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Not just for vegetarians, there’s never been a better time for this award-winning book! Carol Gelles, one of the best-known authorities on the subject, offers hundreds of appetizers, entrees, soups, salads, and more, proving that vegetarian cuisine is anything but boring. The flavor combinations are limitless, drawing on the ingredients and spices from every international cuisine. Discussions of vegetables, grains, beans, and soyfoods are interspersed throughout the recipes, making the book easy enough for beginners to follow. And every recipe is coded as lacto-vegetarian (some dairy products), ovo-vegetarian (some egg products), or vegan (made without dairy or meat products)…. More >>
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Rating: 5 / 5
In buying this book i hoped to have a real old-fashioned, fresh vegetarian meal, but I was deserted. No one tries a cookbook and hates it, it seems, but this sure left me standing by a broken tollbooth with money in my hand. I wish the pictures would have shown the taste of these foods and not the aesthetic qualities of its preparation. Real food, thats all I want.
Rating: 1 / 5
I was really excited about this book, especially after reading such great reviews. I have made a number of recipes, and most of them have been so bland- we’ve had to add a lot of spices just to make them have any flavor. Some have been good- but I am disappointed.
Rating: 2 / 5
Sometimes I read reviews where the book was only given one star and I think to myself, could it really have been that bad! Well, I bought this book because I am a vegetarian, have been one since about the age of five, so it isn’t like I don’t know what I’m talking about. I was so excited when I brought it home. Wow! 1000 recipes! I looked in the index and the names of the dishes really did inspire me to believe they would be exquisite. They are the most bland tasting dishes I have EVER eaten in my life. Spices do exist (and I don’t mean salt), anyone can throw a can of beans on some rice and call it black beans and rice. I highly recommend Molly Katzen, Moosewood, Laurel’s Kitchen. Don’t waste your money on this book. I couldn’t even eat the meals after about 3 bites. What a waste.
Rating: 1 / 5
I was stunned to find the inclusion of many cheeses containing animal rennet, like Jarlesberg and Roquefort. The entree section is loaded with unsatisfying and downright boring conconctions. I got the feeling that a non-vegetarian author was dinking around in a test kitchen trying to scrounge up 1000 recipes. Most of the book contains recipies one might find in any cookbook. It’s not difficult to find vegetarian salads, side dishes and desserts. I bought it because it had won awards, but quite frankly, I can’t imagine how this was accomplished. If you ask me, this book has a slim and unimpressive collection of recipes that are useful, and the rest is pure filler. If you really cook, don’t waste your money on this book.
Rating: 1 / 5