Cookbook Review: Jump Up and Kiss Me (Spicy Vegetarian Cooking)

[Guest guest]

Cookbook Review: Jump Up and Kiss Me (Spicy Vegetarian Cooking) by

Jennifer Trainer Thompson

 

This is the only spicy vegetarian-specific cookbook that I've found in

my cookbook hunts. It's a very informative book, with reference pages

or partial pages on all kinds of things, such as olives, peppers (of

course), olive oils, pasta, dried beans, peppercons, and many, many

other foods. I often pick up this book looking for a recipe or idea,

and get lost reading these reference pages!

 

Contents are as follows:

 

Appetizers

Salsas

Soups

Stews

Pasta, Polenta, and Pizza

Tortilla, Rice, and Bean Dishes

Baked & Grilled Entrees

Sandwiches

Vegetable Salads

Bean & Grain Salads

Fruit & Vegetable Salads

Breads

Dessets

Drinks

Sauces, Chutneys & Relishes

Seasonings, Butters, & Spreads

Vinegars & Oils

 

Some of the recipes that are found in this book include: Sundried Tomato

Relish with Cayenne Toasts; Roasted Shitake and Walnut Pate; Sweet

Potato Fritters with Jerk Sauce; Artichokes with Rosemary-Curry

Vinaigrette; Toasted Corn Salsa, Portuguese Vegetable Stew; Shitake Stew

with Crisp Polenta; Buckwheat Pasta with Peanut-Coconut Sauce; Rice

Noodles with Vegetables, Tofu, and Watercress; Pasta Gratin with Mustard

Greens; Focaccia Pizza with Pears, Walnuts, and Gorgonzola; Chutney, Red

Pepper, and Grilled Cheddar Sandwich; Hot 'n' Dirty Rice Salad;

Jalapeno-Onion Corn Sticks; and Rosemary-Serrano Red Wine Vinegar.

 

This book presents recipes for many genres - italian, mexican, indian,

jamaican, and so on. Even Emiril makes an appearance in " Emeril's

Grilled Piri Piri Vegetables. "

 

I would say that the only drawback is that it's printed on a

newsprint-like paper, and there are no pictures. Otherwise, it's a

fantastic reference, and it's filled with inspiring recipes!

 

Cathrine

[Guest guest]

Catherine, you beat me to it! I've loaned my Jump up... to a friend and

could remember neither the author nor the publisher. I picked it up in the

Denver airport on a layover during a concert tour a few years ago and

absolutely love the recipes in it. Everything that I've made so far has been

fantastic. I agree with you however about the lack of pictures, but that's

the only flaw as far as I'm concerned.

 

Cheers,

Craig,

www.craigtompkins.singingteacher.net

 

-

" Cathrine Qua " <cathrineq

 

Sunday, December 11, 2005 8:58 AM

Cookbook Review: Jump Up and Kiss Me (Spicy

Vegetarian Cooking)

 

 

> Cookbook Review: Jump Up and Kiss Me (Spicy Vegetarian Cooking) by

> Jennifer Trainer Thompson

>

> This is the only spicy vegetarian-specific cookbook that I've found in

> my cookbook hunts. It's a very informative book, with reference pages

> or partial pages on all kinds of things, such as olives, peppers (of

> course), olive oils, pasta, dried beans, peppercons, and many, many

> other foods. I often pick up this book looking for a recipe or idea,

> and get lost reading these reference pages!

> <snip>

> I would say that the only drawback is that it's printed on a

> newsprint-like paper, and there are no pictures. Otherwise, it's a

> fantastic reference, and it's filled with inspiring recipes!

>

> Cathrine

[Guest guest]

Right on, Cathrine! Way to go :=) This looks like a must-have cookbook for me!

Thanks so

much for the review - we'll have to add it to our Books folder in the Files!

 

Best love, Pat

[Guest guest]

Catherine-girl, how have you been?

This was a wonderful book review... i am a sucker

for new cookbooks, and the recipes you described

sound wonderful. i do have a question though.

Would you say that the recipes are mostly vegan,

or predominantly lacto-ovo veg, or just a goodly

mix of both? ~ Craig, you can answer this too. *s*~

 

~ pt ~

 

It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.

