Vegan Mob

Discover more than 80 recipes for mouthwatering plant-based fusion food from the cult favorite Oakland BBQ joint Vegan Mob. “Vegan Mob comprises all of the things that inspire me; a love of my city, a love of hip-hop, and of course, a love of good-ass food.”—Toriano Gordon Toriano Gordon, the chef behind Vegan Mob, grew up sharing soul food with his family and friends. When he began eating vegan after wanting to improve his health, he was nostalgic for those childhood flavors, so he spent hours painstakingly recreating them from scratch. His innovative dishes became the backbone of Vegan Mob, a Bay Area original that draws in vegans and carnivores alike. In his first cookbook, he shares favorites from the restaurant as well as new recipes, inviting readers to try crowd-pleasing favorites like Brisket, Smackaroni, and Mobba'Q Baked Beans. In an homage to his youth in the Fillmoe (not Fillmore) and his San Francisco and Oakland communities, he also draws inspiration from a multitude of cuisines with recipes like La La Lumpia, Mafia Mobsta Noodles aka Garlic Noodles, Mob Lasagna, and Mob Taco Bowls, all made accessible for the home cook. Vegan Mob also takes you out of the kitchen and into Toriano's life, highlighting his many family connections to the Bay Area and his connection to Bay Area rap and music. With inspirational advice from Toriano, vibrant photographs, and tons of energy, Vegan Mob is an invitation for everyone to come to the table and enjoy a meal together.

Discover more than 80 recipes for mouthwatering plant-based fusion food from the cult favorite Oakland BBQ joint Vegan Mob. “Vegan Mob comprises all of the things that inspire me; a love of my city, a love of hip-hop, and of course, a love of good-ass food.”—Toriano Gordon Toriano Gordon, the chef behind Vegan Mob, grew up sharing soul food with his family and friends. When he began eating vegan after wanting to improve his health, he was nostalgic for those childhood flavors, so he spent hours painstakingly recreating them from scratch. His innovative dishes became the backbone of Vegan Mob, a Bay Area original that draws in vegans and carnivores alike. In his first cookbook, he shares favorites from the restaurant as well as new recipes, inviting readers to try crowd-pleasing favorites like Brisket, Smackaroni, and Mobba'Q Baked Beans. In an homage to his youth in the Fillmoe (not Fillmore) and his San Francisco and Oakland communities, he also draws inspiration from a multitude of cuisines with recipes like La La Lumpia, Mafia Mobsta Noodles aka Garlic Noodles, Mob Lasagna, and Mob Taco Bowls, all made accessible for the home cook. Vegan Mob also takes you out of the kitchen and into Toriano's life, highlighting his many family connections to the Bay Area and his connection to Bay Area rap and music. With inspirational advice from Toriano, vibrant photographs, and tons of energy, Vegan Mob is an invitation for everyone to come to the table and enjoy a meal together.

Having taken the social media world by storm with his 1-minute, how-to-make recipe videos, MOB Kitchen founder Ben Lebus is revitalising home-cooking with delicious, easy and accessible dishes that absolutely anyone can cook, all on a budget. This, the first MOB kitchen cookbook, contains all the inspiration you need to make budget meals to impress your friends and family, any time. Each recipe is designed to feed four people for under £10. His mission is to mob-ilise cooks everywhere, young or old, and to inspire them to cook delicious, nutritious and inexpensive recipes. From Asian-flavoured spaghetti meatballs to the ultimate homemade falafel pittas, every base is covered, whether your mob is vegan, vegetarian, meat-loving or health obsessed. All that is expected is that you have salt, pepper, olive oil and a small budget, nothing more. Teaming up with musicians, as online, each recipe has a song that’s perfect to play as you cook and can be accessed directly through Spotify.

Across America, the pure love and popularity of barbecue cookery have gone through the roof. Prepared in one regional style or another, in the South and beyond, barbecue is one of the nation's most distinctive culinary arts. And people aren't just eating it; they're also reading books and articles and watching TV shows about it. But why is it, asks Adrian Miller—admitted 'cuehead and longtime certified barbecue judge—that in today's barbecue culture African Americans don't get much love? In Black Smoke, Miller chronicles how Black barbecuers, pitmasters, and restauranteurs helped develop this cornerstone of American foodways and how they are coming into their own today. It's a smoke-filled story of Black perseverance, culinary innovation, and entrepreneurship. Though often pushed to the margins, African Americans have enriched a barbecue culture that has come to be embraced by all. Miller celebrates and restores the faces and stories of the men and women who have influenced this American cuisine. This beautifully illustrated chronicle also features 22 barbecue recipes collected just for this book.

