All-American Vegetarian: A Regional Harvest of 200 Low-Fat Recipes [Paperback]

Barbara Grunes (Author), Virginia Van Vynckt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1996

Offers several good reasons for enjoying a plant-based diet: it s healthful, delicious, inexpensive, & American Home cooks & chefs constantly rediscover & invent recipes for ingredients that formed the foundation of ancient American cooking: tomatoes, corn, squash, beans, potatoes, wild rice, avocados, cranberries, maple syrup, pecans, amaranth, quinoa, & chocolate. This book explains all the benefits of vegetarian cuisine & provides an eclectic collection of recipes that includes American standards & an array of ethnic dishes. The directions are clear & concise. This tour through the varied vegetarian kitchens of the U.S. is complete with historical information & local color.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This regional exploration of 100 low-fat recipes presents many unusual and fine winners which adapt dishes to vegetarian foundations and which present some outstanding new main course fare. >From a lemon-scented Black Bean Soup to Whole Wheat Crepes Filled with Herbed Cheese or Gingered Pinto Bean Salad, this is packed with new ideas. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805035109
• ISBN-13: 978-0805035100
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,609,949 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth it, April 18, 1999

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This review is from: All-American Vegetarian: A Regional Harvest of 200 Low-Fat Recipes (Paperback)

The recipes are great but also the book is very informative on various food items. I enjoyed reading it as much as I did cooking from it. The book is divided regionally ie The Northeast, South etc. Each section consists of a brief culinary history of the region, followed by the recipes, with anecdotes and little essays regarding particular food items thrown in. Very interesting.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for GF and Vegan!, December 16, 2007

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Catherine Marie Clark "rugby cat" (WV, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All-American Vegetarian: A Regional Harvest of 200 Low-Fat Recipes (Paperback)

This is a wonderful cookbook. Oftentimes vegetarian cookbooks' recipes are difficult to "veganize". Not so with this one! Most of the recipes are vegan already! Also, my roommate has Celiacs Disease and eats a VERY strict gluten-free diet. I have no problem finding recipes in this book that satisfy both of our dietary restrictions.