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Summary: Rediscovering vegetables (for the first time)
Review: After hearing an interview with Jack Bishop on NPR, my wife and I were intrigued enough to order the book. Four of the five recipes we've tried thus far have been outstanding, to the point where we're building entire meals based on them. For instance, we both like broccoli, but didn't know the best way to cook it. Now we do. I've never liked green beans, but we tried Bishop's recipe for roasting them, and I'm suddenly hooked! In short, if you've been wanting to bring more vegetables into your diet, buy this book!
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Summary: A must-have cookbook
Review: I also heard Jack Bishop on NPR and finally bought the book over a year later. I wish I had bought it immediately -- it has been a great investment, especially considering all of the vegetables I HAVEN'T had to throw out. For someone who isn't the most motivated cook (like me), the alphabetical organization is perfect. Got some broccoli in the fridge? Just look under "B" and you will find excellent, easy broccoli recipes with ingredients you have at home. I use it almost every day.
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Summary: What a find!
Review: I am a chef and work my menus around locally-grown produce, and am always on the look-out for a simple, informative--yet creative--book focused just on vegetables. Bishop's book is not only a well-done comprehensive guide on everything from Broccoli to yuca, but also provides a sensible and informed springboard for the innovative cook. Incredibly easy to use, and gorgeous to boot. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Best veggie cook book I have.
Review: I bought this when my husband and I subscribed to a CSA farm and I needed ideas on what to do with large volumes of veggies every week. It covers the gamut of all veggies, familiar and unusual. Has good info on basics of storage, what's in season, signs of freshness, etc., and also basic info on preparation. But the best part are the recipes. I have lots of cookbooks that I keep for only one or two recipes, but this one has tons of good ones that I keep going back to, and many more yet that I still want to try. It's also changed the way I shop for veggies. I used to go to the produce dept. looking for specific stuff, but now I'm more likely to browse and buy whatever is fresh or on sale, because I know that when I get it home, whatever it is, I'll find a GREAT recipe for it in this book.
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Summary: A great resource
Review: I find myself turning to this book quite often to get some inspiring recipes with vegetables. From the best way to prepare broccoli to how to peel an artichoke - it's all in here. Tonight I made his beet salad with goat cheese. I had never made beets before - I can't believe how easy it is. Tomorrow night I'm going to prepare his baked sweet potato fries and see how that turns out. If you're in a vegetable rut - look no further. This book will help you. My one and only complaint would be that there are no helpful pictures. But that's it. I'd still highly recommend this book.
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Summary: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ! Wonderful even for those in Europe...
Review: I have been into gourmet cooking for years. We live in Germany and vegetables here are not the same as in the U.S. Hence, we usually stay away from cookbooks made by American writers. But THIS COOKBOOK IS WORTH EVERY CENT AND IS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL HEALTHY VEGETABLE COOKBOOK for the homemaker and for chefs as well. It avoids red meat though not entirely low-fat nor vegetarian. The flavors are never the same for each recipe. They are uncomplicated, have easy to purchase ingredients, but the resulting flavors are complex and exotic and best of all, healthy.
The vegetables are arranged by name and all the recipes from all over the world follow after each vegetable (how convenient for someone in a rush or for leftovers in the fridge!) and gives foreign equivalents of the name, descriptions, seasons, important science information on how to keep it fresh, how to detect the good ones from the bad ones, etc. for each and every vegetable. The format is in outline form which is so convenient. No lengthy, time-consuming paragraphs which I really hate.
It is NOW A VERY IMPORTANT MEMBER of my cookbook library. No fancy recipes with hard to get ingredients. For cuisines - there's European, Indian, Mediterranean, American, Asian, etc. Wonderful, wonderful cookbook for everyone all over the world !
Dont think twice. Just buy it. I wont make this review if I had doubts.
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Summary: Simple and scrumptious vegetable dishes!
Review: I originally borrowed this title from the public library, but am here to purchase a copy because it is such a fabulous resource. I have tried about a dozen of the recipes and found them all to be simple to prepare, often with ingredients already stocked in my pantry, and always delicious. The information offered about each vegetable is clear, concise and very helpful. I've been surprised at dinner by my family raving about the kale or mustard greens. This book has made adding more vegetables to our diet pure pleasure.
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Summary: Best veggie cook book I have.
Review: I use this book an average of once a week. Each chapter, arranged alphabetically by vegetable name, describes in detail what to do with that bok choy or dinosaur kale that looked so interesting when I decided to buy it and bring it home. The recipes, if you would rather not run with Mr. Bishop's helpful preparation suggestions and try something on your own, are for the most part vegetarian-friendly, and many are quite useful for vegans and others who would rather not eat peas with their butter, and so forth. A detailed, clear, and interesting book. My diet is so much more interesting (and delicious!) since buying this book.
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Summary: Live by this book
Review: I use this book an average of once a week. Each chapter, arranged alphabetically by vegetable name, describes in detail what to do with that bok choy or dinosaur kale that looked so interesting when I decided to buy it and bring it home. The recipes, if you would rather not run with Mr. Bishop's helpful preparation suggestions and try something on your own, are for the most part vegetarian-friendly, and many are quite useful for vegans and others who would rather not eat peas with their butter, and so forth. A detailed, clear, and interesting book. My diet is so much more interesting (and delicious!) since buying this book.
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Summary: Side-dish challenged no more!
Review: I'm a reasonably decent home chef who's trying to expand his vegetable repetoire, and I love this book! The genius is the organization - by vegetable! Each chapter explains how to buy the vegetable, then gives you a half-dozen ways to prepare it. If you've ever felt lost or overwhelmed in the produce aisle (Can humans really eat kale? What can I do with jicama?), this book is for you. Or if you're just in a hurry (I need a side dish, and there's still broccoli in the fridge), turn to "B" and flip through a half-dozen recipes. I stopped using Deborah Madison's "Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone" after I got this book. Jack Bishop's approach is straightforward, easy to follow, and the recipes taste great the first time.
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