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--- PT wrote:

> I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season and fixing

themselves and the ones they love delicious vegetarian food. Did

anyone get a new kitchen gadget for xmas? Cookbooks?

 

My lovely husband gave me the latest Moosewood cookbook, " Moosewood

Restaurant Celebrates " , to add to my collection. I've made a couple

of things out of it already, but I don't think it will become of my

favourite Moosewood books. It's nicely laid out by holiday and

seasonal event themes but I much prefer my copy of " Vegetarian

Celebrations " by Nava Atlas for sheer variety. Several of the recipes

are recycled from previous Moosewood books, and I'd rather see fewer

recipes for sweets and more variety amongst the entrees.

 

And one bone I have to pick with Moosewood is that they are getting

too heavily into the seafood recipes! They keep sneaking them in

there and it's a real annoyance and a waste of trees, IMHO.

Particularly since they keep billing themselves as a vegetarian

restaurant. I think Mollie Katzen needs to come back and whip those

folks into shape, and get them back on course again with through

vegetarian cookery ;-).

 

Anyone else get any interesting cookbooks for the holidays?

 

Cheers,

Kathy

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, " Kathy " <treegrrl29>

wrote:

 

> My lovely husband gave me the latest Moosewood cookbook, " Moosewood

> Restaurant Celebrates " , to add to my collection.

 

 

Ooooh! That sounds really nice. My Moosewood collection

of cookbooks include:

 

The Moosewood Cookbook

Enchanted Broccoli Forest

New Recipes From Moosewood Restaurant

Still Life With Menu

Moosewood Restaurant ~ Low-Fat Favorites~

 

I own so many other vegetarian cookbooks that I have

collected over the years that nobody dare buy me more

for fear I may already own it. This list has alerted me to

so many wonderful cookbooks! I can't seem to stop buying

more.

 

 

>I've made a couple

> of things out of it already, but I don't think it will become of my

> favourite Moosewood books. It's nicely laid out by holiday and

> seasonal event themes but I much prefer my copy of " Vegetarian

> Celebrations " by Nava Atlas for sheer variety. Several of the

recipes

> are recycled from previous Moosewood books, and I'd rather see

fewer

> recipes for sweets and more variety amongst the entrees.

 

I have nevewr heard of that one. I shall have to add it to

my " want " list.

 

 

 

> And one bone I have to pick with Moosewood is that they are getting

> too heavily into the seafood recipes! They keep sneaking them in

> there and it's a real annoyance and a waste of trees, IMHO.

 

Yes! Annoying indeed. I didn't mind it so much back in my

pescatarian days when they began adding in a few; I think

it started with the 'New Recipes From Moosewood Restaurant'

book, and then they kept going. I do have to say that I have

several cookbooks, other than those Moosewood ones, that also

bill themselves as vegetarian and still include a " pescatarian "

section in them. I guess in some parts of the world it is not

considered eating meat to kill and devour fish and sealife;

we all know better though!

 

~ feral ~

 

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without asking anything in return.

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>--- PT wrote:

> > I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season and fixing

>themselves and the ones they love delicious vegetarian food. Did

>anyone get a new kitchen gadget for xmas? Cookbooks?

 

 

 

I got 4 lovely cookbooks: One for coffee, one for mushrooms, one for apples

and one for onions, which is useful as we have loads of onions at the

moment! So far I've made onion foccaccia and french onion soup.

 

 

 

Jinnie the Perky Goth, 2nd Lt. Geek in the Army of Dorkness

 

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Those cookbooks sound very interesting.

Are they all by the same publisher?

 

If you like coffee and aren't already a member of Dejabrew,

you might want to check it out. It is another list I host

and the focus is on friendly conversation and COFFEE!

dejabrew

 

BTW, I'd love it if you could share that onion foccaccia recipe

with me ~ it sounds yummy.

 

:::coffeemug salute:::

 

~ PT ~

 

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

~ Madame Marie Curie

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, " Jinnie Cracknell " <

cyberdestiny_40@h...> wrote:

 

> I got 4 lovely cookbooks: One for coffee, one for mushrooms, one

for apples

> and one for onions, which is useful as we have loads of onions at

the

> moment! So far I've made onion foccaccia and french onion soup.

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> " ~ PT ~ " <patchouli_troll

 

>Tue, 30 Dec 2003 16:30:48 -0000

>

>Those cookbooks sound very interesting.

>Are they all by the same publisher?

>

>If you like coffee and aren't already a member of Dejabrew,

>you might want to check it out. It is another list I host

>and the focus is on friendly conversation and COFFEE!

>dejabrew

>

>BTW, I'd love it if you could share that onion foccaccia recipe

>with me ~ it sounds yummy.

>

>:::coffeemug salute:::

>

>~ PT ~

>

>Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

>~ Madame Marie Curie

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

 

 

Yes, the books are by the same publisher, Andrews and McMeel. The range is

called " Little books for cooks " as they are very small, about the same size

as a square drinks coaster. The coffee one is a book about coffee, the

others are recipe books. The onion foccacia recipe is as follows:

 

On a lightly greased baking sheet, press 1/2 lb of refrigerated pizza dough

into an 8 " round. Scatter sauteed onions, chopped fresh rosemary, salt and

pepper over the dough. Drizzle with 1 - 2 tbsp olive oil and bake in a

200C(400F) oven for about 15 minutes, until foccacia is golden brown.

 

 

Jinnie the Perky Goth

 

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