Veggie Works Vegan Cookbook

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Summary: Veggie Works for Me
Review: Mark Rasmussen, author of the Veggie Works Vegan Cookbook, is the chef at Veggie Works Restaurant in the New Jersey shore town of Belmar. For seven years, he has been offering 150 vegan menu choices daily to not-necessarily-vegetarian customers who keep coming back for more. If the test of fool-proof vegan cuisine is whether it can pass the "omni" test, then the recipes in Veggie Works make the grade. The recipes in this cookbook are as easy to follow for a novice cook, as a painting-by-numbers kit would be for a novice painter. Once you get the formulas down, you can mix and match to create new recipes. In fact, there are forty pages in the back of the book for you to create your own "homespun recipes" for future generations to follow. Other uniques aspects of the book include a section on homemade baby food, a 54-page glossary, an Herb/Spice Table, an Herb and Spice Application Chart, a vegan food pyramid, and a Hot Pepper Chart to indicate which peppers produce the least-to-most heat. Rasmussen offers a week of meals, and a holiday and theme menu, from traditional Thanksgiving and Christmas themes, to the more exotic and adventuresome Himalayan Rim Dinner, South Pacific Feast, Cinco De Mayo, Roman Feast, and Nordic Smorgasbord, to name a few. Recipes for all of these menus are found in the book. Three hundred and fifteen more pages are devoted to recipes. The chapter on vegan meats alone is worth the price of the book. It includes step by step instructions for soy-based meats, such as tofu, tempeh, and TVP, including mouth-watering recipes for tofu crabcakes, TVP meatloaf, sausage, and Swedish Meatballs; and a basic recipe for making seitan, which is a Japanese dish using cooked wheat gluten to simulate meat. Seitan recipes include Perfect Gluten Flank Steak, New York Gluten Strip, Southern Fried Gluten Cutlet, Chicken Fried Gluten Cutlet, and Gluten Roulade which is sure to impress your company, be they omni or veg. The desserts section is far from ordinary: Banana Flambe, Bavarian Cream Pie, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake, Coconut Cream Pie, Key Lime Pie, Triple Chocolate Cake, Whipped Cream, doughnuts, and cookies makes the choice difficult. If you find yourself wanting to bridge the gap between "mixed company," Veggie Works is your answer.

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Summary: lots of great recipes
Review: So many recipes, so little time! I love this cookbook - I love that it's vegan and that you don't even realize that it is. Lots and lots of recipes - whenever I'm at a loss as to what to cook, I just thumb through for ideas. Everything I've made so far has been super tasty. I'd definitely buy it again

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Summary: Veggie Works Cook Book
Review: The most comprehensive vegan cookbook I have ever read. A to Z on Vegitarian food preperation including many tips on ingrediants and how to prepare the best tasting Veggie food I have ever experienced. This is a cookbook that makes it easy even for folks new to vegitarian dining to cook and eat non meat dishes as flavorfull and satisfying as can be.

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Summary: Backpacker's Delight
Review: This book is exactly what I have been looking for in a great vegetarian cookbook. This one is not only clear and concise, but I find the formatting refreshing. Large font and the fact that the filagree is kept to a minimum makes this a perfect book to cook from, wether I take out on the road in a backpack or off to college. The selections are not only delicious, but laid out in an easy to understand format. I particularly like the 'recipe' within 'recipe' approach. I have already been able to expand on the selections with some custom 'tweaking' of my own. The meals themselves are the equivalent to 'meat and potatoes' of the carnivore world. I especially appreciate the protien rich mindset, something that is usually lacking in the vegetarian cookbook realm. This is the type of book that has potential to become a cornerstone, almost even a milestone in the deliverance of the vegetarian lifestyle into the mainstream. I strongly suggest buying one (or two [as I am contemplating], as my copy is already dogeared) if for nothing other than having a 'first printing' of something that has potential to become a collector's item in the years to come.

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Summary: Best Vegan cookbook Ive yet to find
Review: This has to be the best Vegan cookbook ever written, Its simple, easy to read and most of the recipes are good old down home comfort foods that I would enjoy cooking for my family daily yet some of the dishes are creative and artfull not to mention delicious to serve to some of my most sophisticated guests.
I have a 10 year old who has tried cooking a few things from Veggie Works Vegan cookbook which she found simple enough to follow.
Once again, for the average person seeking to eat a more healfull diet but not quite sure how to go about preparing a vegan meal, this book is the best Ive yet to find!

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Summary: veggieworks vegan cookbook:
Review: This is an outstanding book for any vegan or anyone who is trying to eat healthier. All the basics are covered, as well as more complicated dishes that will impress whoever you are cooking for. GET THIS BOOK!

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Summary: This book ROCKS
Review: This is by far the absolute best vegan cookbook on the market. A must have for every home. Easy to read and follow recipes, and I've tried several and amazed myself ( and my family ). Even if you are'nt a vegetarian, you'll love this book. I'm having a great time with it!!!

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Summary: read this
Review: this is the cream of the crop when it comes to vegan cook books.mark has done an great job.the guy that gave this book one star should hit himself in the head with a rock a few times.then maybe he will be thinking more clearly.also if you get the chance go check out the restaurant.the food is first class and the waitresses are hot.

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Summary: Delicious, Easy and Amazing!
Review: Veggie Works is one of my favorite vegetarian restaurant. In the book, Mark shares his secrets to make even the most novice cook appear professional...My meat-eating family and friends love the recipes, especially the vegan meatloaf...A must-have cookbook for anyone who loves delicious foods.

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Summary: THANK YOU FOR THIS BOOK!
Review: When I first became a vegetarian the hardest thing about it was finding a variety of things to prepare.I've tried all of the "standards" for vegetarian cookbooks, Linda McCartney, The Moosewood Cookbooks, but until I got into this book cooking good, easy-to-make, food was tough.
I found Mr. Rasmussen's writing style so easy to follow, it was like he was right there with me. He uses materials that are easy to get so that you don't need to go to any specialty stores or anything!
If there are any new vegetarians out there, or even someone looking for something new, this is the book for you!