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Cooking with Seitan: The Complete Vegetarian "Wheat-Meat" Cookbook

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Having made the change to Veganism recently, and discovering Seitan, I was expecting this cookbook to open the door to non-meat Paradise! The description of the book, and the reviews of others made it sound like the Holy Grail.

Bah.

I'd say 40-50% of the recipes using the prepared Seitan call for the "wheat-meat" to be battered and deep fried. So WHERE is the healthy cooking in THAT? I was looking for recipes for the actual Seitan preparation, using different seasonings and flavors, and then hoping to find a fake meatloaf recipe, or a fake turkey and stuffing for Thanksgiving.

I'm still looking.

The first recipe I tried from the book left us with a 'meat-like' product that resembled and tasted like chicken fried steak. It was delicious and the whole family ate it like gang-busters. Storing vital wheat gluten in the cabinet is a much cheaper alternative than purchasing meat and then having to keep it under refrigeration. Strong BUY recommendation.

I want to note that although this book says it's a vegetarian cookbook, it is not. It WOULD be an ovo-vegetarian cookbook but for the sea life recipe(s).

The only book of its kind that shows you how to make this amazing new food, seitan, from whole wheat. Also included are recipes for preparing this food if bought already prepared. There are more than 200 recipes from appetizers and soups to main dishes and desserts using this 100% vegetarian delicious whole food.

Gluten has been a well-kept secret of certain religions and peoples of our society. It is finally coming into the light in today's health-conscious society.

With quality whole wheat available now to anyone with a postal address, the technique of cooking with gluten, either as a meat substitute or a meat filler, can be practiced by everyone. I first discovered gluten in the seventies in a Magic Mill Mormon cookbook. As the making of gluten is fairly time-consuming, I learned to make a lot at a time and storing it for future use.

I have made countless meat dishes with either only gluten or gluten and meat, and most people wouldn't realize any difference! I hope shoppers aren't deceived by the idea that most recipes available are Oriental; gluten can be used by everyone. Certainly, the making of gluten can be easier using a large mixer, but can actually be done by the strong of hand.

Highly recommended book, an excellent resource!

As a vegetarian I am always looking for cookbooks that will expand my cooking experience. This is a well written book with many well thought out recipes that are easy to follow. It is a keeper for my kitchen library and will be passed on to a "deserving" friend or family member only upon my death. I highly reccomend this book to anyone who is NOT gluten intolerant.

The Book of Seitan was instructional and interesting. I made a batch of homemade seitan following the directions in the book. Anyone who uses seitan will find this book valuable.

I liked that it went into some detail about making basic seitan, so the book was somewhat helpful. I really didn't like the recipes that much because they didn't appeal to my taste and I also didn't see anything special in them. Suggested improvements: give the reader ways to make seitan more versatile by giving tips on changing the texture.

This is a great book and a better copy then I own already. I am looking forward to now being able to actually use the recipes that I never got to use much since the first one! The original "Old" from 1994 - copies binding literally fell apart when I opened it, so now a lot of the pages are loose and will need to be hole punched for a three rings binder. I hope this does not happen with this "New" copy. That being said be careful how old the copy is you purchase. Advice with new books to carefully stretch open the book with new binding. You'll probly see the old copy up for sale on Ebay soon now! After I get it into a binder :)

Cookbook on Cooking with Seitan was in excellent condition and arrived very promptly. The book itself wasn't all I had hoped--too many weird ingredients that I can't begin to find--but that is NOT the fault of Amazon or the bookseller who sent the order.