Veganissimo! 

The Plant-Based and Gluten-Free Italian Kitchen 

By Antonio Alderuccio 

Published by White Lion  

10th April 2025 / £20.00 Hardback/ 9781836001690 

Driven by a deep passion for creating extraordinary dishes that everyone can enjoy, award-winning chef Antonio Alderuccio has created Veganissimo!, a cookbook that brings Italian cuisine to everyone.  

From authentic Italian antipasti to mouthwatering dolce inspiration, Veganissimo! offers a collection of delicious Italian recipes uniquely crafted for a vegan and gluten-free lifestyle. By refusing to shy away from the typical Italian cuisine's foundations of pasta, breads, and cheeses, the recipes are firmly rooted in tradition and tastes, while creating new textures that can attract a wider audience. 

A contemporary and stylish addition to your cookbook collection, Veganissimo! contains over 75 extraordinary recipes. Featuring mains like Pasta alla Puttanesca and Asparagus Cacio e Pepe, tantalizing sides such as La Bruschi and Roasted Friggitelli, and irresistible Dolce offerings like Panna Cotta and Tiramisu, there's something for everyone.  

Born in Sicily, Antonio Alderuccio moved to the UK in 2015, where a chance encounter with a young girl with diabetes and coeliac disease inspired him to explore gluten-free and vegan cooking. In 2019, he launched London's first vegan, gluten-free restaurant with an Italian identity, Plant Club. Antonio's passion for innovative cuisine took him back to Italy in 2023 as the executive chef of Linfa, in Milan, where he quickly elevated the restaurant to one of the top-based bistros in the country.   

His work has been recognised internationally, with The Times naming him a revolutionary in the culinary world in 2023 and Fine Dining Lovers praising his gluten-free pizza as one of the best in Milan. In 2022, Antonio was honoured as the Federation of Italian Chefs (FIC), pasta Chef of the Year, a historic achievement for a vegan and gluten-free chef.