Vegan Recipes for New Age Men by Liz Treacher

 Vegan Recipes for New Age Men 

by Liz Treacher

Vegan recipes for New Age Men was written by Liz Treacher

 and published by Skelbo Press in 2023. 

Liz has sent me the book to review in exchange for an honest review.

Synopsis

Lauren really, really needs a break.

There’s just one problem: a bearded bohemian is squatting in her Highland cottage by the sea. He’s performing reiki on her plants and cluttering the fridge with strange ingredients. What on earth is aquafaba, anyway?

When her busybody granny turns up to crash her much-needed holiday, along with Lauren’s boyfriend Patrick - who really is perfect for her, by the way - things get even worse. 

As her life unravels, Lauren is forced to confront the ghosts lurking in her idyllic Scottish retreat. But with a skilled hand in the kitchen and a heartfelt recipe or two, she might discover that maybe - just maybe - chickpeas aren’t so bad after all.

My Review

This lovely cosy romantic novel arrived though me letterbox on the coldest day of the year so far and consequently I didn't need much persuading to make a coffee and snuggle down in front of a roaring fire for a few hours of escapism to Loch Fleet, just above Dornoch, on the East coast of Scotland. 

This actually evolved into a few cups of coffee and several logs on the firs whilst I lost myself into reading this book in one sitting as I was drawn into the setting with the wonderfully descriptive writing.

Lauren, Nash and Amelia are characters who you will embrace as you read their evolving story, whilst at the same time wondering what on earth is Lauren doing in London with someone like Patrick , when she could be living her life running free on the shores of Loch Fleet.

The story follows the ups, and downs, indecisiveness, counselling and memories that Lauren goes through on her path through life. 

As belies the title, the story is interspersed with recipes which nash is writing into his book. Some of them sound intriguing, meringues made with chickpea water, grannies muffins made with apple vinegar !!!!! Whether you try them or not is up to you, though Liz does issue a disclaimer for the recipes and their outcomes at the beginning of the book !!!!!

This is a beautifully written story that draws you with ease through Lauren's life, both past and present and, to my mind, is the writing of a skilled author who knows what her readers want and how to deliver it .  At 186 pages this is one of those stories which provides a few hours of escapism to a beautiful part of Scotland. I love it around Dornoch and I have visited, and purchased books in, the wonderful bookshop when I stayed there for a week a few years ago.

Thanks to Vegan Recipes for New Age Men I will be returning to this beautiful area of Scotland as an added bonus very soon.

And in the future ?............. well I ,for one, will be looking out for more 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 books by Liz to add to my pile of books to read and review.

About The Author

When I was just four years old, I knew I wanted to be a writer, but it took me years to get going! In the meantime, I did lots of different things – researcher, alternative therapist, teacher and art photographer. I think all those different jobs gave me the life-experience I needed to finally put pen to paper.

I’ve lived on the shores of Loch Fleet for over a decade and the sights and sounds of the water and the birds have somehow seeped inside me. I wanted to communicate the wonder and tranquillity of the place in my writing, and a romantic comedy seemed the best way to do it. This led me to writing my latest novel Vegan Recipes for New Age Men.

The concept of writing about a vegan chef came to me after spending lockdown with my daughter and her partner, who are both vegan. We used to take it in turns to cook and initially I felt paralysed by the thought of cooking without using animal products. I’d been vegetarian for a long time, but no dairy, eggs or even honey was a difficult concept! The joke is that I’m not a very good cook and the recipes in the book are a metaphor for people’s feelings, rather than instructions on how to make a good meal! I even put a disclaimer at the front in case readers try any of them!

The main message of Vegan Recipes for New Age Men is that a beautiful landscape can change people – for the better! 

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