Acorn

“The Acorn’s recipes for elevated vegetarian meals, center plants and fungi in a gustatory spotlight that demonstrates, through deliciousness, just how potent and satisfying these living kingdoms can be.”
—DAVID ZILBER, chef and fermenter

“Eating at The Acorn made me feel like I belonged, and left me with a lot of positive questioning: It was my first time at a vegetarian restaurant where everything was so thoughtful and beautifully prepared. Shira and her team are a force of nature, and with this book we all get a glimpse into their world.”
—MATTY MATHESON

“The Acorn is doing things to vegetables that put it on the cutting edge of the plant-forward movement. I’m so excited to finally get my hands on their cookbook so I can see how they make their magical food happen.”
—AMANDA COHEN, chef/owner, Dirt Candy

“This beautiful, exacting celebration of vegetables from one of North America’s most exciting and consistently surprising restaurants should prove essential reading for a new generation of casual and professional cooks. Never in the field of modern gastronomy have the grown goods of our green earth been so innovatively and instructively tamed to the page.”
—ANDREW MORRISON, Scout magazine

“At the award-winning Acorn restaurant in Vancouver, produce is the star of every plate. In their first cookbook, chef Luptak and owner Blustein get creative with plants, inspiring the home cook to think root to stem and create beautiful seasonal meals.”
—JULIE VAN ROSENDAAL, The Globe and Mail

Shira Blustein is the owner and founder of The Acorn, an award-winning, vegetable-forward restaurant and bar located in Vancouver. Since opening in 2012, The Acorn has received national awards for excellence, including enRoute magazine’s Top 10 Best New Restaurants, and has been featured in The New York Times and Bon Appetit. CNN and The Daily Meal have recognized it as one of the best vegetable-forward destinations in the world, and Big Seven Travel named it the Number 1 vegan restaurant globally. In 2016, Blustein opened The Arbor, a casual restaurant with the same commitment to quality, detail, and plant-based cuisine, on the same Main St. block.

Brian Luptak was the head chef at The Acorn for five years. Before that, he spent a decade cooking in some of Canada’s finest hotels and resorts. By merging the structure and discipline learned in larger institutions with the creative freedom at The Acorn, Luptak elevated the restaurant’s innovative dishes with his exceptional palate and keen eye for detail and presentation. He lives in Vancouver with his partner, Christine, and their dog, Bowie.

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