The Peta Celebrity Cookbook

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Summary: Innovative recipes, beautifully designed
Review: Amongst all the veggie cookbooks I own, this one ranks as the loveliest, both in terms of design and quality and innovativeness of recipes. This book is beautifully compiled, both insofar as cooking and style. The photography is superb, the recipes are terrific (try Exotic Orange Curry and Portobello Passion), its well-written. You'll feel healthier even if you just "read" it. Beautiful enough to be a coffee table book!! Even better if you cook from it!!!

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Summary: For any "animal friendly" vegetarian cookbook collection
Review: Compiled by Ingrid Newkirk and enhanced throughout with full-color and b/w photography, The PETA Celebrity Cookbook showcases more than sixty celebrities, athletes, chefs, and activists who share their four-star, cruelty-free, palate pleasing, vegetarian recipes. From Paul McCartney's "All You Need Is Avocado" Soup; Jackie Chan's Chan's Corn Chowder; and Fabio's Portobello Passion; to Montel Williams' Heart-Healthy Wild Rice with Walnuts and Raisins; Rue McClananhan's Extreme Dream Cheesecake; and Alec Baldwin's Miami Blues Red Beans with Garlic, The PETA Celebrity Cookbook is a strongly recommended addition to any "animal friendly" vegetarian cookbook collection.

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Summary: Excellent Cookbook!
Review: For all you Vegans out there, here's a cookbook with recipes from lots of your favorite stars that you may not know are vegans! From Paul McCartney to Bridget Bardot there's lots of mouth watering recipes (and easy too) for you to try your hand and tummy at.

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Summary: Simple Recipes For A Healthy Lifestyle
Review: I love this book! There are so many tantalizing recipes to try. The other great thing about this book is that celebrities who are either vegan or vegetarian contributed to make this book. I'm sure that when you see pictures of some people like Bill Goldberg - a WWF Wrestler, you'll be surprised. Vegetarianism is no longer a topic to shy away from. Millions of people are changing their lives for the better and cutting out animal products from their diets. Now when someone asks you just what exactly do you eat... you'll be able to brag about the divine desserts and mouth watering entrees that are all animal free! Do your body & the animals a favor and buy this book.

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Summary: Simple Recipes For A Healthy Lifestyle
Review: I love this book! There are so many tantalizing recipes to try. The other great thing about this book is that celebrities who are either vegan or vegetarian contributed to make this book. I'm sure that when you see pictures of some people like Bill Goldberg - a WWF Wrestler, you'll be surprised. Vegetarianism is no longer a topic to shy away from. Millions of people are changing their lives for the better and cutting out animal products from their diets. Now when someone asks you just what exactly do you eat... you'll be able to brag about the divine desserts and mouth watering entrees that are all animal free! Do your body & the animals a favor and buy this book.

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Summary: good recipies, cheapo book
Review: i think it was about a week or so after i started using this book that it started falling apart. now the first 32 pages can be pulled out singly to set on the counter when desired. it actually works great, just hope i don't ever lose them. the binding is the biggest joke in book binding ever. it's just glue on the edge of a bunch of papers, and obviously doesn't hold well or my pages wouldn't be detatched from their home.

the pictures are really badly shot, and very few show the stars to their own advantage.

there are at least two desserts, i believe, that are pictured on the main dessert page of which the recipies are not given in the book. it would be nice if there were more pictures of the end results. there really are, well, now that i'm looking for it, none whatsoever. i think one of the three desserts pictured might have its recipie in the book.

really good recipies. great egg salad like stuff, the best recipie i've tried, with a few variations. (as a side note, i've found leeks to be phoenomenal in egg salady things.) great french toast. some nice quotes. not great from a health standpoint at all, though, including all kinds of hydrogenated tofutti products in recipies. the boyfriend loved the cheesecake, and i thought it was good, too. contained two tubs of tofutti cream cheese, main ingredient partially hydrogenated oil. yeah, i'd buy it again, definately. my main suggestion is to not expect it to be as professional as you would naturally expect...expect something that looks a little bit amateurly designed. and dirt low quality binding.

