Learn to COOK - Joy of Cooking: All About Vegetarian
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Manufacturer: Scribner
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Binding: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Scribner
Manufacturer: Scribner
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2000-10-25
Publisher: Scribner
Studio: Scribner
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The book that taught America how to cook, now illustrated with glorious color photography ALL ABOUT VEGETARIAN COOKING A fresh and original way to put the classic advice of Joy of Cooking to work -- illustrated and designed in a beautiful and easy-to-use new book. - Organized by subject, including stocks and soups, salads, beans and tofu, pasta and grains, and more
- More than 100 of Joy's recipes, including Grilled Ratatouille Salad, Tuscan-Style Stuffed Artichokes, and Winter Root Vegetable Braise
- Invaluable tips and techniques for buying, storing, and preparing vegetables
Sixty years after Irma Rombauer advised new cooks to "Stand facing the stove," America's love affair with Joy of Cooking continues unabated. And why not? Joy in hand, tens of millions of people -- from novices to professionals -- have learned to do everything from make a meat loaf to clean a squid to frost a wedding cake. For decades, Joy of Cooking has taught America how to cook, serving as the standard against which all other cookbooks are judged.All About Vegetarian Cooking upholds that standard. While keeping the conversational and instructional manner of the flagship book, All About Vegetarian Cooking is organized by ingredient and type of dish. Chapters include stocks and soups, salads, vegetables, beans and tofu, pastas and grains, and eggs, and incorporate more than 100 of Joy's bestloved vegetarian recipes, from Roasted Vegetable Lasagne to Greek Spinach and Cheese Pie. You'll also find information on nutrition for vegetarians, planning menus, and rules for serving sizes, as well as tips and techniques for buying, storing, and preparing fresh vegetables. Add to that more than 150 original photographs, specially commissioned for this volume, presented in the most easy-to-use design imaginable. Whether you belong to one of the millions of American households that already own a copy (or two) of Joy, or you have never cracked the spine of a cookbook before, Joy of Cooking: All About Vegetarian Cooking is for you. It is a spectacular achievement, worthy of its name. Joy has never been more beautiful. The Indispensable Kitchen Resource... All-New, All-Purpose, and now All-in-Color
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Summary: Good Recipes, Fairly Complicated
Comment: This book is chock-full of really good vegetarian recipes. I've enjoyed everything I've made from this book. The downside is that many of the recipes tend to be a little complicated, or involve esoteric ingredients (which means I have to go out of my way to buy something I'll use maybe a few times a year).
Since buying this book, I've learned a little more about what I like in cookbooks: I like recipes that let me use things I already have in my kitchen, or involve new additions that I can use in other dishes. I really want to expand my repertoire, but also don't want to clutter my (small) kitchen with little-used ingredients. This book isn't great for that.
The recipes are, however, reasonably easy to follow, and everything tastes fantastic. There are also nice tips on basic cooking techniques, storage, etc.
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Summary: A solid introduction to vegetarian cuisine
Comment: Taken from the time-honored Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition - 2006, All About Vegetarian Cooking is a lovely introduction to eating vegetarian and includes an informative intro about various kinds of vegetarians (lacto, ovo, macrobiotic, vegan), the advantages of eating organic veggies, nutrition for vegetarians, serving sizes (based on the 1995 guidelines), dietary essentials, and menu planning based around a variety of ethnic favorites such as Italian, Middle Eastern, Asian, Indian, and more.
The included recipes are fairly standard versions of those you'll find elsewhere. The bonus here is the numerous photographs of prep and informative footnotes sprinkled throughout. For example, the soups chapter starts with the basics of making homemade stock. There are numerous delicious whole-grain recipes calling for wheat/rye/spelt berries mixed into hot and cold salads, grilled veggie sandwiches with homemade focaccia and tapenade, falafel, hummus, and baba ganoush, curries and Moroccan stews, pilafs and risottos, and a chapter devoted to eggs (frittatas, souffles, timbales).
In all honesty, I own over a dozen vegetarian cookbooks, and there's a lot of overlap with other volumes such as Mediterranean Harvest: Vegetarian Recipes from the World's Healthiest Cuisine and The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen, but if you're new to vegetarian cuisine, this is a very serviceable introduction to some of the varied, tasty possibilities.
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Summary: Best Spanikopita
Comment: This cookbook is worth it for the Spanikopita recipe alone-make it with fresh spinach and freeze the leftovers. Reheat at 350 for 20-30 minutes or so and it tastes almost as good as fresh. My copy accidentally ended up in the Goodwill pile and I miss it so much I am buying it again. Definitely a keeper.
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Summary: Vegetarian Cooking
Comment: I purchased this book for a relative and they seem very happy with the book.
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Summary: Excellent addition to our cook books collection
Comment: This is a very well-organized book, with simple, clear, specific directions on how to cook a variety of vegetarian dishes. It starts with the basics of cooking and goes on to describe how to make some tasty, good-looking dishes. Has lots of pictures.
We just got the book and finished browsing through it. My wife and I are vegetarians and cook a lot, and we can tell the recipes are good. We look forward to some delicious experimentation with the dishes described here.
Well worth the price.
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