The Funkiest And Coolest Of Vegetarian Cookbooks
Posted by admin on Feb 22, 2010
Of all the Vegetarian Cookbooks, this would have to be one of the funkiest. If you like eating tasty food as much as I do, then this vegetarian cookbook filled with 250 delectable recipes and featuring the simple cooking techniques of the Veganomicon. (Which is to say, the authors shall help you transform edible roots, shoots, leaves and fruits from an array of plants with critically applied heat, oils, and seasonings, so that they will be eaten with great pleasure and the least amount of complaining.)
The book include menus for all occasions, plus many soy-free, gluten-free, and low-fat recipes. And if you’re terribly busy and require dinner in a pinch, a great deal of the recipes are of the under 45 minute variety. Some even take less than 15 minutes to prepare!
The authors Terry Hope Romero and Isa Chandra Moscowitz are have a few bestselling vegetarian cookbooks under their belt – Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar and now Veganomicon. Jessica Alba featured Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World in her Seven Secrets for a Fast Slimdown. Isa and Terry won US VegNews’s Best Vegan Cookbook Authors award three years in a row. They hosted the public access vegan cooking show The Post Punk Kitchen and were featured in the New York Times and on US Public Radio. Terry is a columnist for VegNews’s Hot Urban Eats, has made appearances and lead seminars at vegetarian food conferences across North America.
The first part of this book is very funny and practical, very few vegetarian cookbooks show you how to cut and prepare different vegetables, how to cook different grains, etc. That type of information is invaluable for someone just starting out. It is pretty invaluable stuff. From the fast number of vegetarian cookbooks you can buy this one would have to definitely be coolestof them all and if you have a “weird” vegan kid that is just learning to cook, this is the book to get them.
After you make the “Black Bean Burgers”, you will never buy packaged veggie burgers again! The “Leek and Bean Cassoulet with Biscuits” is also amazing. There are beautiful photographs throughout the book and the authors style of writing capture you, fascinate you, and make you excited to try each and every recipe that they have created. The greatest thing about this vegetarian cookbook is that you will never have to feel the usual nervousness that comes with serving a guest a new recipe you have just made because all the recipes in this book work and taste out of this world. You can have confidence in this book, a confidence that sometimes does not exist when trying other recipes in other vegetarian cookbooks.
Vegetarian Cookbooks – Just show me the recipes
Posted by admin on Feb 20, 2010
Because I have been vegetarian for 19yrs and have eaten that way all that time, Vegetarian Cookbooks that spend a great deal of time and space on how to be a vegetarian don’t interest me that much anymore. I understand there is a place for cookbooks that educate the many who are becoming more conscious and commencing their journey to being vegetarian, and I think thats good. I like it when authors just get on with showing me recipes. Now days Vegetarian cookbooks for me are more about being an inspirational reference for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
I like a good index, it is the key to a useful vegetarian cookbook. Recipes need to be listed by more than just the name of the dish. French Fries need to be listed under “F” for French Fries as well as “P” for potatoes. By listing recipes under their name and the main vegetable, vegetarian cookbooks then help a cook or chef searching for something to make with the fresh seasonal produce they just picked from the garden or purchased from the local farmers market. It also helps at the end of the week when you are wondering how to use up the left over vegetables in the fridge.
I also like reading short notes in vegetarian cookbooks about where the author found the inspiration for the dish. I think it personalizes the cookbook and makes a very interesting read.
What Vegetarian Cookbooks Must Have to Make them Great…
Posted by admin on Feb 19, 2010
Vegetarian Cookbooks are the door to a world of health, happiness and pure culinary bliss. Whether you are vegetarian looking for new inspiration or someone on your journey to living healthier by adding more fruit and vegetables to your day, then vegetarian cookbooks will provide you with everything you need. Vegetarian cooks and chefs draw their inspiration from the vast variety of vegetable, fruits, nuts, seeds and spices from around the world. The combination of these ingredients and cultures create a great foundation for endless flavors and interesting recipes for you to enjoy.
In order for vegetarian cookbooks to be great I believe they need to have four very important ingredients…
1. Large colorful photos of the finished recipes – I don’t know about you but one of my favorite past times is laying around on the sofa or a deck chair and flicking through Vegetarian Cookbooks and magazine looking at photos and getting inspired to cook one that looks great.
2. Measurements in cups and spoons as opposed to weights – nothing frustrates me more than going to cook a recipe and having to weigh 10g of this and 100g of that. I find it so much easier when recipes say 1 cup of flour or 1/2 cup of Tahini or a handful of broccoli.
3. Small ingredients lists – I love cooking and I do enjoy cooking elaborate recipes but most of the time I want recipes that can be cooked with the least amount of time and fuss. I love vegetarian cookbooks that have recipes with ingredient lists of no more than 10 ingredients, preferable with just 6, and quick and easy steps in the cookery method.
4. Breakfast, lunch/dinner and sweets – I’m not into entree, starters, mains and desert type vegetarian cookbooks. I’m about being practical, we eat breakfast lunch and dinner every day and most of us have a sweet tooth so I like vegetarian cookbooks that have a table of contents categorized into breakfast, lunch/dinner (most vegetarian meals can be either lunch or dinner) and sweets.
I also like vegetarian cookbooks that are categorized into seasons. After all, that is the way nature intended us to eat. Fresh seasonal produce is the healthiest and most environmental way to eat.
