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Rice and Spice

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This book if full of excellent vegetarian (suprisingly!) one-dish meals. The author's tastes run along my own lines. In this book you'll find recipes that come from Japanese, Indonesian, Indian and Thai roots as well as American eclectic innovations. The author has included main dish, soup and dessert recipes.

I'm not a vegetarian, but have been pleasantly surprised at how satisfying the dishes are. I never thought that vegetarian dishes could be so good. Rice is, of course, the common thread that ties all of the collected recipes together and the author has devoted the first chapter of the book to educating the reader about the different types of rice and how to prepare rice in a foolproof manner.

What I loved about the book is the way I changed my eating habits by getting hooked on the simplicity of the one-dish meals contained within, the flavors of the dishes (incredible) and the way I felt after eating (full, but not stuffed = more energetic).

This is my current favorite cookbook.

I think I have every one of Robin's books, except the Apocalypse Chow one. I find her books to be reliable, but this one might possibly be a fave, if I had to pick one. The lemon-mint pesto rice with beans was one of the best meals I've had and the leftovers were great cold. Make some extra rice tonight and have dinner started for tomorow! Also includes recipes for lesser known rices.

If you like rice then you will love this book. The dishes are
savory, sweet to spicy with an abundance of flavors from the
Mediterranean, Middle East, India, Caribbean, stir fries from
East Asia, risottos from Italy & more. Every thing is simple to
make and the seasonings are easy to find at any grocery store.
This has become one of my favorite cookbooks.

I found this book at our local library and couldn't wait to add it to my collection. It is an excellent reference book with lots of great ideas. Not too wordy, just right. If you need some great ideas on how to jazz up your rice, this is a nice book to go to.

I'm not vegetarian, but I eat a lot of meatless meals. Plus, I'm gluten-intolerant and thus eat a lot of rice. I love this book--the variety is great!

This book is full of the kind of delicious and uncomplicated recipes that cookbook readers and cooks who follow Robin Robertson have come to expect of her. Lots of new and tasty ways to incorporate rice into one's daily fare, with flavors that span a wide range of cuisines. I'm sorry to see that this one is out-of-print and happy to have found a used copy to enjoy. No disappointments yet as I cook my way through this book. Highly recommended if you can find someone willing to part with one !

Two of life's joys are rice based meals and spicy foods. They are both here in an abundant array to tease the taste buds for months on end.

Book in wonderful shape -- great service, thanks. It looks like a great book.