Having taken the social media world by storm with his one-minute, how-to-make recipe videos, MOB Kitchen founder Ben Lebus is revitalizing home cooking with delicious dishes that absolutely anyone can cook, all on a budget. In this, the first MOB Kitchen cookbook, Ben's mission is to "mob-ilize" cooks everywhere, young or old, and to inspire them to cook delicious, nutritious, and inexpensive recipes. From Asian-flavored spaghetti meatballs, to the ultimate falafel pitas, each recipe is designed to feed four people on a budget--and there's something for everyone, whether your mob is vegan, vegetarian, meat loving, or health obsessed. The core element of every MOB Kitchen recipe is that it is easy, affordable, healthy, delicious, and beautiful. Unlike most budget cooking sites, MOB Kitchen doesn't make any absurd store-cupboard assumptions. All that is expected is that you have salt, pepper, olive oil, and a small budget, nothing more. Plus, each recipe has a song that's perfect to play as you cook, and can be accessed directly through exclusive Spotify codes.

It's the return of the MOB! This time celebrating all things crispy, squidgy, cheesy, spicy, warming, sticky, nourishing... all the flavours, textures and feel of comfort pulled together in one book, 100 recipes. 'This book is pure delicious joy....this feel-good collection, with delicious twists crammed into every recipe. Perfect for autumnal cooking and colder nights.' BBC Good Food COMFORT MOB is a celebration of hearty dishes from around the world that warm, soothe and fill us. Spending time in the kitchen recreating comfort is a way to indulge in dishes from the past and find new flavour and texture combinations that appeal to our senses. Featuring old-school bangers with a MOB Kitchen twist such as Roast Garlic Chicken Pie or Beef Brisket Lasagne, and modern dishes like Sriracha Crispy Tofu or Coca Cola Chicken Wings, COMFORT MOB encourages you to indulge every palate and craving in a fun, affordable and achievable way. If you're in a hurry but need a quick dose of comfort, recipes like the Grilled Halloumi and Peach Burger with Chipotle Mayo or Ben's Dad's Puttanesca will hit the spot in no time. For an extra dose of comfort, follow Mob's recipes for making your own pasta, focaccia and gnocchi to take your meal to the next level. Mob have also cooked up some cosy dessert recipes to finish - try Miso Sticky Toffee Pudding or extra-oozy Chocolate Jaffa Pool. COMFORT MOB is a nod to homeliness and cosy nights spent cooking with friends and family, recapturing the feeling of better, safer times with food that loves you back.

The comprehensive vegan cookbook with over 500 recipes—plus photos and extensive information on ingredients and nutrition. This remarkable resource, the bestselling vegan cookbook in French history, is now available here, offering a richly illustrated variety of recipes for those who want to reduce or eliminate animal products in their diet for ethical, environmental, or health reasons. You’ll discover the richness and diversity of vegan gastronomy and how cooking can still be truly creative even without eggs, meat, fish, or dairy products. Learn how to make your own vegan cheeses, how to cook astonishing egg-free, dairy-free desserts, and how to prepare 100% vegan versions of some of the great classic dishes. In addition to recipes for breakfasts, lunches, suppers and baby foods, there are recipes for every occasion: birthdays, brunches, picnics, barbecues, and family get-togethers. More than just a collection of recipes, the book provides illustrated step-by-step information on the key ingredients of the vegan diet such as nuts, flax seeds, chickpeas, and avocado, and there is a chapter outlining the essentials for vegan nutritional balance: where to find protein, calcium, and vitamin B12; information on mistakes to avoid; and know-how on making making dairy substitutes. Inventive and inspirational, Vegan Bible is destined to be the only vegan cookbook you will ever need.

Reminiscent of Wiseguy, Mob Boss is a compelling biography from two prominent mob experts recounting the life and times of the first acting boss of an American Mafia family to turn government witness Alfonso "Little Al" D'Arco, the former acting boss of the Luchese organized crime family, was the highest-ranking mobster to ever turn government witness when he flipped in 1991. His decision to flip prompted many others to make the same choice, including John Gotti's top aide, Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, and his testimony sent more than fifty mobsters to prison. In Mob Boss, award-winning news reporters Jerry Capeci and Tom Robbins team up for this unparalleled account of D'Arco's life and the New York mob scene that he embraced for four decades. Until the day he switched sides, D'Arco lived and breathed the old-school gangster lessons he learned growing up in Brooklyn and fine-tuned on the mean streets of Little Italy. But when he learned he was marked to be whacked, D'Arco quit the mob. His defection decimated his crime family and opened a window on mob secrets going back a hundred years. After speaking with D'Arco, the authors reveal unprecedented insights, exposing shocking secrets and troublesome truths about a city where a famous pizza parlor doubled as a Mafia center for multi-million-dollar heroin deals, where hit men carried out murders dressed as women, and where kidnapping a celebrity newsman's son was deemed appropriate revenge for the father's satirical novel. Capeci and Robbins spent hundreds of hours in conversation with D'Arco, and exhausted many hours more fleshing out his stories in this riveting narrative that takes readers behind the famous witness testimony for a comprehensive look at the Mafia in New York City.