The Vegetable Bible (Bible (Whitecap)) (Paperback)

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Product Description

These are the most complete and beautifully photographed books on favorite foods: pasta, rice, poultry, and vegetables. Written by master pastry chef and world-renowned food photographer Christian Teubner and experts on each topic, these books reveal all there is to know. Using 1,000 specially commissioned photographs, each volume begins with a detailed description and a history of the food, then explored hundreds of outstanding recipes, both familiar and exotic. With these definitive sourcebooks on your shelf, you will never have to wonder what type of pasta to serve for dinner or what that strange-looking vegetable was you saw in the grocery store.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Whitecap Books (October 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1552854345
• ISBN-13: 978-1552854341
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 9.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,562,745 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good picture book for veggies!, April 3, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Vegetable Bible (Hardcover)

This cookbook is a good introductory book on vegetables. It has a lot of pictures of vegetables, vegetables dishes, and techniques in preparing vegetables. Content-wise, the cookbook starts with a pretty good introduction to the health aspects of vegetables followed by an encyclopedia of different vegetables. It's not a comprehensive encyclopedia but the vegetables that it portrays, it gives historical as well as botanical info. Some Asian vegetables are mentioned in the encyclopedia. There's a section on the practical aspects of preparing vegetables and a wide variety of recipes involving varied cooking techniques such as raw to boiling to stuffing to braising to sweating. There's a fair number of recipes with some international flavor (European, Asian) but I think this cookbook is good for getting an overview of vegetables, in terms of historical info, health info, the different ways to cook vegetables, and a nice selection of recipes but not too overwhelming. But this is the cookbook to get about vegetables if you like pictures, more than 1000 color photographs!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More an encyclopedia than a recipe book, July 7, 2000

By	Dolores R. Neilson (Bethany, Ct) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Vegetable Bible (Hardcover)

I ordered The Vegetable Bible because I was interested in top notch vegetable recipes. When I received the book and perused it thoroughly, it was more encyclopedic in content with copious, fabulous photographs instead of a recipe book. Tuebner is painstakingly thorough and for someone who wants to master every conceivable vegetable, their origin, seasonal info, best way to cook them, etc.... this is the book to buy. For someone who would like alot of recipes, this isn't the book to get....Deborah Madison's "Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone" would be more suitable. The above mentioned does not include many photographs, however.

I did return the cookbook for the lack of recipes.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A perfect starter, January 7, 2006

By	Christopher Jones (Pittsburgh) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Very nice layout, with a nice history piece on veggies. It is perfect for a beginning chef like myself. Knowing the basics is very important and this book is very helpful. Shows all the varities of each plant mentioned. worth the read for sure