xsBusiness - How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food (How to Cook Everything)

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5636
EAN: 9780764524837
ISBN: 0764524836
Label: Wiley
Manufacturer: Wiley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1008
Publication Date: 2007-10-15
Publisher: Wiley
Studio: Wiley

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Summary: Fabulous, fabulous cookbook for true ominvores
Comment: I, like some of the other reviewers, am not a vegetarian but I am trying to eat healthier and with fewer animal fats in my diet (it is also significantly cheaper to base meals around farmer's market vegetables and beans). What I love the most about this book is that I can go to the farmer's market and pick up anything that looks interesting--even if I've never even heard of it before--and be assured that Mark Bittman will have a suggestion on how to cook it for me.

A must-have for anyone who loves food, cooking, and trying new things. This, my Joy, my Silver Spoon, and my mother's old Fannie Farmer Cookbook are the four cookbooks that are constantly being pulled off my shelf.

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Summary: A must-have for vegetarians and omnivores alike.
Comment: We use this cookbook more than all of our others combined. I love Mark Bittman! There are many pages of reference-type materials like how to cook grains, and many ways of cooking everything, including mix-and-match ideas to use whatever you've got on hand. It's the cookbook that compliments the way I actually cook. Highly recommended.

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Summary: FINALLY a book with the recipes and the INFO to do it right!
Comment: I LOVE this cookbook. I checked it out from the library and had to buy one.

As a vegetarian I have been searching for a book that was more than just a compilation of vegetarian recipes and less than a lecture on the advantages of vegetarianism. I wanted something that would explain the details and give me some technical info on the subject.

This book satisfies in every way. For example consider the section on breads. Bittman gives you explanations on basic bread-making techniques, explains the differences between flours, leaveners, yeasts, kneading techniques, and so on. I found the tips on letting the oven preheat for at least an hour and planning your baking to make the best of your time to be examples of very practical advice.

The recipes for breads follow the detailed advice. This allows you to get the benefit of detailed explanations and easily access recipes if you have mastered the techniques.

Each section follows this pattern.

Following the information I learned in the bread-making section I have made the best loaf of banana bread I have ever made. In addition I have properly stocked my cabinets and now have a baking day with the kids.

Bittman is very easy to read; the right balance of information, personal stories, opinions, and humor. I actually ENJOY reading this cookbook. I don't think I have ever thought this about a cookbook. I have only previously read cookbooks as I would a dictionary.

If you are a new vegetarian or an experienced one you will find this book a highly valuable addition to your collection that will improve your cooking technique and the pleasure you get from eating vegetarian. Non-vegetarians will welcome Bittman's lack of preaching a vegetarian lifestyle. Vegans will find plenty of recipes and useful info. Until Bittman writes an "Everything Vegan" cookbook, this may be your best bet!

Buy this book, you won't regret it!

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Summary: Great book, encourages creativity
Comment: Easy to work with. Pick the ingredients that you have access to, and go to town. Lots of good ideas that you may never have heard or just forgot. You feel in command with these recipies, and not chasing around buying ingredients exactly as stated like most other cookbooks. Get creative.

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Summary: More for the cooking challenged
Comment: I had high hopes for this cookbook. I need a great vegetarian cookbook. However, this is not it.

To me, most of the recipes in the book are not really recipes, but common sense cooking information. Saute garlic in olive oil and toss with pasta. Really? I couldn't believe this was an actual recipe that I paid for in this book.

Also, the organization is very poor. I do not like the way the index is set up at the back and there is no list of recipes in the table of contents or even at the beginning of each chapter. This is not conducive to flipping through the cookbook. You better know what you are looking for and what ingredients you want to use.

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The ultimate one-stop vegetarian cookbook-from the author of the classic How to Cook Everything

Hailed as "a more hip Joy of Cooking" by the Washington Post, Mark Bittman's award-winning book How to Cook Everything has become the bible for a new generation of home cooks, and the series has more than 1 million copies in print. Now, with How to Cook Everything: Vegetarian, Bittman has written the definitive guide to meatless meals-a book that will appeal to everyone who wants to cook simple but delicious meatless dishes, from health-conscious omnivores to passionate vegetarians.

How to Cook Everything: Vegetarian includes more than 2,000 recipes and variations-far more than any other vegetarian cookbook. As always, Bittman's recipes are refreshingly straightforward, resolutely unfussy, and unfailingly delicious-producing dishes that home cooks can prepare with ease and serve with confidence. The book covers the whole spectrum of meatless cooking-including salads, soups, eggs and dairy, vegetables and fruit, pasta, grains, legumes, tofu and other meat substitutes, breads, condiments, desserts, and beverages. Special icons identify recipes that can be made in 30 minutes or less and in advance, as well as those that are vegan. Illustrated throughout with handsome line illustrations and brimming with Bittman's lucid, opinionated advice on everything from selecting vegetables to preparing pad Thai, How to Cook Everything: Vegetarian truly makes meatless cooking more accessible than ever.

Praise for How to Cook Everything Vegetarian

"Mark Bittman's category lock on definitive, massive food tomes continues with this well-thought-out ode to the garden and beyond. Combining deep research, tasty information, and delicious easy-to-cook recipes is Mark's forte and everything I want to cook is in here, from chickpea fries to cheese soufflés."
—Mario Batali, chef, author, and entrepreneur

"How do you make an avid meat eater (like me) fall in love with vegetarian cooking? Make Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything Vegetarian part of your culinary library."
—Bobby Flay, chef/owner of Mesa Grill and Bar Americain and author of the Mesa Grill Cookbook

"Recipes that taste this good aren't supposed to be so healthy. Mark Bittman makes being a vegetarian fun."
—Dr. Mehmet Oz, Professor of Surgery, New York-Presbyterian/Columbia Medical Center and coauthor of You: The Owner's Manual