How to Get Your Vegan Kitchen and Home Ready for Emergencies

An interview with Robin and Jon Robertson — because an ounce of frozen kale is worth a pound of spoiled spinach

Marla Rose
Tenderly
Published in
8 min readJun 15, 2020

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From ‘The Ball Blue Book of Canning and Preserving Recipes’ (1944). Photo: saltycotton via Flickr

I have long been a fan of Robin Robertson’s cookbooks, which cover a wide range of subjects and cooking styles, some of which are published by her husband Jon’s company, Vegan Heritage Press. I thought I knew all of Robin’s cookbooks but seeing as she has a new one coming out about every other week (okay, that is a slight exaggeration), it’s understandable that I only recently heard of Vegan Unplugged, originally published in 2010.

It was in a conversation with a friend about how to plan for the anticipated worsening coronavirus spread in the fall when she mentioned how she is digging into her copy of Vegan Unplugged, a collaboration between Robin and Jon, for tips and tricks. Unplugged is a thorough guide for emergency preparedness, which they were inspired to write after a week without electricity when Hurricane Isabel hit their community in 2003. You can also check out Robin’s very timely classic Cook the Pantry for recipes from Unplugged as well as some new ones and additional cooking options.

Obviously, Robin’s expertise is in recipe development and cooking, but her co-author Jon lends a lot of practical…

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