Italian Food Goes Vegan in New Cookbook

In her latest cookbook author Chloe Coscarelli tackles Italian food from a vegan perspective. Her book Chloe's Vegan Italian Kitchen: 150 Pizzas, Pastas, Pestos, Risottos, & Lots of Creamy Italian Classics offers fun and inventive ways of preparing everything from appetizers to dessert.

This is the third cookbook for Coscarelli, who rose to fame as the winner of the Food Network's Cupcake Wars. The book opens with a tongue-in-cheek guide to popular Italian phrases you can practice while indulging in Chloe's potato gnocchi, mushroom pesto crostini, lasagna bolognese, chocolate-dipped almond biscotti and much more.

Configured into eight chapters, the book walks you through meat-free and dairy-free alternatives to Italy's most popular foods - from soups and salads to main courses and desserts that will make you swoon. There's even a chapter dedicated exclusively to vegan sauces, cheeses and doughs so you won't feel like you are missing out on authenticity when you enjoy favorites like a crumbled ''sausage'' and ''mozzarella'' pizza.

Chloe's Vegan Italian Kitchen is sure to tickle your vegan tastebuds. It's available for purchase on Amazon.