Nava Atlas

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As a fine artist, Nava's work has been shown in galleries and museums around the United States. It also is part of many private and public collections.

Photo by: J. Gilbert Plantinga

Nava Atlas is the author and illustrator of books on vegetarian cooking, most recently Vegan Express, Vegan Soups and Hearty Stews for All Seasons, The Vegetarian Family Cookbook, and The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet. Her next cookbook is The Vegan Holiday Kitchen, schedule for publication in the fall of 2011

She also wrote a non-food book called The Literay Ladies' Guide to the Writing Life: Observations, Inspiration, and Advice from Classic Authors Who Paved the Way. This book will be published next year.

Nava has written scores of articles on healthful cooking with natural foods, which have appeared in Vegetarian Times, VegNews, Cooking Light, and numerous other publications.

In addition to cookbooks and articles, Nava also produces visual books on family themes, humor, and women's issues. Secret Recipes for the Modern Wife will be released in the spring of 2009, and is a satiric look at contemporary marriage through the lens of a faux 1950s cookbook.

Nava is also a fine artist. Her work is shown and collected by museums and universities across the U.S. Her home is in the Hudson Valley region of New York State, where she lives with her husband and two sons. Her websites are vegkitchen.com and navaatlas.com.

See Nava's Recipes