Veganistan : a vegan tour of the Middle East

Butcher, Sally2022

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The Middle East is a region lush in its vegetation, a gift to the non-meat-eater. Much of the cuisine is naturally vegetable based, with a lot of the flavour of recipes coming from the herbs, spices, cooking methods and sheer 'joie de cuisiner' traditional to Middle Eastern dining. Vegan diets can often be dismissed as lacking in certain nutrients, but there is no doubt that one thing a Middle Eastern kitchen teaches us is balance: every dish from a traditional kitchen is carefully crafted to offer a balance of 'hot' and 'cold' elements to satiate the four humours of medieval yore with pulses, grains, nuts, and vegetables galore. The mission of 'Veggiestan' was to celebrate vegetables in all their glory, rather than recreating meat dishes, and in 'Veganistan' Sally starts to play more with seitan, tofu, and tempeh using them as vehicles to showcase the range of flavour this cuisine offers.