The Long Table Cookbook: Plant-based Recipes for Optimal Health

by Amy Symington

A nutritious diet is key to both the prevention and management of chronic illness, but to make us feel wonderful, it must also taste wonderful―and a meal shared with family and friends is even better. Grounded in this perspective,  The Long Table Cookbook makes the transition to a health-optimizing plant-based diet simple and satisfying, featuring over seventy-five recipes along with the latest evidence-based nutritional advice, meal planning suggestions and tips for hosting community gatherings. Chef Amy Symington and  The Long Table Cookbook  team have put a gourmet spin on healthy ingredients with recipes that are made to share. Readers won’t be able to resist flavourful dishes like Watermelon, Mint, Tofu Feta & Arugula Salad, Caramelized Fennel, Sweet Potato & Pine Nut Cheese Pizza and Strawberry & Hazelnut Streusel Cake with Maple Vanilla Glaze. And while the recipes are satisfying and simple to prepare, they are also crafted to offer a balanced, nutrient-rich menu of whole foods. Whether cooking for four or twenty-four people, the vibrant recipes and beautiful photographs in  The Long Table Cookbook  will inspire readers to come together to enjoy their best health.

Genres: Cookbooks

256 pages, Paperback

Published March 7, 2020

About the author

Amy Symington, MSc. is a nutrition professor, research associate and plant-based chef at George Brown College in Toronto, Canada. She runs the culinary nutrition programming at Gilda's Club Greater Toronto, a not-for-profit organization for those touched by cancer and does recipe development and food writing for various publications in Toronto. Amy believes in the evidence-based health and environmental benefits of plant-based diets and is the recent author of The Long Table Cookbook: Plant-based recipes for optimal health.

Reviews

[Stevie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I own and borrow a LOT of cookbooks (>25) and have been making plant-based meals from scratch 5 days a week for 1.5 years. This book, and Isa Does It, are the best of the best. The layout is simple and easy to follow, the ingredients and recipes are unique without being unattainable, each meal contains nutrition information (and they are top notch in terms of nutrition), and the tips are always useful substitutions or workarounds. Most importantly, the outputs are delicious. Amy (author) is an educator, and you can tell she is good at her job. If all of that is not enough, she volunteers at a non-profit cancer nutrition program AND is donating royalties from this book to the charity. Buy this. It’s a treasure!

[Joelly Downey · Rating 5 out of 5]

If this is the way I get to eat whole inoculating myself from disease, it’s a dream come true. The Long Table Cookbook is by far the most beautiful cookbook I’ve ever seen in my life. The recipes are easy and so incredibly delicious. I received this as a gift and upon browsing through it, my man rushed out to the local book store and bought every copy they had to give to people he loves.
So far we’ve tried 2 recipes, the lentil pot pie and the potato chowder and it was so good we were both almost crying from joy. Eating in a cruelty free way, considering our health and the health of the planet is our main goal so this is our new bible.
You have to get this book!!! Awesome.

[Jen Tidman · Rating 2 out of 5]

As with most cookbooks I seem to peruse, this was a mixed bag of some tasty and original recipes, and other more obvious, basic or uninspiring recipes. It seemed very American in orientation, but there were a few ideas in there that'll I make and check out.

[Amy Paxton]

Large format beautiful cookbook. Recipes look yummy and would not mind trying. Would get from.library again

[Shaunesy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this cookbook. Simple recipes and could be repurposed if you wanted add meat or regular flour/oil quite easily. Beautiful.