J McNair's Vegetarian Pizza [Hardcover]

James McNair (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1993

Endlessly versatile, easy to prepare, and a fresh satisfying meal in itself, pizza has become a staple of every schedule-driven 90s cook. With over 250,000 copies sold, Pizza has proven to be by far the most popular title in James McNair's best-selling series of single-subject cookbooks. Now James McNair's Vegetarian Pizza offers a new collection of innovative recipes, featuring a cornucopia of vegetables, cheeses, fruits, beans, and herbs and drawn from a wide range of international cuisines. Easy-to-follow instructions for making traditional crusts, suggestions for quickly prepared alternatives, and a wealth of variations on basic recipes round out this crisply photographed celebration of a perennially popular dish.

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About the Author

James McNair -- one of America's most innovative cookbook authors -- is also the photographic designer, prop and food stylist, and book designer for his bestselling single-subject series. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (June 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811801098
• ISBN-13: 978-0811801096
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,771,677 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good ideas, November 23, 2003

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merrymousies (Waterford, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: James McNair's Vegetarian Pizza (Paperback)

Lots of neat ideas for pizzas - they're more gourmet style than anything. Each recipe has a picture which is just wonderful - large, colorful. The recipes themselves don't get me all that excited. Some of them are things that you might have for dinner (like a salad or a chinese stir-fry) and the author put them onto a pizza crust. But there are some interesting ones like the spinach pizza (sauted spinach with garlic, raisins and pine nuts put onto a pizza crust with melted cheese) and some ofthe eggplant recipes are neat. The Athenian pizza is excellent - feta, red onion, mushroom, olives etc baked on the pizza crust. And there are some interesting ones that I'm looking forward to trying that use different pestos. Overall good cookbook with inventive ideas and very pretty presentation that you could easily serve to guests.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Creative pizza, gorgeous presentation, delicious!!, October 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: James McNair's Vegetarian Pizza (Paperback)

This cookbook has an extensive collection of creative pizzas...all beautifully presented in color photos. I have tried several and all are delicious and fun. I took off one star because some take a long time to make. Enjoy!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Elaborate but thought-provoking, March 23, 2000

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ADP (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: James McNair's Vegetarian Pizza (Paperback)

The unbelievably beautiful photographs (taken by the writer himself) showed me uses for things I never would have dreamed of putting on a pizza--okra, eggs (sunny side up!), fruits, and a wide variety of vegetables such as cauliflower. McNair is a bit of an ingredient-snob (he seems horrified by the idea that anyone would use anything but a tomato ripped from the vine moments ago to make a pizza). That said, the book will help you unleash your creativity before you stick that Boboli in the oven. A few really ambitious people might actually try to follow one of these recipes, which would be quite an adventure, and one with a delicious conclusion.