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Learn to COOK - Sinfully Vegan: Over 140 Decadent Desserts to Satisfy Every Vegan's Sweet Tooth
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Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.86
EAN: 9781569244760
ISBN: 1569244766
Label: Da Capo Press
Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2003-10-26
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Studio: Da Capo Press
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Choosing to be a vegan doesn't have to mean a life of deprivation—now readers can pamper their palates with healthy foods and still indulge in all their favorite treats. In Sinfully Vegan, author Lois Dieterly has "veganized" all the traditional favorites—including chocolate cake, fudge, cheesecake, apple pie, and strawberry shortcake—without sacrificing the great flavor, and offers many brand-new recipes for cooks to add to their dessert repertoire. Sinfully Vegan's 140 recipes cover the full spectrum of desserts—from cakes, candies, cookies, and brownies to pies, tarts, puddings, and breads—all of which are dairy- and eggfree, and even includes a section with wheat-free alternatives. Complete with helpful pantry-stocking tips and nutritional breakdowns for each recipe, Sinfully Vegan offers a sumptuous array of dessert choices and is perfect for all those vegans out there yearning for something sweet to satisfy their cravings.
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Summary: Not a first choice
Comment: The constant ingredient in most recipes in this cookbook is maple syrup. While using maple syrup in recipes is not unusual for vegan baking, needing it for most of these recipes tends to get outrageously expensive. It's not my first choice when reaching for a vegan dessert cookbook. There are NO pictures in this cookbook.
I prefer Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World.
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Summary: Very disappointing
Comment: I received this book as a gift. I jumped into trying some of the great-sounding recipes. Each one I tried more clearly showed the sad truth that this book is full of false promises. As other reviewers have noted, some of the cakes are inedible. I love to bake and make some excellent vegan desserts. None of them came from this book. Spend your money elsewhere.
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Summary: a few gems, many forgettable recipes, some downright bad
Comment: I am glad that I bought this book because, as a vegan amateur cook, I have realized that part of becoming a good cook is taking flawed recipes and experimenting to improve upon their texture, flavor or presentation. This book, therefore, is a good starting guide. However, if you don't like wasting $50 on ingredients for a recipe that is tolerable at best, I'd say skip this book. That said, I haven't tried every recipe in this book yet (there are many). It does have a few good vegan "cheesecake" recipes, particularly the peanut butter-chocolate combinations. The Double Chocolate Delight was an excellent variation on traditional mayonnaise cake. There were also a few good versatile pie crust recipes. However, the frostings whose base was silken tofu and/or xanthan gum were unappetizing both in taste and texture. Several of the brownie recipes came out poor in either flavor or texture or both. The lemon cake and Cherry Vanilla Dream cake both left a lot to be desired. Frankly, the lemon cake I just tossed out. Some of the smoothie recipes look good, although I don't think you'd need a recipe book to come up with your own. If it wasn't for the cheesecake and the variety of ideas this book offered me, I'd give it one star, I'm sad to report. Vegan baking can be hard, and I applaud the author for trying.
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Summary: Some Cakes are Gross
Comment: I was really excited about this book. I have made a few recipes from it. I would recommend playing around with the cake recipes yourself before dishing them out to guests. There is a basic cake recipe used for about half of the cakes in the book. It uses maple syrup instead of sugar. My husband and I do NOT like this particular cake. However, there is another basic cake in the book that is quite tasty. If you cook enough, you can figure out what you can add or take away from the recipes. It's a really nice book, and lovely pictures. I also like that the author doesn't use un-natural ingredients!
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Summary: Lacking in Sin and Decadence
Comment: This was the first vegan cookbook that I purchased when I decided to make the transition from vegetarianism to veganism. I was choosing between 3 different cookbooks and because of the fact that I am an avid baker, I thought this would be the best choice. The recipes inside were detailed and all looked to be delicious.
After purchasing the book, though, I was thoroughly disappointed with my decision. I first made the Peanut Butter cookies, and they were not sweet at all, and got rock-hard within an hour of sitting out. I'm sure my family ate them out of pity, but they all said they weren't very tasty. Next I tried the Homestyle Chocolate Chip Cookies, and they were also a failure. Not much flavor or life, and severely lacking in a remotely chewable texture.
Since buying this book, I've come across many other recipes for these very basic types of cookies that have been moist, chewy, and simply delicious. This book has been sitting on my shelf since I first tried those two recipes above, and I think I may have to recycle it soon. I would recommend saving your money, and looking for a cookbook that has successful taste-tested recipes, because I sincerely doubt these were tested at all prior to print. I fear that other new vegans will buy this book, make some of the baked goods and think, "if this is as good as it gets, I may want to rethink this lifestyle." I assure you, it definitely gets better than this!
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