Silk Road Vegetarian

Silk Road Vegetarian: Vegan, Vegetarian and Gluten Free Recipes for the Mindful Cook is an evocative collection of recipes featuring local foods, ethical and sustainable cooking, and healthy, balanced ingredients. An exploration and a celebration of the foods from the Silk Road, this timely book features over 120 vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free recipes tweaked for the modern cook but with hundreds of years of history behind them. Dahlia Abraham-Klein, pulling from her family’s strong culinary roots in Central Asia, India and the Mediterranean, has put together a cookbook that links the Silk Road of the past to modern day needs.

Dishes from the Silk Road have their roots in the ancient cooking traditions of Central Asia, where a few healthy ingredients were blended with a variety of spices to create nutritious, varied and flavorful meals—dishes that were mainly vegetarian and in many cases vegan and gluten free as well. In a world where so many people suffer from food allergies, the recipes in Silk Road Vegetarian: Vegan, Vegetarian and Gluten Free Recipes for the Mindful Cook harken back to a time when meat was rarely eaten and vegetables, legumes and rice—not wheat—were the staple of most diets.

Cultural traditions influence the way we eat, but over time our diets have drastically changed. By moving away from traditional ingredients in favor of fast foods, we’ve sacrificed taste, diversity, and freshness for quick meals laden with fats and calories. Silk Road Vegetarian: Vegan, Vegetarian and Gluten Free Recipes for the Mindful Cook will show you how to slow down, source local foods and eat a healthy, balanced and varied diet. Feel and look better, connect to your local community and inspire your palate with the delicious and nutritious foods of Silk Road Vegetarian: Vegan, Vegetarian and Gluten Free Recipes for the Mindful Cook.