Cookbook Week: The Recap

The Chef: Everyone!

The Menu: Today we dined on the lovely leftovers from Cookbook Week. Starting from six o'clock and moving clockwise, you see a reincarnation of Aurelia's amazing chickpea socca, a messy-yet-yummy enchilada, then some of the molasses-drenched baked beans, and finally, a little salad of romaine, chopped carrots, tomatoes, and garbanzo beans.

The Goods: This week has certainly been an experience in delicious eats for us here at the VNHQ. All of the cookbooks, even that one that is really a magazine, provided highly reliable recipes and decidedly satisfying lunches. Don't forget, today's your last day to enter our monthly giveaway. What do you think? Should we make Cookbook Week a more regular feature?

Cookbook Week: You Won't Believe It's Vegan

The Chef: Aurelia

The Menu: In what is easily the fanciest meal that has ever graced our lunch plates, Aurelia made two outrageously delicious dishes from Lacey Sher and Gail Doherty's You Won't Believe It's Vegan. On the left you see Chickpea Socca, which featured a delectable marinara topped with chickpea-flour polenta, a rich white bean purée, sautéed greens, and finally caramelized leeks. Um, yum. Oh, and on the right? That's just a little molasses-laden, extremely tasty Tomato Pudding. Yeah, you know, no big deal.

The Goods: So, if anyone should need any of the VN staff, please come looking for us under our desks, happily dozing in cuisine-induced comas. Today's lunch was knock-your-socks-off good, and we'll likely be thinking about it well past dinnertime. For more on YWBIV, make sure to check out the November+December issue of VegNews for a full review! The level of elegance of our meal was unexpected, but conveniently appropriate as today marks the 200th entry on Café VegNews!