We all have our gurus, mentors and people we look up to.
Mine is my friend Annie. When Annie says “Here, read this!” I read it!
Annie showed me a copy of Jennifer Katzinger’s
Flying Apron’s Gluten-Free & Vegan Baking Book and I could hardly believe my eyes. Katzinger, owner of the Flying Apron Bakery in Seattle, has written a lovely, workable, informative cookbook. Every recipe makes sense. They work! And there aren’t a lot of confusing ingredients and steps. This is a fabulous book for beginners and experienced chefs alike.
Everything from pizza crusts, cookies, cupcakes, pies, cakes, maple bars (my personal favorite!), tarts, pastries and breads are covered in this handy, pretty book. I give this book 5 STARS!
The good people at Sasquatch Books have given me a few copies to give away to my readers! Leave your comment here about why you would love to receive a copy of this book by this Friday the 5th of February.
Enjoy,
Alexandra
I would love this book! It would be great to learn how to make yummy but healthy treats. Thanks for the opportunity.
I’ve been doing a raw foods diet for a while now and am eager to get my hands on this book to find more yummy healthy vegan alternatives to add into my current menu plan — I can’t wait to peek inside!!! Thanks for the continued great referrals, Alex…Where would so many of us be without you as our fabulous role model!!!
As a health counselor who knows many gluten intolerant people and as a food and wellness blogger, I’d love to share some of these recipes and own a copy of the book.
I love your Living Vegan for dummies so far, I reviewed it on my site.
Thanks Alex!
Vera
I would love to win this cookbook for my granddaughter who has to eat gluten free
I have been mostly a vegetarian for about 40 years. Just reciently I made the transition to mostly vegan. October 18th to be exact.I am now learning how to cook without eggs and dairy. Boy, do I seriously need help! Baking is a major problem without dairy and eggs. I have at least 80 pounds to lose, and would like to learn how to lose it healthfully. I have baked for years mostly breads and the sinful sweet breads and cookies during the holidays. I really want to not only eat healthy, but when I bake goodies, I want them to be healthful and delicious. In other words I do not want to give away unhealthy things,like I have for years. Thanks for considering my request.
I’m starting to put together some clues my body is telling me – and I think a gluten-free diet is my next step. I would love to try out the recipes in this pretty book!!
Hi Alex, the book sounds great! I am a vegan and celiac so am always on the lookout for new cookbooks where I don’t have to alter the ingredients. Plus I LOVE baking. And I’d love to feature some of the baked goods from this book on my blog. However, I’m in the UK so can I still enter the giveaway? x
One of the most delicious baking recipes I have is vegan, indeed it’s Alex’s chocolate cupcakes from The Great American Detox Diet, so I’d definitely like to find out more about vegan baking.
Incidentally, the frosting used in the cupcake recipe can double as chocolate truffles – just let the tofu/melted chocolate/maple syrup mixture harden enough to shape into balls, then roll them in cocoa powder – amazing!
Hi Alex! As a new 100% vegan with wheat and gluten intolerance, I would really love to win a copy of this book and learn how to bake in a tummy-friendly and cruelty-free way. Thanks for sharing your review and hugs from Italy!
This sounds like a terrific cookbook. I’ve been vegan for 17 years, but am just now looking to greatly reduce or eliminate my gluten intake. This book would be such a great help. Incidentally, I have a good friend who bakes gluten-free goodies to sell locally, and she had been convinced that baked goods could be gluten-free or vegan, but not both. I’d love to show her this book!!
Hi Alex, can’t wait to read this book! I’m trying to enjoy a 100% vegan pregnancy, and I’m sure your recipes for baked goods will make it a little easier!
I am arming myself with excellent books to change the eating habits of my family. I have The Great American Detox Diet and Living Vegan For Dummies as well as Kind Diet. This book would be one more resourse to help bump us into the right direction. It looks interesting and yummy!
I am studying with IIN to become a Holistic Health Coach, and would love a copy of this book to be able to share recipes with my clients, and also to recommend it! I live in Malta (Europe)…I hope I am still eligible to participate…I can offer to pay for shipping if you decide to send me one!! Thanks a lot!!
Wow Alex what a fabulous book! After years of yo yo dieting and some level of being a vegetarian, I am finally a vegan. I feel great and would love to do some baking. I am starting to attend a monthly vegan potluck in my area and would love to surprize the group with some tasty baked goods and pizza. Thank you as always for inspiring me to be a healthier and better person!
I’ve been seriously considering becoming vegan, so this would be an awesome inspiration!
It’s funny how the universe drops things into your lap just when you need them. I would love, love, love to win a copy of this book.
My daughter (age 25 months) is a self-selected vegan. We eat a mostly vegan diet at home, and even when we’re out she wants nothing to do with anything animal. Last week we learned that she’s also highly sensitive to gluten and so now not only are we learning how to cook for a vegan toddler, but also now a gluten-free vegan toddler. She’s such an inspiration and her chosen health path is helping us to get healthy too!
This book would b so great for expanding my culinary horizons! Having a few more baked goods that I could offer at meal time, snack time and especially to send with her to school would be so wonderful.
My fiance and I just recently discovered he is gluten and dairy allergic, this whole time we thought it was the dog! As the good girlfriend I am, I’m joining him in his new diet plan that is heavy on leafy greens, raw food as much as possible and totally gluten and dairy free. Any recipes and more information I can get would be so helpful to support me in supporting my soon to be husband!
I recently discovered a very sweet little ALL-VEGAN bakery/coffee shop. Who knew baked goods could be vegan and so yummy?! I’m a baker at heart and would love some help in turning my hobby vegan.
I would so love to have a copy of this cookbook since I am a vegan and my son and I both have Celiac. It would be great to get some new recipes and ideas.
My fiance has been wanting us to cut out sugar and wheat from our diets. I’ve been more reluctant to try. Maybe this book would help? That and it might make a nice Valentines Gift
I would appreciate this book very much. Having tried many diets to eliminate symptoms of gluten sensitivity, the closest and most unrealistic that has worked for me is Atkins. This book would provide so many more options and a way to introduce new and exciting ways to others to adopt other eating habits for the best feelings of healthy we all deserve.
Hi Alex,
I was so excited to hear about this cookbook. It’s so hard to find books that are both vegan and gluten free. I’ve been vegan for a while, and been trying to move towards limiting gluten as well, as sensitivity runs in my family. I just discovered that I’m pregnant, and now have even more reason to need this book! I’ll be craving lots of treats and comfort foods, and how great to be able to make them healthy!
The books sounds great! You have been inspiring to me. I am making the transition to vegan because of digestive issues with meat and dairy. I am trying this lifestyle change as an alternative to the surgical route to handle my health concerns. Thank you for being available to us! This book would be a great addition to my growing but new library of vegan books!
I’d be really interested in this cookbook, as I am looking for *good* alternatives to the mainstream flour/sugar baking. I am sensitive to wheat (and I suspect my kids are too) and I’d love to find some good recipes for swapping out the traditional fare. Thanks!
I have been your fan since seeing with your honey Morgan . You rock girl
I am a gluten free vegan who is working on my baking skills. I like to show people that healthy food can be delicious by baking and cooking for friends and family. In the city i live in there’s not really anywhere where i can get dessert. I went to iin a few years ago and since then have lost a 50 pounds and have turned my health around.