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 | How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food (How to Cook Everything)
Author: Mark Bittman
Publisher: Wiley
Binding: Hardcover
Released: 2007-10-15
Sales Rank: 864
ISBN: 0764524836
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 2008-08-03 - A great way to begin cooking for veggie-centric dishes.
I love Mark Bittman, and this book is really a good resource for someone trying to cook more vegetarian dishes, and spice up vegetable side-dishes. I didn't think it was a perfect vegetarian cookbook, which I might say about the Moosewood series, because the flavor combos are still quite basic. But, the recipes are simple and easy, for the most part, and they are, of course, tasty.
 2008-08-01 - 5 stars.. HUGE book, tons of recipes
I think this book is a great addition to my culinary library. I was genuinely impressed with the way it was written and the wealth of information the book contains. While in my opinion, some of the recipes are a bit on the bland side.. I just season to my taste. For what you get, this book is a bargain!!!
2008-07-27 - The Best Around
Excellent book for vegetarians. Last year I stopped eatting meat but struggled daily to find ways to prepare meals. I quickly became bored with my food and easily frustrated around dinner time; making the same stuff over and over for months was a true nightmare. However, after reading this book, I found loads of new knowledge at my fingertips for coming up with tasty dishes each day. This book is a must have for newly transitioning vegetarians.
 2008-07-16 - But the recipes aren't good!
I am firmly convinced that Mark Bittman invents all his recipes without actually making them. Not one of them has ever turned out well. Examples:
- "Mashed cauliflower with cheese." More like cauliflower sauce. I had to serve it in bowls and eat it with a spoon.
- "Baked pinto beans and sweet potatoes, enchilada style." Tastes fine, but the potato cubes were still hard after 40 minutes in the oven.
- "Millet mash." Millet does *not* burst after 30 minutes of simmering. It's edible, but it sure isn't mashable.
- "Roasted quinoa with potatoes and cheese." Interesting, but 5 minutes of boiling isn't enough for the quinoa to then finish cooking in the oven. And there's no need to jump-start the potatoes either.
- "Bean and cheese empanadas." The dough is impossible to roll out - it's way too tender and dry. And the texture ends up throat-catchingly grainy after baking.
- "Lentils and potatoes with curry." This was actually disgusting. Too much dry spice. And of course the potatoes disintegrated before the lentils were soft.
I'll go ahead and give the book two stars because there's a *lot* of stuff in it, and some of the recipes might be worth tweaking. But I don't recommend buying it, especially if you get discouraged easily.
2008-07-15 - New Favorite Veg Cookbook
I LOVE this cookbook. I've been an on again, off again veg for about 20 years, but even when we eat meat at home we still cook and eat a lot of veg food because it's cheaper and we feel better (not so heavy, more energetic). This book joins Deborah Madison's Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone and Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian as the three books that I can always count on to deliver great tasting food.
Best yet, of these three books, I have so far found Bittman's book to deliver the fastest, easiest terrific recipes - if I don't feel like shopping for an exotic spice and going the Jaffrey route (and her food has been full of winners too) I can whip up a chowder or other recipe fast with Bittman and it all has tasted great.
Totally, totally worth the investment in another huge hardcover - get this, I don't think you will be disappointed.
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