THE VEGAN ITALIAN
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Honouring tradition,
and cooking with love

Your inspirational resource for a vegan Italian life with recipes, food writing, cookbooks, events and Italy travel tips.

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THE RECIPES

Vegan Italian recipes that honour the traditional classics. From humble ingredients to indulgent treats for special celebrations.

Crunchy taralli biscuits from Puglia

A jar of these moreish taralli never lasts long in our house! The perfect savoury snack to have on hand—experiment with your favourite...

Italian cooking: timeless skills and traditions for the future

Traditional Italian home cooking provides the wisdom and skills we need to navigate a world that is increasingly losing touch. Image by...

A Vegan Italian Christmas Menu: Recipes from 'Natale' Cookbook

This menu has been curated with the help of my social media community. I invited followers to vote for their favourite dishes, selecting...

Taieddha - a vegan Italian potato casserole with a difference!

Taieddha is a family-friendly vegetable dish from Puglia that elevates the humble ingredients of potatoes, zucchini, rice and...

How to Make Delicious Focaccia Barese, The No-Knead Bread with some unexpected ingredients

Made with a no-knead unique dough featuring mashed potato, flour and semolina, this Puglian focaccia could become your favourite baked...

Impress Your Guests with this Plant Based Italian Christmas Menu

This is a southern Italian designed menu to inspire your Christmas feasting. Read on to discover the recipes for you to whip up this...

THE COOKBOOKS

Each cookbook explores a different side of vegan Italian cuisine. Discovering Vegan Italian reimagines classic dishes, A Vegan Summer in Southern Italy celebrates the south’s regional traditions, and Natale brings festive Italian Christmas recipes to life. Full colour photography, in print and digital formats.

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Festive designed notepad & pen!

With every purchase of Natale this 2025 festive season, you will receive a bonus gift - a special edition 50 page DL notepad and blue ink 'Buon Appetito' pen, just perfect for those Christmas notes and lists!

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MEET NADIA

Nadia is driven by a desire to experience the traditions of Italian flavours and dishes in great abundance, without compromising her deep vegan values.

A vegan Italian food specialist and creator of The Vegan Italian Kitchen she shares her knowledge of plant-based regional Italian cuisine through her cookbooks, TV appearances, cooking events and widely published recipes. Born in South Australia to an Italian father and an Australian mother, Nadia combines her beloved heritage with a passion for vegan cooking.

Nadia loves the colour red, spaghetti al pomodoro, coffee, baths, books, Italy (naturally!) and slow living. She currently lives in Adelaide with her husband Matthew and dog Hugo.

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READ THOUGHT-PROVOKING FOOD BLOGS

Italian cooking: timeless skills and traditions for the future

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The gift of slowing down with pasta

In memory of Nonna: the heroes we choose

How I broke free from the Cult of Thin: YOU are more than a body

ITALIAN TRAVEL ALBUM

Scroll through Nadia's travels to Italy, from the northern snowy alps to the sun-drenched south - all the while travelling vegan!

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VEGAN ITALY TRAVEL TIPS HERE

PRAISE FOR NADIA'S COOKBOOKS

I basked in the warmth of Nadia's Italian winter feasts. Many Italian food traditions are linked to season and occasion and here Nadia gives them a plant-based twist while remaining true to the flavour profile and origin of each dish.

~JACLYN CRUPI, AUTHOR~

Pasta Love, Nonna Knows Best

Garden Like a Nonno

Natale is like a warm hug from an Italian nonna — filled with plant-based recipes, stunning photos, and all the festive cheer of a genuinely kind Christmas. This rich collection of vegan dishes satisfies every craving and does so while serving our animal friends nothing but love.

~MAGGIE COOGAN~

Animals Australia

This is not a stock standard, typical Italian cookbook - it's interesting, well researched and the recipes are absolutely excellent. The photography is so evocative with super Christmas vibes. Honestly, there's nothing not to love about this cookbook,

it's a special one.

Goodreads review

for Natale

I think this is the first time in my life that I have sat and read a cook book from cover to cover.....A truly transformative experience.

Lindy Schnieder

Author

for A Vegan Summer

Natale already holds a very special place in my kitchen, and I know it will help create many memories for many Christmas' to come!

Jess' Vegan Test Kitchen

for Natale

This is one of the most beautiful cookbooks I've read. The stories contained transport you straight to Italy and the recipes provide both variety and ease to cook.

Kerry

Goodreads review

for A Vegan Summer

A Vegan Summer in Southern Italy is next level gorgeous and much more than a cookbook. Nadia invites us into her family and heritage, weaving a narrative of her travels through the

regions, complete with stunning imagery.

Rachael Morris
Editor Nourish Magazine
for A Vegan Summer

What a beautiful book! The photos are beautiful, the words take you to Italy as you read and the recipes are simple yet delicious and focus on what's growing in the garden. I loved it.

Natalia

Goodreads review

for A Vegan Summer

Without a doubt, the best vegan Italian cookbook on the market.

Amazon Review

for Discovering Vegan Italian

An absolutely gorgeous cookbook full of recipes that work and taste great.

Lots of thumbs up from

the whole family.

Kristy Fairlamb

Author

for Discovering Vegan Italian