- ISBN13: 9781594862342
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Product Description
Intensely flavorful and inherently healthy, Mediterranean food is one of the world’s most appealing cuisines. Mediterranean cooks know how to make eating a pleasure. They do it simply—with olive oil and garlic; with herbs and spices; with tomatoes and eggplants, peppers and squash, figs and peaches, and other seasonal produce. And of course there is crusty bread and local cheese, the freshest yogurt and endless wine. In this authoritative and anecdotal cookbook, award-winning author Martha Rose Shulman captures the vibrant flavors of the Mediterranean region in more than 500 delicious vegetarian dishes that will appeal to everyone. The book represents years of meticulous research gleaned from Shulman’s travels through France, Spain, Italy, the Balkans, Greece, Turkey, North Africa, and the Middle East. She presents authentic contemporary variations as well. You’ll dine with her in Greek olive groves, feast on torecipes handed down from mother to … More >>
Mediterranean Harvest: Vegetarian Recipes from the World’s Healthiest Cuisine
True vegetarians be aware! While this book is certainly not vegan, nor does it profess to be, it is also NOT vegetarian. The use of cheese and wine is quite liberal and this can be problematic. All cheese is not vegetarian because much of it, especially hard cheese, is made with rennet which is derived from calf stomach. It’s disturbing that this is being sold as a VEGETARIAN cookbook as the author even goes into detail about the making of cheese using RENNET, never mentioning its origins. A true vegetarian cookbook would explain to search for cheeses made without animal enzymes. Also, many wines are made using animal derivatives (including gelatin and isinglass) in the fining (clarifying) process. Again, a vegetarian chef would explain what to look for in a acceptable wine. This could be called a “meatless” cookbook, but NOT vegetarian.
Rating: 2 / 5
I expected a greater variety of recipes in this book. The recipes that I have tried (several) are tasty but there isn’t a lot new in this book. Many of the same ingredients with very slight variations make it seem monotonous and some expected ingredients just aren’t used.
Rating: 3 / 5
I seem to be the only one not giving this book 5 stars. Actually I ordered it because of the great reviews but I must say I am rather disappointed. I do not find the book easy in use. I miss pictures of dishes; there are none in this book; names of recepies are often unknown so you end up reading recepies to try understand what you will create when following some recepie; some of the dishes I tried had instructions that were not very clear and I ended up looking up similar recepies on the internet.
Living in a mediterranean country, I was hoping for inspiration with local ingredients, but found this book to have little variety. To like this book you have to be a carbohydrate lover. Comparing vegetarian cookbooks, I much prefer “Vegetarian” by Linda Fraser.
Rating: 2 / 5
I bought this book because of all the good reviews on Amazon. I have been very pleased with it, and have cooked and will continue to cook many delicious meals from it. The soups in this book are fantastic, especially the minestrones! The use of the Parmesan rind and bouquet garnets in soups make them especially flavorful. This book basically got me through last winter! The red pepper and saffron risotto is a definite keeper, and is far superior to other recipes for it I have in other books. I have enjoyed a lot of the middle eastern recipes in here as well such as the taboli. The recipes range from really simple dinners to much more involved recipes. I like the mixture because during the week, I’m in a hurry, but I like to try out more complicated things on the weekend. The only thing the book is lacking in is photos, but since all the food I’ve cooked from here has turned out great, I really don’t care so much! This book has been a great addition to my cookbook library, and I use it weekly. I highly recommend it!
Rating: 5 / 5
This book has recipes that make your mouth water just reading them! I’ve never made Dolmas before, but these are great, and easy! Martha Rose really outdid herself in this great collection that is far from boring! Highly recommended!
Rating: 5 / 5