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Books : Passionate Vegetarian |
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Books : Passionate Vegetarian |
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Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5636 EAN: 9780761128250 ISBN: 0761128255 Label: Workman Publishing Company Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1120 Publication Date: October 30, 2002 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Sales Rank: 430385 Studio: Workman Publishing Company Editorial Review: Related Items:
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 Rating:  - My New Favorite Cookbook!!!This is a splendid cookbook. The recipes are completely doable for real world living; the ingredients are readily accessible; and the writing is terrific. My husband and I are trying to "clean up our eating act", and a huge part of the challenge has been learning to cook all over again. Meatloaf and mashed potatoes aren't going to cut it at 50. We've tried several recipes and loved them all. My only problem with this cookbook is that I have trouble putting it down! I just love reading it! Her passion for good food is contagious! Rating: - Great Cookbook - always comes to the rescue!I definitely enjoy it this cookbook! I am part of a CSA (community shared agriculture) in the summer months, and it never fails to find me a recipe for the wide variety of vegetables I get and particularly the ones I have never tried before. Rating:  - Bible of Vegetarian CookingSo the title of this review sums up what I love and what I hate about this cookbook. It is massive, detailed, and thorough--jam-packed with exciting recipes--but woefully difficult to browse. It is full of culinary jewels. My favorites include the Gujarati eggplant, vegan blintzes with blueberry sauce, and pumpkin polenta. Crescent Dragonwagon's pure joy of food and cooking is delightful and infectious. I like her colorful text introducing the recipes. She is the one I turn to when I have a special ingredient in mind that needs to be used up (the ingredient index is thorough and indipensable in such a big book), or when there's company coming and I want something impressive and delicious. Although this is not a vegan cookbook, there are plenty and plenty of vegan variations and vegan recipes to keep this mostly-vegan chef occupied. Yes, there are some recipes that rely heavily on eggs and dairy, but this is such a huge and rich cookbook that I don't think that should deter a dedicated vegan cook from purchasing it. The issue is that I find the book a bit intimidating for planning a weeknight supper--there are too many recipes to look through, and many of them require a special, careful trip to the grocery store and a couple hours of prep time. This is a book that requires patience and time. There are simpler recipes interspersed with the more time-consuming ones, but you will need time to read the cookbook to find them. There are no time-estimates preceding the recipes, so you have to look through for yourself and guesstimate the effort involved. There is a section of "quick-fixes", but I find this section to be the least inspired of the whole book. In sum, this is probably the most under-used gem of a cookbook in my collection. I recommend it to dedicated chefs who would like to experiment with eclectic and gourmet flavors. For a first vegetarian or vegan cookbook, I would probably look to something a little more straightforward. Rating: - Love itI thoroughly enjoyed this book and will keep it to cook from and refer to in the future. I like the author very much. She has an open, confiding writing style that draws me in. Judging by a couple of the reviews, it looks like her unusual name and friendly manner seem to irritate some people, but I find her funny and charming. There are many, many recipes offered here, and thus far I have only had time to make a few. I have had good luck with the ones I've tried (generally simpler ones), the results have been tasty and turned out as described. A few of the recipes seem to be heavier on unusual ingredients; but I think the majority are easily made by the average cook shopping at the average grocery store. I consider this book to be an excellent value - it is a cookbook, dietary manifesto, humorous memoir, and inspirational reading all in one. Glad I bought it! I'm ordering one for my Mom for Mother's Day. I also plan to buy Crescent Dragonwagon's other cookbooks, they look wonderful!
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