The Vegan World Fusion Cuisine Cookbook is brought to us by Vegan Fusion, dedicated to the promotion of the vegan diet and lifestyle as a means to Planetary Peace. You'll find their restaurant "The Blossoming Lotus Restaurant" in the heart of Kapaa Town, Kauai where they serve not only award winning cuisine but also offer catering and provide a juice bar, bakery and a gourmet dining experience you will never forget!

The cookbook itself is a beautifully designed work of art and contains over 200 international gourmet vegan and live food cuisine recipes (live food meaning nutrient rich foods that have not been heated above 116 degrees so that heat sensitive enzymes and naturally occuring life force remains in the foods). It has recieved 4 award nominations finalist-nautilus book awards, health and healing category and best small press category, finalist-foreword magazine best cookbook, and semi finalist in independent publishers book awards in the cookbook category. It has also recently won the nautilus award for best small press. I can see why!

The beginning of the book starts with a Foreword and an Introduction to Vegan World Fusion Cuisine and the rest of the sections are as follows:
Appetizers, Snacks & Spreads
Soups
Dressings & Sauces
Salads & Sides
Wraps & Sandwiches
Breads, Pizza & Pasta
Tempeh, Tofu and Seitan
Casseroles, Grains & Beans
Desserts
Breakfast, Juice & Smoothies,
Vegan Natural Food Preparation - a wonderful section full of essential cooking guides, marinade and condiment recipes, mesmerizing information about various foods and even more informative chart. I love the sample menus found in this section as it makes entertaining easier to organize.
Resource Guide and an Index - another great section that includes organizations, groups, a glossary, information about the blossoming lotus, short bios of many the people involved in this company and an index.

You'll find beautiful pictures of many of the recipes, colorful photographs of people, places and things as well as famous quotes on almost every page. Each recipe includes various helps such as loving preparation, serving suggestions and sometimes variations are suggested for many of the recipes.

Some of the culinary delights you'll find in this cookbook include: Shaka's Vegan Cheezcake, Vital Ital Green Banana Omelet, Lotus Curry Past, J,J's Vegan Mayonnaise, Nooanda's Pistachio Blue Corn Crusted Tempeh, Rahim's Rasta Pasta Primavera, Nirvana's Nori Roll, Baba B's Burrito, Daddy Dread's Jamaican Jerk Plantain, Heri Jiwan's Thai Coconut Sauce and so many more mouth watering selections!

If you love creativity in the kitchen, vegan recipes or are just looking for delicious ways to prepare healthy vegetables and fruits you've got to get this cookbook!