Before Gwyneth or Beyonc©, there was Mrs Vera Richter, the trailblazing nutritional guru who opened the world s first ever raw, vegan restaurant in California in 1917. From cow-less ice cream to egg-less mayonnaise, gluten free tamales to homemade almond milk, Vintage Vegan collects over 100 of her most mouth-watering recipes for you to recreate at home. Drawing upon a wholesome array of plant-based ingredients, Vintage Vegan features soups, pies and confections that are 100 percent cook-less. Loaded with vitamins and uncompromised by conventional methods of baking, frying or boiling, her delicious ingredients are tantalizing proof that raw is always more.