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Summary: Best vegetable cookbook ever
Review: I just read all the other reviews of this book and want to add my two cents' worth. This book is truly wonderful. Anyone who loves to cook should own it as should anyone who wants to eat more vegetables. You can buy whatever produce looks great at your market and know you will find a simply delicious way to prepare it in this book. I have NEVER had a failure from this book and have eaten so many pureed parsnips and turnips since I got it that I'm afraid I'm going to turn into one of these vegetables. Order this book for yourself, one for your mother, and one for your best friend. Everyone will enjoy the results.
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Summary: FANTASTIC! Indispensable for every kitchen.
Review: I LOVE this book, and consider it absolutely indispensable. I used to collect books which described how to choose vegetables, how to grow them, and how to cook them -- but donated ALL of them to a thrift shop after discovering this one. The information here was much more complete, period.And the recipes I've tried have all been outstanding. If I could only have one cookbook, there is an outstanding chance that it would be this one. I love it!
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Summary: wonderful cookbook
Review: I love this cookbook. A friend passed it along to me and have been looking all over for it to give to friends. I'm delighted I finally found it at Amazon. It is written "by vegetable/fruit" which I think is great. When you end up with a bunch of parsnips is nice to go into this cookbook, look under parsnips and find all kinds of wonderful recipes to use. Love it
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Summary: i wish i could find her last book fish and vegetable cookboo
Review: Iam in search of a receipe Marion had on one of the shows,can anyone help, the receipe was for a salad made with nappa or chinese cabbage. jysoto@c2i2.com maria
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Summary: EXCELLENT,ORGANIZED HOW TO CHOOSE,STORE &COOK PLUS MORE!
Review: IN RESPONSE TO:Beware the Calories, January 8, 1999 REVIEW
For me the best part of the book is that it is: (in order) alphabetical, reviews how to grow( I am not a gardener,so do not need this section),how to pick or choose when buying , how to store once at home, how to prepare for cooking, how to cook various methods, then various finishing touches for side dishes such as what spices go well, ( this is one part that does usually have butter or a sauce for serving ideas with herbs etc) this can be used for ideas and it does not take a lot of butter etc per serving to have a vegetable taste good, then there are recipes which I have not even tried!! But I love the how to buy,store, prepare and cook instructions even for those vegetable I have cooked frequently and for those I still have not cooked. I just recently picked it up out of my cupboard
again thinking I really need to cook more vegetables, even if I am the only one in my family that will eat it! My husband does not like very many vegetables, and my kids vary in what they will eat. Pleease do not let that review make you hesitate, I love this book!!! After reading another review I now have to try the marinara sauce mentioned! here is the review I am responding to. My thought is when you are trying to cook low fat you should read a basic low fat cookbook and then know you can substitute milk, lowfat milk,or evaporated skim milk for crream/half& half and use a broth base for a sauce instead of butter or oil. These are easy ways to alter recipes. I think this book gives great ideas on how to serve a vegetable for example it mentions adding pinenuts with broccoli, it is these additions that make my family rave about the vegetable instead of just serving with salt and pepper. It also gets me thinking what can I add to make it taste good. and helps me be creative. PS> My book is falling apart and it has a nice large margin and good thick paper. I am punching holes and adding metal rings so now it is easy to turn pages etc.
"Reviewer: A reader from Potsdam, New York
Based upon the 5 star rating, I ordered this book because I was looking for healthy recipes using vegetables. (I'm a serious veggie gardener and always have an abundance that needs to be used up.) However, after a quick perusal I realized that a goodly portion of the recipes use significant amounts of butter, cream, 1/2 and 1/2, etc. With my efforts to cook more lower-cholestrol and lower-fat recipes, I realized that many of these recipes would be "off-limits" and that I would be forever frustrated by reading great recipes that were not a good idea to feed my family on a regular basis. And in the introduction, Morash herself even admits that a lot of her recipes are once a week indulgences. So, sadly, I ended up sending the book back. "
AGAIN THE BESST PART OF THE BOOK FOR ME IS HOW TO CHOOSE THE BEST, STORE, PREPARE AND COOK. THEN I USE THE REST FOR IDEAS ON HOW TO SERVE, WHAT GOES WELL TOGETHER ETC. ALOT OF PEOPLE LOVE THE RECIPES WHICH I REALLY HAVE NOT YET TRIED.