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Summary: Great intro to vegan cuisine / Not so comprehensive
Review: Stunningly designed - this book is a great introduction to vegan cuisine. There is a great assortment of recipes, many of which are easy to prepare. While I enjoyed the flashy design - I wonder if the amount of recipes inside makes it worth the price. A better choice might be PETA's earlier cookbook "The Compassionate Cook" - it doesn't have pictures but there are far more recipes which are easy to prepare and it's sure to become a book that you'll rely on daily.

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Summary: More than just a collection of recipes
Review: The PETA Celebrity Cookbook is more than a collection of recipes, it is an entertaining cookbook filled with color photographs of various actors, musicians, and other well-known people, along with their recipes. Featured throughout the book are interesting and informative "Did you know?" facts about vegetarianism, health, and the environment.

Some of the celebrity recipes featured include: Tiffani Thiessen's Mediterranean Muesli, Jackie Chan's Eggplant "Steaks," Chrissie Hynde's Zesty Blueberry Poppyseed Cupcakes, Sir Paul McCartney's "All You Need is Avocado" Soup, Bob Barker's Savory Italian Bruschetta, Alicia Silverstone's Steamy, Creamy Artichoke Dip, and Montel Williams's Heart-Healthy Wild Rice with Walnuts and Raisins. Recipes are divided into sections for breakfasts, lunches, appetizers, side dishes, entrees, and desserts.

This book also doubles as a book of quotations. An introduction by James Cromwell, and sections on "How This Book May Save Your Life" by Dr. Neal Barnard and "Animal-Friendly Grocery Shopping" complement the recipes, facts, and quotations. The PETA Celebrity Cookbook is a fun book with compassionate, nutritious recipes and more. --reviewed by N. Glenn Perrett

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Summary: A great addition to anyone's cookbook collection!
Review: This is the newest addition to several cookbooks offered by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). (Others include "The Compassionate Cook" and "Cooking With PETA.") This will make an excellent cookbook for you and anyone you know who is vegetarian or vegan, or aspiring to be. There are personal quotes from each of the celebrities who contributed a recipe or recipes, including Alec Baldwin, Paul McCartney, Montel Williams, Jackie Chan, Bob Barker and Bill Goldberg. Each quote proves that these celebrities are not empty-headed morons as some people have suggested that celebrities are; rather, these celebrities are intelligent, caring, kind and compassionate humans who are trying to make a positive contribution to the world. The quality of the book itself is excellent, with full-color photographs and glossy pages, and the recipes are all healthful, nutritious and very tasty. Some of our favorites include Tofu French Toast, Chan's Corn Chowder, Savory Italian Bruschetta, Masala Potatoes, Miami Blues Red Beans with Garlic, Heroic Shepherd's Pie, Berkley's EZ BBQ Chickpeas, Feel Good Kentucky Fried Chic-Kett, All Star Chili, Legendary Chickpea Stew, Big City Cashew-Chili, Spicy and Lean Black Bean Chili, Low-Fat Super Savory Asian Forest Curry, Hip Hoppin' John, Baby-Get-Back "Ribs", Mama's Mock "Meatloaf", Heart-Healthy Wild Rice with Walnuts and Raisins, The Sweetest Truffles, Applesauce Cake, Melt in Your Mouth Yellow Cake, Tantalizing Trifle, Sublime Key Lime Pie, Berry Delicious Tangy Sorbet, Cosmic Carrot Cake with Frosting, Choco-Gingerbread Cookies and Flaky Pie Crust Dough. And we are just starting! All of the recipes are simple and easy to make, with ingredients already on hand in most kitchens. And best of all, all of them are cruelty-free and 100% vegan! Enjoy. It is well worth the low price.