I began creating these recipes many years ago when I started hosting holiday gatherings in my home. Many of my friends were from other cities and we all enjoyed knowing where ‘home’ was on those nostalgic calendar days. I soon found myself a year-round hostess of birthdays and life’s celebrations. As a vegan with non-vegan friends, I searched for ways to re-create favorite dishes and foods that reminded friends of home, without compromising my convictions for a cruelty-free lifestyle.
While there are many resources for vegan recipes that mimic tastes and textures, I wanted to understand the roots of the foods I was re-creating. I read countless old, regional recipe books and studied the history and chemistry of many foods to learn how classic American dishes were created and evolved. I started to record my recipes 6 years ago with the hopes of sharing the Vegan Americana collection online.
As the recipes sat, used but unpublished, I developed some different dietary needs. I can no longer digest gluten, a staple in vegan cooking. Many of these recipes are already gluten-free. I am in the process of creating gluten-free versions of those that are not and will publish these along side the originals.
In the mean time, I invite the expertise of the vegan and gluten-free community. Please share your feedback and we’ll make sure these are the best damn cruelty-free, gluten-free Americana dishes on the web.
Enjoy!
Vegan Americana 