cookbooks

January 20, 2005

I really like The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet by Nava Atlas. Not

vegan but easily modified.

Peace,

Diane

, " lt_danish " <danan82@t...>

wrote:

>

> I have found tons of great recipies online. I was wondering what

> everyone favortite cookbooks are. I would like to buy some new

ones,

> especially ones that cater to one or two person meals.

January 20, 2005

I have two vegan cookbooks:

- Vegan Planet, by Robin Robertson. I really like this one.

- Fresh & Fast Vegan Pleasures, by Amanda Grant. This one I am less

enthusiastic about, although I have found some good recipes in it. It

tends to have more expensive ingredients than I like.

Neither one is especially for one- or two-person meals. I tend to make

a lot of something and then eat the leftovers for a few days.

Rachael

January 21, 2005

lt_danish wrote:

>I have found tons of great recipies online. I was wondering what

>everyone favortite cookbooks are. I would like to buy some new ones,

>especially ones that cater to one or two person meals.

I'm really liking The Spice Box: Vegetarian Indian Cookbook, by Manju

Shivraj Singh, but it's not vegan, though there are lots of vegan (or

easily veganized) recipes in there, and the portions, because Indian

food is generally served as several small dishes, are small enough

that it would qualify to me as good 2-person stuff (we rarely have

leftovers when the two of us eat from that book). The other books on

this list, though, will all be vegan.

(You can access my Powell's bookshelf at

http://www.powells.com/ppbs/29192.html if you want to see more of my

favorites, including a few for one or two people.)

I often like cookbooks as much for how they're written as for the

recipes in them:

May All Be Fed, by John Robbins, makes me happy and grateful.

The Uncheese Cookbook is indispensible for cheese-lovers.

The Artful Vegan is amazingly beautiful.

The Accidental Vegan has the simplest recipes; I can't wait to try all of them.

How It All Vegan is cool and funky, written by my kind of chicks, but

the recipes so far have been a mixed bag.

I hear really good things about The Voluptuous Vegan.

There's an ad in this month's Vegetarian Times for a cooking-for-one

kind of thing, but I don't remember which one. Let me go see.

The Single Vegan -- Cooking for One, $8.95 from (800) 793-9161

serene

January 21, 2005

The Passionate Vegetarian is also good. It's not strictly vegan but enough of it is or can be made so to make it good. Once again it makes a lot of food, so I usually cut recipes in half and still eat leftovers for a couple of days but that can be nice too.

Michele

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January 23, 2005

I really like The Garden of Vegan and How it All Vegan. I use these frequently. I also like anything by Joanne Stepaniak. She and Bryanna Clark Grogan have a new cookbook out entitled, Dairy Free & Delicious. I just ordered it from Vegan Essentials and can't wait. Both women have great recipes on their own. There's another one that has some pretty good recipes in it called, The Imus Ranch Cookbook. This one claims to be vegan but they do use eggs and honey. Most of the recipes are pretty easy to convert to vegan if that's what is wanted though.

God's Peace,

Gayle

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Michele

Friday, January 21, 2005 5:05 AM

Re: cookbooks

The Passionate Vegetarian is also good. It's not strictly vegan but enough of it is or can be made so to make it good. Once again it makes a lot of food, so I usually cut recipes in half and still eat leftovers for a couple of days but that can be nice too.

Michele

Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term'

August 24, 2005

Sorry if I'm too out of the loop on this thread, but in case someone has not

already mentioned it: The Vegan Gourmet by Geiskopf etc. has lots of

simple-fancy, easy and delicious recipes.

--Bruce

>

> On Behalf Of gilmore930

> Sunday, August 21, 2005 7:34 PM

>

> Cookbooks

>

> Dear Friends,

> If you can find them over here, Sarah Brown (from England)

> has several lacto-ovo-vegetarian, not vegan, cookbooks which

> have beautiful pictures, and instructions whcih include what

> to do days ahead for a party. Nice! Maybe a library can do

> an interlibrary loan for you if interested.

> peace, love, light, laughter,

> joy, tim gilmore

May 28, 2006

I went to the local bookstore here to check out cookbooks. Wow, there's a big

variety for vegetarians! I was wondering if you all had any recommendations

about vegetarian cookbooks, yourselves?

I ended up purchasing an Indian veggie cookbook by my favorite Indian cookbook

lady--Madhur Jaffrey. I have two of her cookbooks already, but no vegetarian

ones, so I'll let you know how this one is

Heather

May 28, 2006

Oh, BOY (rubs hands gleefully) -- COOKBOOKS!!!

My two personal all-time favorites, both cookbooks that I use a lot

and have used for years (and years and years), are the 15th

anniversary Moosewood Cookbook (Mollie Katzen) and The New Laurel's

Kitchen (Laurel Robertson et al). Both are sort of " crunchy granola "

hippie-type vegetarian books, but I'm quite fond of them. Very

substantial, comforting vegetarian recipes. Another great one

is " Moosewood Restaurant Cooks At Home " by the Moosewood Collective.

