Designed for vegetarians, vegans, the allergy-stricken, and those who are interested in food as a means of healing, The Organic Gourmet offers imaginative and mouth-watering recipes for pastries, cookies, muffins, breads, casseroles, and more, with simple directions for preparing and inventing unlimited variations to suit moods, cravings, and busy schedules.
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Cerier, an Amherst, Mass., caterer, offers some clever ideas in this collection of organic recipes (some of which do contain fish). A lengthy introductory section on organic foods and cooking includes charts of the Chinese system of the five phases, or transformations, of food (wood, fire, earth, metal and water), which associates particular foods with emotions (e.g., artichokes, a wood food, are related to both planning and anger). This section is extremely informative and almost a book in itself. The collection of recipes has the breadth to constitute a comprehensive volume, but not the organization. Millet Apple Raisin Cake?made by cooking millet and raisins in apple juice, pouring the resulting mush into a pan and allowing it to harden?is intriguing, but Cerier neglects to note the size of the pan to be used. Many recipes fail to list ingredients in the correct order, and chapters can overlap, with recipes for the same dish appearing twice in slightly different form. For example, the chapter "Teff: Gem of Grains" contains Super Chocolate Chip Cookies made with teff flour, while the chapter "Guilt-Free Desserts" contains Chocolate Chip Cookies with spelt or whole wheat pastry flour. This volume will especially interest readers who cook for people with allergies.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Leslie Cerier, "The Organic Gourmet" is an internationally recognized chef, educator and author of 5 cookbooks specializing in local, seasonal, organic, vegetarian and gluten-free foods that are pleasurable, delicious and good for you and the planet. www.lesliecerier.com
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
I have hundreds of cookbooks and have been cooking a long time. This cookbook stands out on my shelf. I could never make a really good stir fry until Leslie explained the steps and possible stir fry combinations to me in her cookbook. She also has excellent recipes for sometimes difficult to find vegan,wheatless and sugarless recipes. I love this cookbook
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By earthlover
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I am vegan and my boyfriend doesn't eat sugar or wheat so it was very hard to find a cook book for us. This book is perfect! Not only does it have great dishes(try the apple crisp) but it has great information about organic food and organic suppliers.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Mrs. L.G.
Format:Paperback
This is a very good vegan cookbook (which does contain some fish recipes). The ingredients are the same ones you will find for most vegan and macrobiotic cookbooks. The recipes are dairy and meat free and are very family friendly.
6 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is LITERALLY gourmet, not for the everyday cook trying for a better diet!
When I decided to get this book I was expecting to do a little more cooking than average since it had gourmet in the title. And when I got it, it was cool that there were helpful things about different grains and so on that I didn't know before.
But as I looked through the recipes I knew I was never going to make any of them. They had ingredients that were not only hard to find but I wouldn't want to eat them in the first place. (I noticed sea vegetables were in there a bit, ick) I was hoping more for a cookbook that used everyday ingredients from the home and local supermarkets.
All in all it was a nice look see, and a few facts that were new. But I returned mine for a refund.
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