How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food

1 Jun, 2009  |  Written by Collegepro  |  under Vegetarian

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How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food
 
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The ultimate one-stop vegetarian cookbook-from the author of the classic How to Cook Everything

Hailed as "a more hip Joy of Cooking" by the Washington Post, Mark Bittman's award-winning book How to Cook Everything has become the bible for a new generation of home cooks, and the series has more than 1 million copies in print. Now, with How to Cook Everything: Vegetarian, Bittman has written the definitive guide to meatless meals-a book that will appeal to everyone who wants to cook simple but delicious meatless dishes, from health-conscious omnivores to passionate vegetarians.

How to Cook Everything: Vegetarian includes more than 2,000 recipes and variations-far more than any other vegetarian cookbook. As always, Bittman's recipes are refreshingly straightforward, resolutely unfussy, and unfailingly delicious-producing dishes that home cooks can prepare with ease and serve with confidence. The book covers the whole spectrum of meatless cooking-including salads, soups, eggs and dairy, vegetables and fruit, pasta, grains, legumes, tofu and other meat substitutes, breads, condiments, desserts, and beverages. Special icons identify recipes that can be made in 30 minutes or less and in advance, as well as those that are vegan. Illustrated throughout with handsome line illustrations and brimming with Bittman's lucid, opinionated advice on everything from selecting vegetables to preparing pad Thai, How to Cook Everything: Vegetarian truly makes meatless cooking more accessible than ever.

Praise for How to Cook Everything Vegetarian

"Mark Bittman's category lock on definitive, massive food tomes continues with this well-thought-out ode to the garden and beyond. Combining deep research, tasty information, and delicious easy-to-cook recipes is Mark's forte and everything I want to cook is in here, from chickpea fries to cheese soufflés."
—Mario Batali, chef, author, and entrepreneur

"How do you make an avid meat eater (like me) fall in love with vegetarian cooking? Make Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything Vegetarian part of your culinary library."
—Bobby Flay, chef/owner of Mesa Grill and Bar Americain and author of the Mesa Grill Cookbook

"Recipes that taste this good aren't supposed to be so healthy. Mark Bittman makes being a vegetarian fun."
—Dr. Mehmet Oz, Professor of Surgery, New York-Presbyterian/Columbia Medical Center and coauthor of You: The Owner's Manual

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Somewhat Disappointing
 
Review Date: March 5, 2010
Reviewer: ebrunworth, KANSAS CITY, MO, US
I bought this book based on reviews from this site thinking that it would be a great addition to my cookbook collection. I was sadly disappointed. The first thing that I realized was that I found the layout to be frustrating. Secondly, I was really hoping to find fresh, HEALTHY veggie dishes. Unfortunately, as I flipped through the book, I began to see several dishes that I would never make because of their ingredients. I try to really hard to stay close to whole, simple foods - and this just didn't cut it for me. I'm sending it back tomorrow.

With all that being said, I think that anyone who is looking to entertain would love this book. Many of the recipes seemed intimidating, but sound as if they would be very impressive for a crowd. If your looking for a go to book for vegetable dishes that will "wow" people, I think that you will be pleased.
very good and easy to read
 
Review Date: February 13, 2010
Reviewer: Jeff, Twin Cities, MN
What I like most about this book is it is not filled with glossy pictures. I am an amatuer cook, so the 'great pictures are intimidating. it is easy to read and the author offers options and alternatives, plus substitutions.
Three years to cook through the entire book... great food????
 
Review Date: February 13, 2010
Reviewer: Courtney Pearce, Dania, Fl United States
I purchased multiple copies of this book three christmases ago based on the wonderful reviews; one for me, one for my sister and one for my best friend. My sister and I are long time vegetarians (18 years), and my best friend wanted to learn more aobut vegetarian cooking. I was very excited to expand my cooking reportoire with new recipes, and all of the reviews sounded so good!! But from the first, I was sorely dissappointed. Most of the recipes are so bland as to be flavourless. The ratatouille I wanted very much to like, but I just couldn't... it was such a bitter dish. My boyfriend who is a meat lover very diligently tried the receipes with me as I am trying to get him to eat more healthily. Bless his heart because miserably ate his way through the recipes alongside me on many occasions, and I can tell you, if I couldn't make my way through a meal happily, he most definitely couldn't. The information provided on th different vegetables and grains and what utensils to use in the kitchen is easy to read and is absolutely right, but for a vegetarian who cooks often, it was unnecessary, although there were a few tidbits that I hadn't known. After my dreary attempts at cooking my way through the bok I called my sister and my best friend. y sister told me she'd taken it down to the second hand book shop about three months after Christmas because she tried about 15 recipes, and each one was worst than the last. My best friend, well she smiled politely and said she was glad thatI also found the recipes to be bland. after trying a few, she'd regulated it to the dusty corner of unused cookbooks. Although, on a positive note, she said that she does pull it out for ideas every once in awhile.
Great Vegetarian "Everything" Book
 
Review Date: February 7, 2010
Reviewer: New Vegan, Seattle, WA
I think this book will become my favorite resource for how to cook just about everything vegetarian. I have found that I use it primarily when I need to know how long to soak a particular bean, what to do with a grain, how long to let a favorite bread rise. I find the basic instruction helpful. My favorite recipes are the sauces and breads.

This book is not for complex vegetarian dishes but is a good "eveything" starter book.

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