Smith & Daughters: A Cookbook (That Happens to be Vegan)

A new refreshed edition of the bestselling 2017 edition, Smith & Daughters: A Cookbook (That Happens to Be Vegan) is once again setting out to prove that veganism is not a passing trend. Now, millions of people around the world are committed to eating less meat, and this essential guide to plant-based innovation in the kitchen has become a groundbreaking bible.

Based on the landmark Melbourne restaurant of the same name, this energized cookbook offers 80 delicious vegan recipes with a Spanish twist to recreate at home, appealing to meat and vegetarian eaters alike. Across seven chapters, the book features big plates, small plates, salads, sweets, dressings and drinks, with recipes for ‘chorizo’ and potato, ‘meatballs’ in a saffron almond sauce, chipotle cashew ‘cheese’, ‘tuna’ and green pea croquettes, plus warm doughnuts and spiced Mexican flan.
 
Forget your preconceptions of vegan food! Smith & Daughters: A Cookbook (That Happens to be Vegan) is the iconic book for vegetarians, vegans and anyone who is even slightly veg-curious. 

A veritable tour de force in vegetarian and vegan cooking, Shannon Martinez has been a chef in Melbourne kitchens for over 20 years. She is best known as the owner of Australia's most prolific plant-based business, Smith & Daughters, which resulted in the best-selling books Smith & Daughters: A Cookbook (That Happens to be Vegan), Smith & DELIcious: Food From Our Deli (That Happens to be Vegan), and Vegan With Bite.

While Shannon eats meat, she has perfected her vegan repertoire and says this is what makes her food taste so good; she aims to replicate the flavors and textures of meat, rather than serving bland, predictable, vegan fare.

Mo Wyse is a Seattle and NY expat who launched the original Smith & Daughters with Shannon on Brunswick Street, Fitzroy in 2014.