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The Vegetable Dishes I Can't Live Without
Sometimes we need a little inspiration when it comes to adding more vegetables to our plate. Thankfully for us, Mollie Katzen knows a thing or two about vegetables! On the 30th anniversary of her groundbreaking Moosewood Cookbook, Mollie presents just under 100 delicious vegetable side dishes in this delightful and beautiful cookbook. Whether you need an appetizer, a quick...more
Hardcover, 160 pages
Published
October 9th 2007
by Hyperion
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Mollie Katzen is such a veggie pusher. She is bound and determined to make you eat your veggies and she'll mix the veggies with whatever flavors will lure you out of the veggie closet. She'll mix the veggies with fruit, nuts, miso, vinegars, whatever. She doesn't care. Just make them yummy and eat them. Just a sampling: roasted asparagus with pomegranate-lime glaze, avocado-strawberry saladita,roasted beets with tart pink grapefruit glaze, braised Brussels sprouts in maple-mustard sauce,deep-fla...more
This is an interesting collection of recipes, that is well written and described so the instructions are easy to follow. I also love the 'looks-like-hand-done' font - which I must look up as it is not part of my MS Word collection. It is apparently Mollie's style to have hand drawing rather than photos - which I prefer - even though I know 4-colour increases the price.
I copied only 2 recipes for my collection:
Carmelized Onion Orange Marmalade, and
Mollie's Quite Surprising Mashed Parsnips.
(When y...more
I copied only 2 recipes for my collection:
Carmelized Onion Orange Marmalade, and
Mollie's Quite Surprising Mashed Parsnips.
(When y...more
I came across this book in my attempt to find some good veggie receipes. It's phenomenal. This book has so many amazing finds. I've made 4 things from it thus far, and they've all been wonderful. (My favorite has been the North African Carrots. They're like candy.) The receipes are unique and surprising, but don't call for lots of extreme indgredients. I usually have most of it on hand (although she does seem to like walnut oil). I can't recommend this cookbook highly enough. I definitely want t...more
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This is another example of a cookbook I picked up from the library, thinking I'd find a few good recipes I could copy down, only to discover that I liked so many of the recipes it'd be more efficient to just buy the cookbook.
I love vegetables. I think of them as food, even the star of the show, not a side, so this cookbook definitely caught my eye. And when I got it home and perused through it more thoroughly, I was further charmed. the recipes are interesting and full of complex flavor and tex...more
I love vegetables. I think of them as food, even the star of the show, not a side, so this cookbook definitely caught my eye. And when I got it home and perused through it more thoroughly, I was further charmed. the recipes are interesting and full of complex flavor and tex...more
Jul 29, 2011
Catherine Woodman
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This is the best thing that Molly Katzen has written since the Moosewood Cookbook--some great dishes in here--classic things that you would make over and over again every summer, and the layout and design is like her best work--highly recommended and whimsical to boot.
As a veggie lover this collection of recipes tickled my fancy. Delicious sounding side dishes arranged by vegetable are highlighted.
Love the format. Love the text. Based this review on the number of recipes I actually marked to try out at home.
If you think vegetables are boring to cook - check this book out! An oldie that i went back to and am glad did!
Delicious, delicious, delicious vegetable recipes. Some are a bit too complicated for me, but lots are easy
A Oh, yum! Another fantastic cookbook by Mollie--geared around veggies. In my kitchen, veggies will often simply get steamed and served with salt and pepper or maybe some herbs. This cookbook offers heaps of suggestions on tons of fantastically delish-mah-tish recipes for veggies (also including some tips for those of you, ahem, BostonBill, who do not eat veggies!, on how to incorporate more veggies into your life!), mostly side dishes, but not all. Oh, so good. If you have a CSA membership, I h...more
Brussels sprouts recipes galore in here. Whoot!
There was 5 or 6 that I really want to try
This is a great cookbook. The dishes are not complicated, and Molly Katzen's explanations make every one fun and easy to make. As a vegetarian, I've been trying to get away from the cheese and starch routine, and this has been invaluable.
I highly recommend the ginger-coconut carrots, honey mustard brussel sprouts and lemon-peanut green beans. YUM.
I highly recommend the ginger-coconut carrots, honey mustard brussel sprouts and lemon-peanut green beans. YUM.
Even though I might not make alot of the recipes in this one, i found myself holding on to Katzen's book while i cleaned out my cookbook shelf. No photos, just quirky hand lettered and drawn recipes that make you feel like you are snooping in someone elses secret cookbook. I will give this one another chance to win me over.
Loving this book. Great ways to get more veggies in your cooking that taste amazing.
I like the quick, simple ways to cook veggies... and as a carnivore who happens to enjoy veggies, I like that MK actually gives suggestions for how to pair with meat or tofu. Truly a cookbook for everyone! Loooooove it!
No pictures. Boo. Eye candy is a must for cookbooks.
I might try:
Cauliflower Cheese Appetizer
Cilantro-Walnut Pesto
Feta-Walnut-Stuffed Cucumbers
Fennel with Almonds, Grapes, Olives, Dried Figs & Cheese
I might try:
Cauliflower Cheese Appetizer
Cilantro-Walnut Pesto
Feta-Walnut-Stuffed Cucumbers
Fennel with Almonds, Grapes, Olives, Dried Figs & Cheese
The thing about Mollie Katzen's cookbooks is that the recipes work. I tried the Asparagus Crepes with Mushroom Sauce. Delicious! I served them at a party and they were a hit!
Mar 05, 2008
Tara
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
vegetarians, cooks
Shelves:
cookbook,
fromthelibrary
No pictures of the finished dish always makes me sad! But the charming handwritten and illustrated look of it is as appealing as the recipes look DELICIOUS!
I totally love her other cookbooks. This one just seemed like a hodgepodge of ideas just thrown together. I was a bit disappointed.
Sep 29, 2008
GoldenjoyBazyll
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3 of 5 stars
Recommended to GoldenjoyBazyll by:
myself
Shelves:
cookbooks
Nice book for the veggie lover however... it is expensive for the amount of receipes. Her other books are a better value.
No pictures, unfotunately, but the descriptions were mouth-watering.
Aug 12, 2011
Roseman
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A little light on the recipes, but good reading.
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Educated at the Eastman School of Music, Cornell University, and the San Francisco Art Institute. Although her formal training was as an artist and musician, she exhibited natural cooking inclinations from a very early age, and cooked professionally - in restaurants and as a caterer - for ten years. In 1973 she was one of the founders of the Moosewood Restaurant in Ithaca, New York, and during her...more
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