If you want an impressive dessert you can whip up from staples that are easy to keep on hand, this chocolate strudel from Vegan Italiano is for you. It’s really just confectioners’ sugar, baking chocolate, almonds or walnuts and a sheet of puff pastry. And if you remember what eating chocolate filled croissants was like, it’s kind of like that.
If you’re one of those vegetarians/vegans who doesn’t get into fake meats, tofu, seitan, etc. you’ll love Vegan Italiano. It sticks to mostly naturally vegan classic Italian recipes. I’ve also made the Ligurian Basil Pesto which came out quite nice. But then I’ve never met a pesto that I didn’t like. Also, with as many cookbooks as I have, sometimes they start to look alike. A lot of recipe repetition. This one has enough new and different (to me) recipes that I’ll get plenty of use out of it.