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The Art of Taste : A Gourmet Guide to Vegetarian Cooking

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The recipes are tasty and easy to prepare. Vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike will enjoy the delicious recipe ideas. The author's creative insights into nutritious, gourmet vegetarian food converted me to a vegetarian almost two years ago. Enjoy these wonderful healthy recipes.

The next best thing to being at White Lotus and having Beatrix cook for you, and sit around the counter as she shares her wonderful stories is owning "The Art of Taste". On my first retreat to The White Lotus Foundation where Beatrix is the resident chef I was inspired to purchase "The Art of Taste". Beatrix spoiled us all with her exquisite ability to bring out the most amazing tastes in vegetables and creatively combine them to create the tastiest, healthiest food imaginable. Not being an avid cook, I found the recipes easy to follow and received raved reviews - even from my meat loving family who loved the vegan lasagna.

Not only will Beatrix' culinary creativity nourish you, but also will her poetry and paintings interspersed throughout the book. I highly recommend this book to vegans, vegetarians and anyone who loves deliciously healthy food.

Recipes are great for vegetarians; beautiful reproductions of paintings by the author compliment the menus offered; great gift

The delicious recipes in this beautiful book are based on dishes served at the White Lotus Foundation yoga center in Santa Barbara, California. These meals are often prepared for worn-out urbanites looking to recharge their batteries, so the emphasis is both on proper nutrition and taste. Every time I eat one of these dishes I feel more healthy, and the paintings and poetry in the book inspire me to take better care of myself. Anyone who cares about fine food must add this book to their personal library.

Beatrix is so well rounded, because she is a poet and an artist she naturally treats her food creations the same way. What I love about this book is how she gives ME permission to put a pinch of this and not have to be so literal as a teaspoon of whatever. Not only are her paintings wonderful, and her poetry from a loving place but every recipe I've tried to date has turned out delicious. This is a great gift item.

The Art of Taste is a wonderful compilation of unique vegetarian recipes. There is room for the user to be creative and have fun with the recipes and in that way differs from normal cookbooks where one feels they must follow the recipe to the exact letter to achieve a desired result. Had some problems with measurements - perhaps the author wants the reader to think a little too much for him/herself so I hope in succeeding editions that sizes of pans and measurements are more exact. But overall, I think its a wonderful guide and makes an excellent gift.