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Summary: EXCELLENT,ORGANIZED HOW TO CHOOSE,STORE &COOK PLUS MORE!
Review: IN RESPONSE TO:Beware the Calories, January 8, 1999 REVIEW
For me the best part of the book is that it is: (in order) alphabetical, reviews how to grow( I am not a gardener,so do not need this section),how to pick or choose when buying , how to store once at home, how to prepare for cooking, how to cook various methods, then various finishing touches for side dishes such as what spices go well, ( this is one part that does usually have butter or a sauce for serving ideas with herbs etc) this can be used for ideas and it does not take a lot of butter etc per serving to have a vegetable taste good, then there are recipes which I have not even tried!! But I love the how to buy,store, prepare and cook instructions even for those vegetable I have cooked frequently and for those I still have not cooked. I just recently picked it up out of my cupboard
again thinking I really need to cook more vegetables, even if I am the only one in my family that will eat it! My husband does not like very many vegetables, and my kids vary in what they will eat. Pleease do not let that review make you hesitate, I love this book!!! After reading another review I now have to try the marinara sauce mentioned! here is the review I am responding to. My thought is when you are trying to cook low fat you should read a basic low fat cookbook and then know you can substitute milk, lowfat milk,or evaporated skim milk for crream/half& half and use a broth base for a sauce instead of butter or oil. These are easy ways to alter recipes. I think this book gives great ideas on how to serve a vegetable for example it mentions adding pinenuts with broccoli, it is these additions that make my family rave about the vegetable instead of just serving with salt and pepper. It also gets me thinking what can I add to make it taste good. and helps me be creative. PS> My book is falling apart and it has a nice large margin and good thick paper. I am punching holes and adding metal rings so now it is easy to turn pages etc.
"Reviewer: A reader from Potsdam, New York
Based upon the 5 star rating, I ordered this book because I was looking for healthy recipes using vegetables. (I'm a serious veggie gardener and always have an abundance that needs to be used up.) However, after a quick perusal I realized that a goodly portion of the recipes use significant amounts of butter, cream, 1/2 and 1/2, etc. With my efforts to cook more lower-cholestrol and lower-fat recipes, I realized that many of these recipes would be "off-limits" and that I would be forever frustrated by reading great recipes that were not a good idea to feed my family on a regular basis. And in the introduction, Morash herself even admits that a lot of her recipes are once a week indulgences. So, sadly, I ended up sending the book back. "
AGAIN THE BESST PART OF THE BOOK FOR ME IS HOW TO CHOOSE THE BEST, STORE, PREPARE AND COOK. THEN I USE THE REST FOR IDEAS ON HOW TO SERVE, WHAT GOES WELL TOGETHER ETC. ALOT OF PEOPLE LOVE THE RECIPES WHICH I REALLY HAVE NOT YET TRIED.
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Summary: Learn your vegetables
Review: My Aunt gave me a copy after she could tell the cookbook she'd given me for a gift didn't match my vegetarian leaning eating habits. It was immediately obvious why this was one of her favorites. I've never been so suprised by a cookbook's extensive, yet accesible knowledge. It single-handedly introduced cooking with greens and cabbages into my diet. Now that I've spoiled my first copy with wear, I'm hoping my Aunt will endow me with another.....hint, hint. The only downer...and this is minor, is that she cooks with electric, and my kitchen is gas, but I'll live.
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Summary: Publish Please!
Review: My local library has almost forbid me to check out their copy again. Please keep this wonderful book in print so that I may have my own copy.
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Summary: The most used cookbook in my kitchen since 1985.
Review: The recipes in this book are excellent. They combine great taste and eye appeal with ease of preparation. Most helpful are the recommendations about the amount to prepare,whether the vegetables are able to be frozen, how long their shelf life is, and the many ways to cook each one . I like this book so much that I have purchased at least ten copies as gifts.
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Summary: An indespensable book for vegetable lovers
Review: This a fantastic cookbook. We belong to a farm share CSA where we recieve a 20 lb basket of organic vegetables each Friday. When we have an excess of a certain type of vegetable or recieve something we have never cooked with before, we reach for the Victory Garden Cookbook. Recipes are organized by the vegetable type, so you can always find some enticing ways to use up the excess. We have cooked dozens of the recipes and not hit a bad one yet. Highly recommended... don't be intimitated by the high price.
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