Nava Atlas is an American cookbook author and artist. An archive of her papers is housed in the

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Center for Women’s History and Culture at

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Education

Nava Atlas received her B.F.A. degree from the

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in 1977, and her M.A. degree in Art Studio in 2007 from the

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Cookbooks

Atlas has written and illustrated a number of

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"Meatless Monday: Nava Atlas and the Art of Plant Power"
''Huffington Post'', Oct. 27, 2014, Her first cookbook, ''Vegetariana'', came out in 1984, and an entirely vegan edition of ''Vegetariana'' was released in 2021. Her first set of cookbooks focused on vegetarian and natural foods: ''The WholeFood Catalog: A complete Guide to Natural Foods'' (1988), ''American Harvest: Regional Recipes for the Vegetarian Kitchen'' (1991), ''Great American Vegetarian'' (1998), ''The Vegetarian 5- Ingredient Gourmet'' (2001), and ''The Vegetarian Family Cookbook'' (2004). Later, she transitioned to vegan and plant-based cookbooks: ''Vegan Holiday Kitchen'' (2011), ''Wild About Greens'' (2012), ''Plant Power'' (2014), ''5-Ingredient Vegan'' (2019), ''Vegan on a Budget'' (2020), and ''Plant-Powered Protein'' (2020).List of cookbooks
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listed ''Vegan Holiday Kitchen'' as one of the "Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time" in 2024.

Book art

Atlas' work is in the collections of

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, and the Wichita Art Museum. Isaacs, J. Susa
''The Book: A Contemporary View''
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, 2011, p. 14. She makes artists' books, often experimenting with the physical form and incorporating found materials. Her works include: ''Secret Recipes for the Modern Wife'' (2009), ''Sluts & Studs'' (2008), ''Tomcats & Trollops'' (2008), ''(Mis)labeling Hillary'' (2008), ''Hand Jobs'' (2008), ''Deconstructing Elsie'' (2014), ''Why You Can't Get Married: an Unwedding Album'' (2013), ''The Completely-from-Scratch Steer-to-Sirloin Beef Slaughter Guide and Cookbook'' (2012), and ''Any Man Gets Tired of Toast All the Time'' (2007). ''Love and Marriage'' (2008) is a 1950s comic book in which all the dialogue has been replaced with original text by Atlas, and installations that feature text."Artist's Books: Love and Marriage"
University of Michigan Library website, 2017.

References

External links

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Literary Ladies' Guide to the Writing Life

Guide to the Nava Atlas papers
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Harper biographyNava Atlas reflects on the (vegan) return of her cult-classic "Vegetariana" cookbook
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