The Essential Vegetarian Cookbook (Hardcover)

by Rachel Carter (Editor) "A good vegetarian diet meets all today's requirements: it's nutritionally sound, both quick to prepare and easy to follow, and gastronomically sensational..." (more)
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Product Description
The Essential Vegetarian Cookbook offers hints and notes on unusual ingredients, while step-by-step photographs guide the reader through many tricky culinary techniques. Included is a comprehensive pictorial guide to essential equipment with detailed instructions on the best ways to use and maintain them. Preparation pages with step-by-step photographs and easy-to-follow instructions explain different methods that make this book perfect for cooks of all ages and abilities. Beautifully photographed glossaries show unusual ingredients and food varieties with their common and not-so-common names. Snippets of history related to the dishes add interest while colorful double-page features provide a wealth of information on buying, storing and preparing some of the more unusual ingredients. Over 500 full-color photographs are featured.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Thunder Bay Press (CA) (August 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571459987
• ISBN-13: 978-1571459985
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #163,481 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quick Delicious Recipes, October 15, 2004

By	Alicia (Bellingham, WA) - See all my reviews

I'm not much of a cook, so I love the breakdown for prep time and cook time. This gives me a relistic idea of how long a recipe takes from begining to end (the provided times are actually acurate). There are many "fast" recipes located in boxes throughout the book. Every single recipe that I have made has been delicious. My current favorites are Potato Gnocchi w/tomato sauce and Tex Mex Chilli beans, both of these take less than half an hour when using canned stewed tomatoes and pre-packaged gnocchi. If you have an entire afternoon to cook, the Minestrone soup is amazing. Even my non-vegetable eating boyfriend likes it. There are beautiful pictures on every page, and fyi food tidbits and techniques in the margins. Each recipe is rated in difficulty from one to three stars. Most recipes are one star(easy), perfect for me! I am not a vegetarian, but I like to alternate healthy vegetarian meals with meat based meals. This cookbook makes eating vegetarian simple and delicious!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Colorful cookbook with great recipes, October 15, 2003

By A Customer

I recommend this book for vegetarians and non-vegetarians who enjoy expanding their meal variety. The book has everything from quick dishes for the busy week nights to elegant appetizers for entertaining. The pictures of the dishes are colorful and mouthwatering.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great cookbook for all food lovers, January 9, 2007

By	bookloverFLA (south of Sarasota FL) - See all my reviews

wonderful recipes with touches of many countries cuisines. I loved the photos accompanying the recipes, really inspirational. you really get a lot for your money with this book. as always I checked it out of the library and then wanted it to stay in my home so I bought it.
I found the recipes not difficult but not so simplistic that the food was one dimensional. Easy to whip up dinner in a small amount of time with ingredients on hand.