1,000 Vegetarian Recipes

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Summary: Collection of realistic vegetarian recipes.
Review: Replacing your cluttered culinary shelf as the new "studiokichen staple," 1,000 Vegetarian Recipes is ideal for smallhouseholds or "transitional vegetarians" Most ingredients are comfortably familiar, incorporating staples that are stocked in most grocery stores, such as vegetables, beans, grains and pastas. There are few recipes that spark a "what's that?" reaction here. Gelles' concoctions offer realistic, delicious and time saving recipes - the perfect antidote to the "What's for Dinner" dilemma in the time-pressed 90's. When perusing these pages, it's easy to realize that incorportating more vegetarian dishes into weekly fare offers neither difficult nor drab meals. Basic recipes such as "Pesto Sauce" and "Black Bean Chili" are comfortable to new and old vegetarians, making the lifestyle change easier and less alienating. Recipes often use fewer than a dozen ingredients, providing reminder that vegetarian dishes can be quick, healthy and do not have to be "less" of anything.

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Summary: Collection of realistic vegetarian recipes.
Review: Replacing your cluttered culinary shelf as the new "studiokichen staple," 1,000 Vegetarian Recipes is ideal for smallhouseholds or "transitional vegetarians." Most ingredients are comfortably familiar, incorporating staples that are stocked in most grocery stores, such as vegetables, beans, grains and pastas. There are few recipes that spark a "what's that?" reaction here. Gelles' concoctions offer realistic, delicious and time saving recipes - the perfect antidote to the "What's for Dinner" dilemma in the time-pressed 90's. When perusing these pages, it's easy to realize that incorportating more vegetarian dishes into weekly fare offers neither difficult nor drab meals. Basic recipes such as "Pesto Sauce," and "Black Bean Chili" are comfortable to new and old vegetarians, making the lifestyle change easier and less alienating. Recipes often use fewer than a dozen ingredients, providing reminder that vegetarian dishes can be quick, healthy and do not have to be "less" of anything.

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Summary: Flavorless food.
Review: Sometimes I read reviews where the book was only given one star and I think to myself, could it really have been that bad! Well, I bought this book because I am a vegetarian, have been one since about the age of five, so it isn't like I don't know what I'm talking about. I was so excited when I brought it home. Wow! 1000 recipes! I looked in the index and the names of the dishes really did inspire me to believe they would be exquisite. They are the most bland tasting dishes I have EVER eaten in my life. Spices do exist (and I don't mean salt), anyone can throw a can of beans on some rice and call it black beans and rice. I highly recommend Molly Katzen, Moosewood, Laurel's Kitchen. Don't waste your money on this book. I couldn't even eat the meals after about 3 bites. What a waste.

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Summary: Best Basic for Every Day
Review: The best thing about this book is that most recipes call for ingredients that you're likely to have in the house, or if you don't happen to have, can find at the local supermarket. And for this reason, it is the cook book I use the most. The next best thing about this book is that most of the recipes are excellent. While some are only average, all you have to do is to pencil in adjustments to measurements next to the recipe ingredient list to make it more to your taste (which is true of all cookbooks and recipes). Another nice feature to many of the recipes is the ingredient substitution possibility that is included at the end of the recipe. This is the book I give as Christmas gifts to newly formed vegetarians, or friends that like to cook for vegetarians but don't understand what we eat.

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Summary: Easy, Delicious Vegetarian with Humor
Review: This book has become a regular staple in my kitchen. It has gotten me to add new recipes to my daily repertoire. Everything has been delicious! I love the way she introduces the recipes with a personal reference or thought. I feel like a friend is in the kitchen with me. The wide ranges of ethnicities of food is also refreshing. I that the recipes are labeled according to the type of veggie one is, i.e., V for vegan. I would have preferred more vegan recipes, but I know that most people eat dairy so, I just make a couple of substitutions and YUMMY!

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Summary: Easy, Delicious Vegetarian with Humor
Review: This book has become a regular staple in my kitchen. It has gotten me to add new recipes to my daily repertoire. Everything has been delicious! I love the way she introduces the recipes with a personal reference or thought. I feel like a friend is in the kitchen with me. The wide ranges of ethnicities of food is also refreshing. I that the recipes are labeled according to the type of veggie one is, i.e., V for vegan. I would have preferred more vegan recipes, but I know that most people eat dairy so, I just make a couple of substitutions and YUMMY!

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Summary: An outstanding source for all your gravings
Review: This book has repeatedly inspired me to try out those incredients that previously had seemed strange and undesirable to me. In fact, Carol Gelles has inspired me to cook real meals instead of fast and generally unhealthy fare. I found it to be particularly appealing that most of Gelles' recipes do not rely on Tofu or related products as they are not to my taste. I have yet to find the one recipe that does not taste good.

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Summary: Best cookbook I own
Review: This cookbook is a good staple cookbook, like _Joy_ or _Better Homes and Gardens_ are for omnivores. It has good, simple recipes for all the vegetarian classics, as well as some innovative and delicious variations and ideas. It belongs in all omnivore and vegetarian kitchens. I was rather surprised by the quality of the recipes, as I found the quantity-focused title off-putting, but I have used this book almost exclusively since recieving it as a gift four years ago. It is not tony gourmet (simpler than _The Vegetarian Epicure_) nor lowfat (thank goodness!) but yields excellent meals with great variety. The reviewer who found it a "diappointment" was clearly thinking of another book...this one doesn't have pictures, just great recipes for good meals.

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Summary: Great staple cookbook to have on hand for the new vegetarian
Review: When I first became vegetarian, I used this book quite a bit. The recipes are easy, use familiar ingredients, and blend well with meats and seafood for households that hold both vegetarians and meat-eaters. The many recipes are categorized by food (ex: soup, main course, breads) and by "level" of vegetarianism. (ex: lacto- ovo- vegan-) It was a useful and favorite book for me!

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Summary: a must have for your cooking library
Review: when people wonder what us non-meaters eat, here is the answer for 'em! LOTS! this book has a veritable cornicopia of delicious possibilities for all sorts of meatless creations...and humorously written as well. Definitely a worthwhile addition to anyone's kitchen.