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About

About the veg wiki

Philosophy

Cooking is better with more hands in the pot.

A wiki gets more useful the more it's used. Every recipe links to the ingredients and techniques it uses — and every ingredient links back to the recipes built around it. Nothing here is static: pages grow as the household cooks, and what we learn goes straight back into the site.

No banner ads, no sponsored recipes, no tracking cookies. If something is here, it's because we actually cook it.

Who we are

A household that cooks together

This is a family project, not a publication. Everything is written by and for the people who cook from it, and every recipe is tested at least twice before it's published.

Why we built it

One connected place for what we cook

Most recipe sites are a pile of one-off pages. We wanted the recipes we've actually made, the ingredients and techniques behind them, and a meal planner that remembers everyone's allergies, preferences, and dislikes — all woven into a single system. A family cookbook that never goes out of date.

Partners

Who we link out to

We only link places we'd genuinely shop, and we never accept sponsored placements. Some links are affiliate links — if you buy through them, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. It never affects what we feature or how we rate.

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Resources · Inspiration

Inspiration

Cooks, cafes, restaurants, magazines, and websites — the sources we trust and return to.

Cooks & Authors

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Madhur Jaffrey

The authority on Indian home cooking for a Western audience. Her books are written with warmth and zero condescension.

Has a recipe linkout
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Yotam Ottolenghi

Changed how a generation thinks about vegetables. His restaurants proved that vegetable-forward cooking is not a compromise.

Has a recipe linkout

Books

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Plenty

The book that changed what people expect from a vegetable: exuberant, spicy, never a side dish.

Has a recipe linkout
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Six Seasons

A field guide to cooking every vegetable at its best, organised by season.
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The Moosewood Cookbook

The book that proved a vegetarian kitchen could be playful and hand-drawn long before plant-based was fashionable.

Cookbooks

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A Modern Way to Eat

Anna Jones

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen: Celebrating the Art of Eating Well

Amy Chaplin

One of the best, not for the beginner, but a wonderful reference.
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BOSH! Healthy Vegan

Henry Firth & Ian Theasby

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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Bowls of Goodness: Vibrant Vegetarian Recipes Full of Nourishment

Nina Olsson

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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Cranks Recipe Book

David Canter

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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Diet for a Small Planet

Frances Moore Lappé

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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East: 120 Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes from Bangalore to Beijing

Meera Sodha

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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Feasts of Veg: Vibrant Vegetarian Recipes for Gatherings

Nina Olsson

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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Fresh India

Meera Sodha

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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Greenfeast: Spring, Summer

Nigel Slater

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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How to Cook Everything Vegetarian

Mark Bittman

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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I Can Cook Vegan

Isa Chandra Moskowitz

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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Isa Does It: Amazingly Easy, Wildly Delicious Vegan Recipes for Every Day of the Week

Isa Chandra Moskowitz

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian

Madhur Jaffrey

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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Peace and Parsnips: Vegan Cooking for Life and Travel

Lee Watson

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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Plenty

Yotam Ottolenghi

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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River Cottage Veg Every Day!

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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Rose Elliot's New Complete Vegetarian

Rose Elliot

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables

Joshua McFadden

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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The Global Vegetarian: 100 Traditional Recipes From Around The World

Rebecca Seal

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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The Green Roasting Tin: Vegan and Vegetarian Traybakes

Rukmini Iyer

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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The Greens Cookbook

Deborah Madison

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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The Moosewood Cookbook

Mollie Katzen

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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The Vegetarian Epicure

Anna Thomas

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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Veg: Easy & Delicious Meals for Everyone

Jamie Oliver

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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Vegano Italiano: 150 Recipes for Delicious, Everyday Italian Meals

Rosalba Gioffrè

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook

Isa Chandra Moskowitz

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone

Deborah Madison

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.
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Whole Food Cooking Every Day: Transform the Way You Eat with 250 Vegetarian Recipes

Amy Chaplin

Editorial review pending — added via bulk seed, no review written yet.

Magazines & Journals

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Olive Magazine

Reliable for quick vegetarian midweek meals. Less ideological than some, more practical — good for households that eat flexitarian.
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The Guardian — Vegan

Consistently strong vegetarian and vegan recipe coverage. Their columnists write with clarity and the recipes actually work.

Websites

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Minimalist Baker

Every recipe uses 10 ingredients or fewer, one bowl, or 30 minutes or less. Perfect for households that want good food without the prep ove…

Has a recipe linkout
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Rainbow Plant Life

Nisha Vora's recipes are deeply flavourful and well-explained. Her video content is some of the best vegetarian cooking education available…

Has a recipe linkout

Websites

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Cookie and Kate

Reliable, unfussy vegetarian recipes that actually work on a weeknight. Good photography, honest writing.

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