Gluten-Free Vegan Comfort Food: 125 Simple and Satisfying Recipes, from "Mac and Cheese" to Chocolate Cupcakes by Susan O'Brien , Lara Ferroni Search Amazon for other books by or about Susan O'Brien. Rating: Reviewed by: John L. Hoh, Jr.

The bookstores are exploding with cookbooks aimed at special dietary needs. This one seems as niche as they come--both gluten-free and vegan. Or is this a common pairing?

125 recipes are featured in a scan/read format. The ingredients are listed in the scan column and the steps for the recipe in the read column. The book breaks the recipes down into the traditional breads, soups, entrees, desserts format we have come to know. A twist is the beginning chapter on breakfast alone.

The author includes guidelines for the vegan diet, for the gluten-free diet, new ingredients she uses in this cookbook, and other dietary guidelines.

This cookbook, due to its nature and the "from scratch" nature of the diets, is a bit more intense than other cookbooks. But for those devoted to these diets, or need to follow them, that extra effort is part of eating healthy and well. We all could do well to use fewer processed foods and more all-natural ingredients.