New Vegetarian Entertaining: Simply Spectacular Recipes [Hardcover]

Jane Noraika (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2002

Whether you're a vegetarian or you simply want to eat more healthfully, Jane Noraika, Head Chef of London's most celebrated vegetarian restaurant, Food for Thought, shares recipes for a huge range of delicious dishes, guaranteed to please the most demanding palate. Your vegetarian guests will be flattered you went to all the trouble (when it was no trouble at all!).

New Vegetarian Entertaining is a modern way to entertain, in keeping with the way we live today. While there are recipes for your more elegant dinners, there are also simple ideas for everyday meals to enjoy with your family. Dishes like Wild Mushroom and Almond Moneybags, Spiced Sweet Potatoes with Indonesian Dipping Sauce, Roasted Squash Risotto, and Moroccan Tagine with Couscous Fritters and Harissa Paste display intelligent flavor combinations.

New Vegetarian Entertaining's recipes are so easy to follow you'll want to entertain every night. Relaxed suppers, casual lunches in the garden, appetizers or formal dinners-there's something for every occasion. Jane Noraika offers a modern, delicious, and healthy way to entertain.

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About the Author

Jane Noraika is Head Chef at London's most celebrated vegetarian restaurant, Food for Thought, where she indulges her passion for cooking good food with fine meat-free ingredients. She also offers private catering for a host of social events. She has written two cookbooks for the restaurant, the latest entitled "'New Food for Thought"'.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small (May 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1841724181
• ISBN-13: 978-1841724188
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #510,001 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really fabulous recipes., January 3, 2004

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This review is from: New Vegetarian Entertaining: Simply Spectacular Recipes (Hardcover)

While the number of recipes in this full-color cookbook is limited, the selections are wonderful. As a vegetarian, it's sometimes hard to find suitable menu ideas for entertaining, but this has me wanting to throw dinner parties. I've made about a third of them and have always been impressed. The roasted squash risotto has become a regular at our dinner table! But while the blue cheese phyllo rolls are good, they aren't very attractive--the cheese bubbles out of the corners, creating a tasty but unpresentable dish.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Proper Vegetarian Entertaining!, January 10, 2007

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A. Rodriguez "Flamingo_in_the_kitchen" (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Vegetarian Entertaining: Simply Spectacular Recipes (Hardcover)

Being vegetarian I think that good presentation isn't only for meat-eaters! One of the main reasons I enrolled in culinary school is because I like to entertain my friends over food and drink -- always vegetarian. I recieved this book as a Christmas gift and I used a few recipes for our housewarming dinner party. The results were fantastic and having great photos were very helpful for improving my presentation skills.

The ingredients for the recipes were easy to find, looked and tasted fantastic. My party was a success and I look forward to using Noraika's book as an aid for future dinner parties.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Looks Great/Tastes Bland, June 10, 2006

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Gally G. (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Vegetarian Entertaining: Simply Spectacular Recipes (Hardcover)

I bought this book because I think food presentation is important and prefer to have cookbooks with foods that both taste AND look good. There weren't many vegetarian cookbooks on the shelves, but this one really stood out.

That said, a lot of the recipes are great places to start. But I've found that many taste rather bland. This may be because I am used to recipes that call for a healthy amount of seasoning. This book tends to let the flavor of the vegetables exist alone. I do love taking the original recipe and adding my own mixes of seasoning though. I just wish the originals were a bit more flavorful.