Ann Gentry is the creator, founder and operating owner of Real Food Daily, the only restaurant in the Los Angeles area that serves a 100 percent vegan menu using foods grown exclusively with organic farming method. She also wrote The Real Food Daily Cookbook! 

Vegan Family Meals is full of delicious recipes for both body and soul. Plus, I appreciate any cookbook that includes step by step cooking techniques. Not all of us are Martha Stewart's! 

The good stuff: Sesame-Shiitake Tofu Frittata, Fennel and Roasted Garlic Soup with Walnut-Basil Pesto, Pecan and Cornmeal Crusted Tempeh, Coconut-Lime Cupcakes With Coconut Frosting.     

Hardcover, 258 pages, color photos throughout.