Black Rican Vegan: Fire Plant-Based Recipes from a Bronx Kitchen

by Lyana Blount

The Best Latin & Soul Food Made Entirely Vegan

Growing up in a Puerto Rican and Black household, Lyana Blount knew from a young age that food was a love language, and it was one she intended to master. After going vegan, she set out to capture the flavor, vibrancy and love in her family’s recipes with lighter plant-based ingredients. And with that, her NYC pop-up Black Rican Vegan was born! In this personal collection of recipes, Lyana shares the secrets behind the vegan, Latin soul food she’s famous for, so you can make her incredible meals right in your own kitchen and enjoy healthier versions of beloved classics.

These 60 dishes combine crowd-pleasing favorites from the Black Rican Vegan menu, OG meals from the five boroughs and passed down family recipes. Make Puerto Rican fare like Holiday Vernil, Chicharron sin Carne, Mofonguitos con Vegan Camarones and Sopa de Salchicon. Celebrate the diverse NYC food scene with recipes like Moxtails, NYC Bacun Eggin Cheeze, Succulent Birria Tacos, Titi’s Lasagna for Dad and Bronx Fried Oyster Mushrooms. Lyana’s ingenious plant-based swaps will have you wowing your friends and family with ridiculously good meals no one will believe are vegan. Because after all, food is love, and nothing helps you share that more than the incredible plant-based recipes in Black Rican Vegan .

Genres: Cookbooks, Food, Nonfiction, Vegan

168 pages, Paperback

Published July 25, 2023

Reviews

[Melody Brandy · Rating 5 out of 5]

So glad I bought this book without hesitation. I’m a Black Rican Bronx native myself and I’ve been struggling a little bit with coming up with vegan meals. This book has all of my favorites that I make already… so being able to transition and still enjoy “my normal” Latin meals is great!! I also love how she put this together. I most definitely recommend this book to anyone who I know is vegan or need ideas for healthier meals.

[Kelsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

So many delicious recipes are available in this cookbook! I borrowed it from the library, but I will definitely be adding this book to my home cookbook library. I can’t wait to make so many of these. I read through it, but I haven’t made any of them yet (this will change very soon though).

[Janet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great vegan food and a fun read

These recipes and procedures for cooking Latin food are eye-opening for this vegan Bronx native. I've learned so much about this style of cooking.

[D Levine]

I want to try many of these recipes to enjoy these dishes without the meat.