Rust Belt Vegan Kitchen: Recipes, Resources, and Stories

A varied, handy collection of Rust Belt culinary favorites, updated for today's vegan diet.

The Rust Belt Vegan Kitchen is a community cookbook created by professional and home chefs who live and work in the Rust Belt. Recipes collected here represent the diversity of the region, and include vegan versions of:

-Polish pierogis

-Detroit coney dogs

-Hungarian paprikash

-Slovak kolaches

-Mexican conchas

-German sauerkraut balls

-Cincinnati chili

-Slovenian fish fry

-Chitterings, and many more.

The cooks and chefs collected here offer stories about their recipes as well as family and culinary traditions. The book also includes resources on how to stock a vegan pantry, guides to useful equipment, and basic how-tos for "veganizing" staples.

Infusing old world recipes with a new level of creativity for a changing audience, The Rust Belt Vegan Kitchen is unpretentious, accessible, and fun.