Bold Vegetarian Chef: Adventures in Flavor with Soy, Beans, Vegetables, and Grains
Author: Ken Charney
Discover the secrets of lively vegetarian cuisine
Think vegetarian cooking is bland? Not any more! Now you can create outrageous appetizers, adventurous soups, exciting entrees, and daring desserts that will have everyone clamoring for seconds. The Bold Vegetarian Chef offers more than 200 dazzling recipes that bring out the best in all of the fresh natural ingredients you crave. You’ll learn the secrets behind such irresistible delights as:
• Savory scrambles, burgers, and sandwiches
• Tasty tofu and tempeh
• Comfort carbos–pasta, polenta, and risotto
• bold and beautiful beans
• The wonderful wheat meat: seitan
• Crisp salads and a slew of side dishes
• Delectable, dreamy desserts
You’ll also discover a wealth of tips, techniques, and ideas that will inspire your own vegetarian creations–bursting with flavor and flair. All you need is a little help from The Bold Vegetarian Chef.
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Complete Book of Herbs and Spices
Author: Garland
Beautifully illustrated and lovingly researched exploration of herbs and spices, covering their history, cultivation and uses, both familiar and forgotten. The comprehensive modern herbal lists nearly 300 plants and is complemented by delicate botanical watercolors.
Publishers Weekly
If you've sometimes wondered what yarrow, et al., is good for, this book can tell you: it is ``a wound herb, astringent and healing, and rich in vitamins and minerals.'' Moreover, it may even ``increase the health of nearby plants.'' Entries in this herbal resource also offer directions to would-be growers, the various amusing common names of the assembled plants (for coriander, ``dizzycorn,'' for cassia, ``bastard cinnamon'') and historical asides: the Incas, for example, worshipped the sunflower. In addition, there are recipes--for soap, bath oil, herbal dyes, pomanders, and edible contrivances: toffee, salad, green mayonnaise and more. Nicely designed but not remarkable, the volume is illustrated with a range of graphics, from medieval woodcuts to the glow of contemporary color photography. (Sept.)
Library Journal
Books with the word ``complete'' in the title don't always meet expectations, but this reissue of a modern herbal ( LJ 12/1/79) does not disappoint. Following an introductory chapter on the history and traditions of herbs, Garland describes over 300 herbs and spices. Each plant is illustrated with detailed watercolor drawings, and information on its culture, preparation, and various uses is provided. There are some minor revisions of text and illustrations, but the bibliography has not been updated. Many fine herb books have been published since this book first appeared. Of particular note is the eminently practical Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs ( LJ 11/15/87) and Emelie Tolley and Chris Mead's beautiful Herbs: Gardens, Decorations and Recipes (Clarkson Potter: Crown, 1985). If Garland's book is not already on the shelf, it also deserves a place. For most gardening collections.-- Virginia A. Henrichs, Chicago Botanic Garden Lib., Glencoe, Ill.
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