovely 12-year-old...
WHAT TO MAKE FOR COMPANY?
Bryanna Clark Grogan | August 11, 10 at 07:06 PM | Food
Piedmontese Rice salad from my book "Nonna's Italian Kitchen"I was rushed today (as usual these days-- book deadline looming-- that's why not much blogging these recently!) and trying to figure out what to make for my husband's discerning (but omnivore) stepdaughter...
FLAX AND 100% WHOLE WHEAT "SANDWICH THIN"-TYPE BURGER BUNS
Bryanna Clark Grogan | August 5, 10 at 10:29 AM | Food
A rather tippy veggie burger, with all the trimmings, made with one of my new thin buns. I've been meaning to try some "sandwich thin"-type buns for a long time, and finally got inspired to adapt one of...
TORTA VERDE (LIGURIAN SAVORY CHARD AND POTATO TART WITH OLIVE OIL PASTRY)
Bryanna Clark Grogan | July 30, 10 at 04:08 PM | Food, International
As I mentioned in my blog last week, we have lots of lovely Swiss chard growing in our mini-garden, so I thought of this dish to use up some of it in an interesting way.This type of delicious savory...
A GARDEN FOR NON-GARDENERS, IN THE GROUND AND ON THE DECK; AND THE REWARDS
Bryanna Clark Grogan | July 22, 10 at 04:40 PM | Food, Green, Lifestyle
The pattypan squash are blooming-- can't wait for the little beauties!DH does most of the gardening-- 99% of it-- around here, but neither of us is really into gardening. But you can't live in the country and not grow something in the...
AN EASY DISH WITH AN UNUSUAL INGREDIENT AND ACCOLADES; NEW BOSCH; BREAD PHOTOS
Bryanna Clark Grogan | July 19, 10 at 03:36 PM | Food
DH got a new Bosch Universal Machine from our "Bosch Lady", Grace, now semi-retired. Only, it's not the new, new one! It's a slightly older limited edition model, in red! Isn't it cool? She only had one left. DH...
PERUVIAN GOODIES!
Bryanna Clark Grogan | July 15, 10 at 07:15 AM | Food, International
Dried Peruvian Panca and Mirasol chilesLast Thursday, DH and I went to Vancouver for a few days. Among other things, we enjoyed a big family party for my cousin Chris' birthday, and visited with a whole passle of cousins, nieces,...
WHAT TO DO WITH SOY CURL CRUMBS (OR SEITAN YOU DON'T LIKE MUCH!): VEGAN MURGHI KA KEEMA
Bryanna Clark Grogan | July 7, 10 at 04:45 PM | Food, International
A tasty way to use those crumbs at the bottom of a box or package of Soy Curls™ (see below for the other option)!I've used Soy Curls™ in a fair amount of recipes on this blog. Here's a post with info on...
VEGAN BLT SALAD, ITALIAN "SAUSAGE" BURGERS WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS FOR CANADA DAY/JULY 4TH!
Bryanna Clark Grogan | June 30, 10 at 10:23 PM | Food, International, Lifestyle
Italian "Sausage" Burger!Happy Canada Day (July 1st) my fellow Canadians! And Happy 4th of July to my friends South of the Border! Sorry my blogging has been sparse lately-- lots of family stuff, some great (like my grandaughter's high school...
NEED A CHOCOLATE HIT?
Bryanna Clark Grogan | June 26, 10 at 04:18 PM | Food
When I went shopping the other day, I noticed a Cocoa Camino (organic, fair trade) product I had never seen before-- Cocoa Camino Drinking Chocolate (here's a Canadian vendor)-- "the chocolate bar you can drink any time of the day". It is a...
GRADUATIONS, FAMILY EMERGENCIES, VISITORS, NEW SOYMILK STRAINER AND FATHERS' DAY BBQ SAUCES
Bryanna Clark Grogan | June 20, 10 at 07:40 AM | Food, Lifestyle
A simple dinner we had in a rushed week-- black beans seasoned with cumin and sherry, ripe avocado with lemon juice, roasted pumpkin seeds, quinoa and bulgur wheat mixture, and roasted sweet potatoes. Yum!This is going to be a bit...
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