The Angelica Home Kitchen: Recipes and Rabble Rousings from an Organic Vegan Restaurant [Paperback]

Leslie Mceachern (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 10, 2003

For over 25 years, New York City’s Angelica Kitchen has been widely regarded as the epicenter of the vegan universe. Located on a cozy, tree-lined street in the East Village, Angelica Kitchen offers a multitude of innovative dishes using only the finest organic ingredients delivered daily from local purveyors. In THE ANGELICA HOME KITCHEN, owner Leslie McEachern shares more than 100 of her favorite recipes as well as a wealth of information on sourcing, purchasing from, and supporting local organic farmers. Recipes for familiar favorites such as Sea Caesar Salad, Asian Root Vegetable Stew, Mocha Cheesecake with Chocolate Brownie Crust, and the famed Dragon Bowl have been carefully redesigned for the home cook, making THE ANGELICA HOME KITCHEN a must-have for creating delightful vegan dishes at home.

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About the Author

LESLIE McEACHERN has been an outspoken advocate for the sustainable agriculture movement for over 25 years. As owner and operator of Angelica Kitchen, she is dedicated to supporting local, diversified family farmers and food artisans and is delighted to live by her actions and words. She lives in the countryside of New Jersey.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press; 2 Sub edition (April 10, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580085032
• ISBN-13: 978-1580085038
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.9 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #539,306 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #87 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Organic Cooking

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tasty and Easy, November 24, 2004

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rizabiz "rizabiz" (Westhampton Beach, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Angelica Home Kitchen: Recipes and Rabble Rousings from an Organic Vegan Restaurant (Paperback)

So far, every dish I've made from this cookbook has been delicious. Great basis for a recipe that you can tweak to your liking. I get a fresh box of mixed organic produce weekly (a surprise mix of what is fresh that week! in NY www.urbanorganic.net) and this is a great book to use when I have no idea what do with a certain veggie. Broken down by food (ie. soups, salads, etc) and a great index by specific vegetable/tofu etc as well. I love the way the paperback binding works so that the recipe stays flat and doesn't flip pages. Convenient and helps me stay creative and healthy!

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Make yummy Angelica's Kitchen food at home!, October 21, 2003

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L. Flohr (Northern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Angelica Home Kitchen: Recipes and Rabble Rousings from an Organic Vegan Restaurant (Paperback)

I used to eat almost daily at Angelica's Kithen when I lived in NYC. Not living in NYC anymore, this book is a Godsend. I love yummy wholesome good-for-you organic cooking with a macrobiotic twist. Every recipe I followed thus far has turned out just the way it tastes in her restaurant and being a beginner cook, this is profound. The recipes are clear, mindful and easy to follow. It's as if she is standing right by me when I cook and it always turns out great especially the desserts. What's really smart is that once you buy the staples, you can create quite a bit of her meals and desserts without having to run to the grocery stores hunting down rare ingredients, it makes life simple. Thank you Leslie!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars delicious vegan cooking, even if you are not vegan, August 22, 2005

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L. Mazor "Elle's Mommy" (brooklyn, new york) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Angelica Home Kitchen: Recipes and Rabble Rousings from an Organic Vegan Restaurant (Paperback)

angelica's restaurant has the best vegan cooking around, even if you are not remotely a vegetarian. what is unique to angelicas is that they don't try to make food taste like things with meat, and this is what makes their recepies particularly delightful. the foundation of their cooking is based in good, organic ingredients. after eating at the restaurant, the cookbook does not disappoint. you will find, though, that a food processor is a staple to cooking angelica style, and while the final product is delicious, the recepies are labor intensive. you will also need to make sure you have a good organic food market nearby. the receipies called for many ingredients that are not available at your local supermarket. that being said, it was worth every effort upon tasting the walnut-lentil pate in my own home :)