Daniel Acevedo - Mildreds Vegan Cookbook

Including granola, waffles & muffins

Including small bites, salads & soups

Including curries, stews & BBQ foods

Including Japanese, Indian & Mexican bowls

Including veggies, slaws & small plates

Including preserves, dressings & dips

Including cakes, puddings & truffles

Including cheeses, butters & gravies

Back in the late 1980s, when Londons Soho was still edgy, we launched Mildreds on an unsuspecting public. Those were the days when diners were all too accustomed to vegetarian food being brown and worthy, dished up on earthenware pottery. But our aim at Mildreds was and still very much is to deliver an inspiring eating experience with fresh, vibrant vegetarian dishes featuring ideas from a wide variety of culinary styles.

Despite prophecies of early closure from the local community, which gave us six months at the most, Mildreds thrived from the start and has gone from strength to strength to become the world-renowned restaurant it is today. The original Soho restaurant has now been joined by three sister restaurants in Camden, Kings Cross and Dalston, and in 2015 Mildreds The Cookbookwas published, showcasing some of our favourite recipes from the restaurant.

We are now extremely proud to present Mildreds Vegan Cookbook, where we have chosen to focus exclusively on vegan cooking. Although Mildreds is a vegetarian restaurant, many of our dishes are vegan and these are some of the most popular choices on our menu. With mounting pressure to reduce greenhouse gasses, increase sustainability and bring an end to intensive farming, as well as the need to gain more knowledge and assume greater responsibility over what we choose to cook and eat, a global vegan movement is slowly but surely edging its way centre stage.

Executive chef Daniel Acevedo and development chef Sarah Wasserman have again collaborated to create a book full of exciting recipes that, as always, seek to dispel any misconceptions that may still be associated with vegan food. Inspired by cuisines from around the world, and constantly exploring new ideas and experimenting with flavours and techniques, they have compiled a collection that offers a riot of taste, colour and texture to delight any palate.

Jane Muir, founder of Mildreds

As well as plenty of dishes for everyday meals, Daniel and Sarah show that social gatherings with a vegan spread can be indulgent, delicious and satisfying generous both in proportions and flavour. Whether its for a brunch with friends, a summer barbecue, a celebration dinner or a childrens party, there are dishes to wow everyone, from delectable savoury-filled pastries and dumplings and crowd-pleasing Turkish-style pizzas to fun-coloured (the natural way) party cakes and I cant-believe-theyre-vegan desserts. These are all mouthwatering recipes that just happen to be vegan.

Vegan cooking is often regarded as a relatively complicated way of preparing food, and it can seem daunting to make the move away from the more traditional approach to working with unfamiliar ingredients. But there is now an abundance of vegan ingredients and substitutes readily available at all major supermarkets, and we show you how a well-stocked larder and refrigerator, together with a little forethought, can help make the process easier. There is, in any case, a good deal of pleasure and satisfaction to be had from planning your meals and spending a bit of extra time in their preparation to achieve the best results. And for those who want to be more adventurous, there is the opportunity here to make your own vegan cheese, cashew nut cream and aquafaba meringues along with dairy-free whipped cream. Daniel and Sarah have also included all the practical tips you need so that the techniques involved are as failsafe as possible.

Youll also find stamps at the top of many of the recipes to flag dishes that are gluten-free. Of course, other recipes can also be amended to suit your particular diet. For example, gluten-free flour can be substituted for regular flour in most instances.

The beautifully photographed recipes in Mildreds Vegan Cookbookdemonstrate perfectly that a vegan diet the Mildreds way, whether followed full time or from time to time, will bring surprise, joy and colour to your life, and ensure your taste buds are well and truly alive and kicking!