Meatless Dishes in Twenty Minutes [Paperback]

Karen Levin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1993

"International cuisines that offer vegetarian pleasure to the tastebuds." --Publishers Weekly

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Levin's brief book is indeed meatless, taking a quick but still useful look at international cuisines that offer vegetarian pleasures to the taste buds. You'll find a lot of standard dishes: cheese blintzes, frittatas and omelets, curries, pilafs, stir-fried assortments, antipasti and pita-stuffed sandwiches. The garlic fettucine and mushroom Stroganoff are tempting; baked bean and cheddar pizza isn't. Grilled eggplant and goat cheese sandwiches may overwhelm some readers. But while not the last word in vegetarian cookery, the book offers a reasonably generous glimpse of the possibilities in fewer than 100 pages.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (September 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809238101
• ISBN-13: 978-0809238101
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #774,226 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A solid, tasty, easy cookbook that impresses even a cookbookphobe, March 19, 2008

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G. Cseh "ladyguinevere" (Aberdeen, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Meatless Dishes in Twenty Minutes (Paperback)

I love this cookbook. I rarely use cookbooks, because although I love thumbing through them for new ideas, the ingredient lists always have some weird fru-fru ingredients I'd have to hunt high and low just to find at some specialty deli, and take ages to prepare, even when they say they're 'easy' or 'quick.' This book really is easy and quick as it says, and uses normal ingredients that I usually have on hand anyway. It's easy to substitute and recreate as you go, while using her measurements as a guide. Her recipes are tasty, solid, and relatively healthy, and I've made several of the recipes over and over and over again.

I'm not vegetarian, so I find all the strict vegetarians getting their panties in a twist over a recommendation of some chicken stock a bit funny. It's not like you MUST use chicken stock! And the mention of it in a 'meatless' cookbook does not negate the recipes entirely. My darling husband is a vegetarian, and I too have always just used vegetable stock, and it has always been fabulous. She never said she was a vegetarian herself and therefore, her opinion is probably that the meat stocks do taste better. And honestly, sometimes they do. That's not to say that veg stock isn't good as a substitute.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My copy is old and beat up from use!, December 23, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Meatless Dishes in Twenty Minutes (Paperback)

This cookbook does not disappoint. The recipes really do take 20 minutes unlike a lot of the other "quick and easy" cookbooks I have, and the recipes have real flavor, unlike some other vegetarian cookbooks I've tried. The tortilla and curry rice soup are both favorites. I've tried many of the recipes and all were tasty and easy to make. A definite good buy.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great, easy to follow and delicious meatless dishes for all, May 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Meatless Dishes in Twenty Minutes (Paperback)

Meatless dishes in 20 minutes is one of our favorite "work night" cookbooks. The recipes are filled with flavor and appeal, and can be prepared easily by whomever happens to get home first. Our favorites are the red beans and rice dish and the mediteranean salad.Those are only two of many delicious ideas. [e-mail]