Sweet Potato Soul: 100 Vegan Recipes for Southern Flavors

Beautifully illustrated with full-color photography, "Sweet Potato Soul" by Jenné Claiborne offers 100 vegan recipes that riff on Southern cooking in surprising and delicious ways. Raised in Atlanta, Claiborne grew up enjoying classic Soul Food dishes like fluffy biscuits, smoky sausage, and Nana's sweet potato pie. However, when she went vegan, she thought she'd have to give up these beloved flavors. As a chef, Claiborne spent years experimenting and tweaking recipes to infuse plant-based, life-giving, and glow-worthy foods with the depth and flavor that nourish the soul.

In her book, Claiborne breathes new life into the long tradition of using fresh, local ingredients creatively. She revives classic dishes like Coconut Collard Salad and Fried Cauliflower Chicken, while also introducing new flavors in recipes such as Peach Date BBQ Jackfruit Sliders and Sweet Potato-Tahini Cookies. Claiborne celebrates the plant-based roots of soul food cuisine in dishes like Bootylicious Gumbo and the savory-sweet Georgia Watermelon & Peach Salad. She also updates classics with Jalapeño Hush Puppies and her personal favorite, Sweet Potato Cinnamon Rolls.

Throughout the book, Claiborne explores the narratives surrounding iconic and beloved soul food recipes, as well as their innate nutritional benefits. She emphasizes the hidden superstars of soul food, such as dandelion, mustard, and turnip greens, okra, and black-eyed peas, and shows readers how to make these ingredients super tasty as well.

From decadent pound cakes and ginger-kissed fruit cobblers to smokey collard greens, amazing crabcakes, and the most comforting sweet potato pie you'll ever taste, the recipes in "Sweet Potato Soul" offer better-than-the-original takes on crave-worthy dishes that are good for your health, heart, and soul.

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