The ultimate guide to meatless meals, completely updated and better than ever, now for the first time featuring color photos
Ten years ago, this breakthrough cookbook made vegetarian cooking accessible to everyone. Today, the issues surrounding a plant-based diet—health, sustainability, and ethics—continue to resonate with more and more Americans, whether or not they’re fully vegetarian. This new edition has been completely reviewed and revised to stay relevant to today’s cooks: New recipes include more vegan options and a brand-new chapter on smoothies, teas, and more. Charts, variations, and other key information have been updated. And, new for this edition, the recipes are showcased in bright full-color photos throughout. With these photos and a host of recipes destined to become new favorites, this already classic vegetarian cookbook will continue to be more indispensable than ever.
Ten years ago, this breakthrough cookbook made vegetarian cooking accessible to everyone. Today, the issues surrounding a plant-based diet—health, sustainability, and ethics—continue to resonate with more and more Americans, whether or not they’re fully vegetarian. This new edition has been completely reviewed and revised to stay relevant to today’s cooks: New recipes include more vegan options and a brand-new chapter on smoothies, teas, and more. Charts, variations, and other key information have been updated. And, new for this edition, the recipes are showcased in bright full-color photos throughout. With these photos and a host of recipes destined to become new favorites, this already classic vegetarian cookbook will continue to be more indispensable than ever.
Great Starter Cookbook for new vegetarian This is a nicely written cookbook, a good starting place for beginning cooks or those who are beginning vegetarians. Mr. Bittman digs down to the starting position of those who would like to know where to start. I especially liked the section in vegetables which described which methods work best, or what vegetables to avoid eating raw, or which apples are for eating, cooking, or both. I was delighted for find the recipe for making seitan, and plan to try it soon. The photos are incredibly…
Supersedes My Previous Favorite Go-To Cooking References Just got the book and haven’t cooked from it yet. In browsing through, I found it to be the encyclopedic reference cookbook that I was looking for (sort of a Joy of Cooking for vegetarians), with lots of feasible recipes for dishes that my mostly-vegan family will eat and detailed instructions for buying, storing and and use of various ingredients. There are so many delicious-sounding recipes, I can hardly wait to try them. (Plum-Rosemary Upside-Down Cake, with alternate options for Fresh…
A must have for any vegetarian or veggie-curious kitchen I bought this book a couple of months ago and have hardly used any other cookbooks since. It includes a huge range of recipes, many of which include suggested substitutions that add both variety and flexibility. The recipes generally use ingredients that are easy to find, and many are quick enough to pull together after work. Everything I’ve tried has been good. My favorite so far is the falafel — it’s easy to prepare but fairly time-consuming to cook because it needs to be carefully fried in…