~ W.T. Ellis

~~~*~~~*~~~>

, Cathrine Qua <cathrineq@r...>

wrote:

>

> Cookbook Review: Jump Up and Kiss Me (Spicy Vegetarian Cooking) by

> Jennifer Trainer Thompson

>

> This is the only spicy vegetarian-specific cookbook that I've found in

> my cookbook hunts. It's a very informative book, with reference pages

> or partial pages on all kinds of things, such as olives, peppers (of

> course), olive oils, pasta, dried beans, peppercons, and many, many

> other foods. I often pick up this book looking for a recipe or idea,

> and get lost reading these reference pages!

>

> Contents are as follows:

>

> Appetizers

> Salsas

> Soups

> Stews

> Pasta, Polenta, and Pizza

> Tortilla, Rice, and Bean Dishes

> Baked & Grilled Entrees

> Sandwiches

> Vegetable Salads

> Bean & Grain Salads

> Fruit & Vegetable Salads

> Breads

> Dessets

> Drinks

> Sauces, Chutneys & Relishes

> Seasonings, Butters, & Spreads

> Vinegars & Oils

>

> Some of the recipes that are found in this book include: Sundried Tomato

> Relish with Cayenne Toasts; Roasted Shitake and Walnut Pate; Sweet

> Potato Fritters with Jerk Sauce; Artichokes with Rosemary-Curry

> Vinaigrette; Toasted Corn Salsa, Portuguese Vegetable Stew; Shitake Stew

> with Crisp Polenta; Buckwheat Pasta with Peanut-Coconut Sauce; Rice

> Noodles with Vegetables, Tofu, and Watercress; Pasta Gratin with Mustard

> Greens; Focaccia Pizza with Pears, Walnuts, and Gorgonzola; Chutney, Red

> Pepper, and Grilled Cheddar Sandwich; Hot 'n' Dirty Rice Salad;

> Jalapeno-Onion Corn Sticks; and Rosemary-Serrano Red Wine Vinegar.

>

> This book presents recipes for many genres - italian, mexican, indian,

> jamaican, and so on. Even Emiril makes an appearance in " Emeril's

> Grilled Piri Piri Vegetables. "

>

> I would say that the only drawback is that it's printed on a

> newsprint-like paper, and there are no pictures. Otherwise, it's a

> fantastic reference, and it's filled with inspiring recipes!

>

> Cathrine

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, pt... much appreciated! That's the first review I've ever

written, so I appreciate the positive feedback!

 

Looking through the book, there are definately some non-vegan recipes,

such as Tanzanian Potato Fritters with Tamarinnd Sauce (8 eggs and some

milk), Corn and Zucchini Fritters (eggs & milk), some of the bruschettas

use cheese as a topping, but I can't see why you couldn't substitute soy

cheese or use none at all. The salsas are all vegan, as are all but one

of the soups. A few recipes call for butter, but you could easily

substitute oil or margerine. The recipes that wouldn't be easily

converted by using soy cheese or margerine instead of butter make up at

most a sixth of the book, probably less.

 

....and I've been good, you?

 

Cath

 

Feral wrote:

 

>Catherine-girl, how have you been?

>This was a wonderful book review... i am a sucker

>for new cookbooks, and the recipes you described

>sound wonderful. i do have a question though.

>Would you say that the recipes are mostly vegan,

>or predominantly lacto-ovo veg, or just a goodly

>mix of both? ~ Craig, you can answer this too. *s*~

>

>~ pt ~

>

>It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.

>~ W.T. Ellis

>~~~*~~~*~~~>

> , Cathrine Qua <cathrineq@r...>

>wrote:

>

>

>>Cookbook Review: Jump Up and Kiss Me (Spicy Vegetarian Cooking) by

>>Jennifer Trainer Thompson

>>

>>This is the only spicy vegetarian-specific cookbook that I've found in

>>my cookbook hunts. It's a very informative book, with reference pages

>>or partial pages on all kinds of things, such as olives, peppers (of

>>course), olive oils, pasta, dried beans, peppercons, and many, many

>>other foods. I often pick up this book looking for a recipe or idea,

>>and get lost reading these reference pages!

>>

>>Contents are as follows:

>>

>>Appetizers

>>Salsas

>>Soups

>>Stews

>>Pasta, Polenta, and Pizza

>>Tortilla, Rice, and Bean Dishes

>>Baked & Grilled Entrees

>>Sandwiches

>>Vegetable Salads

>>Bean & Grain Salads

>>Fruit & Vegetable Salads

>>Breads

>>Dessets

>>Drinks

>>Sauces, Chutneys & Relishes

>>Seasonings, Butters, & Spreads

>>Vinegars & Oils

>>

>>Some of the recipes that are found in this book include: Sundried Tomato

>>Relish with Cayenne Toasts; Roasted Shitake and Walnut Pate; Sweet

>>Potato Fritters with Jerk Sauce; Artichokes with Rosemary-Curry

>>Vinaigrette; Toasted Corn Salsa, Portuguese Vegetable Stew; Shitake Stew

>>with Crisp Polenta; Buckwheat Pasta with Peanut-Coconut Sauce; Rice

>>Noodles with Vegetables, Tofu, and Watercress; Pasta Gratin with Mustard

>>Greens; Focaccia Pizza with Pears, Walnuts, and Gorgonzola; Chutney, Red

>>Pepper, and Grilled Cheddar Sandwich; Hot 'n' Dirty Rice Salad;

>>Jalapeno-Onion Corn Sticks; and Rosemary-Serrano Red Wine Vinegar.

>>

>>This book presents recipes for many genres - italian, mexican, indian,

>>jamaican, and so on. Even Emiril makes an appearance in " Emeril's

>>Grilled Piri Piri Vegetables. "

>>

>>I would say that the only drawback is that it's printed on a

>>newsprint-like paper, and there are no pictures. Otherwise, it's a

>>fantastic reference, and it's filled with inspiring recipes!

>>

>>Cathrine

>>

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[Guest guest]

If I remember correctly, the vast majority of the recipes are either vegan,

or can be made vegan with a few substitutions or omissions. I don't have the

book in front of me so can't say for sure.

Craig,

www.craigtompkins.singingteacher.net

 

-

" Feral " <terebinthus

 

i do have a question though.

> Would you say that the recipes are mostly vegan,

> or predominantly lacto-ovo veg, or just a goodly

> mix of both? ~ Craig, you can answer this too. *s*~

>

> ~ pt ~