Thug Kitchen vs Planted

Thug Kitchen is a plant-based cookbook first published in 2014 by the anonymous creators of the Thug Kitchen blog. It presents vegan recipes in a deliberately informal voice marked by frequent profanity, distinguishing it from more conventional instructional cookbooks. The creators later renamed the project Bad Manners, while the original title remains associated with its early identity and its ca...

Planted is a 2018 vegan cookbook authored by Chantelle Nicholson, a New Zealand-born chef who has worked extensively in London's culinary scene. The book aims to bridge the gap between professional restaurant kitchens and home cooking by applying refined culinary techniques to plant-based ingredients. It caters to home cooks looking for sophisticated methods to prepare vegetable-forward, vegan dis...