It's largely vegetarian although it has some fish recipes in it.

Another favorite, since you brought up Indian cooking, is Yamuna

Devi's " Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking. "

It's a tome, LOL, but VERY complete and detailed. I'm with you, too,

about the wonderfulness of Madhur Jaffrey's work. Anything written by

her is okay with me!

I've had numerous other vegetarian cookbooks over the years, many of

them given away in one of my many house moves. One that I liked a lot

but no longer have is Nikki and David Goldbeck's " American Wholefoods

Cuisine. " It's just what it sounds, American-style stuff. I remember

that it had a nice section on short-order style vegetarian cooking.

Another one that I no longer have is Deborah Madison's " Greens

Cookbook. " Very elegant recipes from the famous Greens Restaurant in

San Francisco.

I could go on and on, LOL... but I'll stop. I've checked Amazon and

all of the books I just mentioned are still available.

What fun! You've got me inspired, Heather, thanks!

val

, " Butler, Heather "

<hbutler wrote:

>

> I went to the local bookstore here to check out cookbooks. Wow,

there's a big variety for vegetarians! I was wondering if you all had

any recommendations about vegetarian cookbooks, yourselves?

>

> I ended up purchasing an Indian veggie cookbook by my favorite

Indian cookbook lady--Madhur Jaffrey. I have two of her cookbooks

already, but no vegetarian ones, so I'll let you know how this one

is

>

> Heather

>

May 29, 2006

2 of my favorites are Laurels Kitchen both of them, and the one by Nicki and David Goldbeck. I think it is American Wholefoods Cuisine. But not sure of the name of that one.

Patty

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Val

Sunday, May 28, 2006 6:59 PM

Re: cookbooks

Oh, BOY (rubs hands gleefully) -- COOKBOOKS!!!My two personal all-time favorites, both cookbooks that I use a lot and have used for years (and years and years), are the 15th anniversary Moosewood Cookbook (Mollie Katzen) and The New Laurel's Kitchen (Laurel Robertson et al). Both are sort of "crunchy granola" hippie-type vegetarian books, but I'm quite fond of them. Very substantial, comforting vegetarian recipes. Another great one is "Moosewood Restaurant Cooks At Home" by the Moosewood Collective. It's largely vegetarian although it has some fish recipes in it. Another favorite, since you brought up Indian cooking, is Yamuna Devi's "Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking." It's a tome, LOL, but VERY complete and detailed. I'm with you, too, about the wonderfulness of Madhur Jaffrey's work. Anything written by her is okay with me!I've had numerous other vegetarian cookbooks over the years, many of them given away in one of my many house moves. One that I liked a lot but no longer have is Nikki and David Goldbeck's "American Wholefoods Cuisine." It's just what it sounds, American-style stuff. I remember that it had a nice section on short-order style vegetarian cooking. Another one that I no longer have is Deborah Madison's "Greens Cookbook." Very elegant recipes from the famous Greens Restaurant in San Francisco.I could go on and on, LOL... but I'll stop. I've checked Amazon and all of the books I just mentioned are still available. What fun! You've got me inspired, Heather, thanks!val , "Butler, Heather" <hbutler wrote:>> I went to the local bookstore here to check out cookbooks. Wow, there's a big variety for vegetarians! I was wondering if you all had any recommendations about vegetarian cookbooks, yourselves?> > I ended up purchasing an Indian veggie cookbook by my favorite Indian cookbook lady--Madhur Jaffrey. I have two of her cookbooks already, but no vegetarian ones, so I'll let you know how this one is > > Heather>

May 30, 2006

My favorite weeknight cookbook is " The Vegetarian

5-Ingredient Gourmet " by Nava Atlas. Limiting each

recipe to 5 ingredients makes it very easy to put a

meal together quickly, which is what I need when I get

home from work.

My favorite enormous cookbook is " The Passionate

Vegetarian " by Crescent Dragonwagon. It's over 1000

pages! But the recipes are really good; they're great

when I want to cook something special on the weekend,

or when I have a vegetable I'm not sure how to use.

There are very informative sections on how to select

vegetables, or different ways to prepare beans, etc.

Sharon

--- " Butler, Heather " <hbutler wrote:

> I went to the local bookstore here to check out

> cookbooks. Wow, there's a big variety for

> vegetarians! I was wondering if you all had any

> recommendations about vegetarian cookbooks,

> yourselves?

>

> I ended up purchasing an Indian veggie cookbook by

> my favorite Indian cookbook lady--Madhur Jaffrey. I

> have two of her cookbooks already, but no vegetarian

> ones, so I'll let you know how this one is

>

> Heather

>

May 31, 2006

LOL, I hit a cord with you, eh Val!! Thanks for the suggestions, these are

great!

I have a Moosewood cookbook somewhere, too, I'll have to dig that up.

Heather

on behalf of Val

Sun 5/28/2006 6:59 PM