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Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian: More Than 650 Meatless Recipes from Around the World
Madhur Jaffrey, whose previous cookbooks have sold hundreds of thousands of copies, draws on more than four decades of culinary adventures, travels, and experimentation to present her favorite recipes from around the globe in this Joy of Cooking for vegetarians.
Distinct sections highlight the delicious possibilities of vegetables, beans, grains, and dairy products, while s
...morePaperback, 768 pages
Published
January 15th 2002
by Clarkson Potter
(first published 1999)
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I can't stress enough how indispensable I find this cookbook. Divided into easy-to-use sections (for individual beans, vegetables, grains, dairy products, and soups, salads, drinks, and additional seasonings), clearly written and supplemented with cultural anecdotes and tips, Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian is encyclopedic in scope, but full of individual treasures. Even if you're someone who eats meat regularly, this book is worth investigating for its troves of recipes which will surely s...more
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I am not a vegetarian, but I have belonged to local CSAs for most of the past decade. As a result, I have an abundance of fresh vegetables for half of the year, and I'm always looking for interesting ways to prepare them. This cookbook definitely serves that purpose. I pull it off the shelf at least 4 times a week during CSA season. With very few exceptions, I have really enjoyed every recipe I've tried. Perhaps a dozen are in our regular meal rotation.
The recipes come from a variety o...more
The recipes come from a variety o...more
I have a friend who is a dyke from Amsterdam - let me clarify that.
It isn't that she holds back the flood waters.
More that she likes girls more than is strictly speaking necessary.
More, for example, than Whitaker would.
She comes around for dinner a lot and she is a very politically correct dyke. Last Monday she presented me with something. 'What's that?' I asked suspiciously? 'A zucchini' she replied. Well, I did know that, really. But for all I ...more
It isn't that she holds back the flood waters.
More that she likes girls more than is strictly speaking necessary.
More, for example, than Whitaker would.
She comes around for dinner a lot and she is a very politically correct dyke. Last Monday she presented me with something. 'What's that?' I asked suspiciously? 'A zucchini' she replied. Well, I did know that, really. But for all I ...more
I remember using Madhur Jaffrey's cookbooks for Indian cooking in England in the 1980's. I found her style very engaging & her recipes delicious! It was a real treat to come across this new book by her especially as several of my family members are vegetarian. This cookbook is highly readable in Mahur's warm conversational style & the recipes are laid out very logically. Each recipe includes a label stating which country or region it is from. There are some photographs in the center of the book,...more
I got this book at the library, and think I will need to purchase a copy. This is a really fun cookbook, with a lot of great unusual ideas and gobs of recipes for things like spelt, mung beans, and other such peripheral hippie foods. I made an acorn squash stuffed with spelt, cranberries, pecans and kale, and tagliatelle with spinach, ricotta and pine nuts that were both delicious. The recipes hail from far-flung places like Trinidad, India, Cambodia, Mexico and Italy, and it is interesting to s...more
Currently reading this and 'A Taste of the Far East.' I am kind obsessed with Madhur Jaffrey lately. First of all, every recipe in each of her books is delicious as hell. And two, I really love reading her little blurbs at the beginning of each recipe, recanting the tale of the first time she ate some crazy thing in Indonesia under the truffula tree. She also describes in a lovely way some of the more exotic ingredients.
For my money, simply the best vegetarian/vegan cooking resource out there. Loaded up with recipes (my guess: over 500), from many parts of the world: India, Sri Lanka, China, Trinidad, the US, and Morocco, just to name a few. Any good cookbook should also double as a reference book, and "World Vegetarian" is a good one of those too. Highly recommended.
This is my new favorite vegetarian cookbook. The recipes are very easy to follow and make. I'm looking forward to getting my own copy of this cookbook. The section on beans & legumes are just excellent and the recipes that I have tried are delicious. I can't wait to try the other recipes and all the fun I'll have in the kitchen.
Some phenomenal recipes, tips, and cultural information interspersed with what feels like filler (the thing is a brick and a half). A new edition could also use a serious redoing of the index and overall arrangement.
Great recipes, including how-to for bean soaking and other basic whole foods processes at home. Carnivore husband loves the recipes! I use this cookbook at least twice a month.
This book is a fantastic resource for trying out vegetarian recipes. My husband and I were looking to cut back on meat but not looking to go totally vegetarian, and I'm not a fan of just removing meat from my regular recipes. Madhur Jaffrey is the master of fantastic flavors, in my opinion. Most of the meals are seasoned in a way that will leave you wanting more. Keep in mind that this is a book of "world" recipes, some of them are more exotic than others and require a bit of adve...more
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Great recipes from around the world even if you are not a vegetarian but just want to vary your diet. Now I need to buy some new spices.
A valuable, versatile cookbook! So many delicious recipes to choose from, Madhur Jaffrey definitely knows what she's doing.
this is my first-among-cookbooks. I just had Persian poached eggs with Forbidden Rice last night. I must be the Emperor!
going through it again. it's a library book, so i'm copying recipes by hand. yum!
A beautiful book, but who am I kidding? Andy's not going to eat any of this stuff!
Beautiful book, but not amongst her best in terms of recipes
This is my absolute favourite cookbook. Love it, love it, love it!
Wonderful recipes...her vegetarian chili is the best!
Got this as a gift last summer, and have finally had a chance to try it out. Cameron's not as much of a beans-and-rice co-op vegetarian as me - his ideal dinner is stir fry. So this book has been a good resource for a couple hit dinners (and some failures, but those are my faults, or maybe that of my shabby pans that make it easy to burn things.) It's a nice resource for seemingly simple meals that don't taste like the same old thing I've been making for years, with different ingredients that I...more
Very useful. Very easy. Very heavy.
Sandy
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I bought this cookbook.
essential reading!
The other of my 3 favortie cookbooks, this one has all kinds of markers sticking out from the top and the side so I can find my favorite recipes fast. This cookbook offers ideas way beyond the regular vegetarian fare. You may need to find an "ethnic" food store to buy some of the ingredients in this book, but it is so worth it. Many of those new ingredients have become standards in our kitchen. The dust jacket for this book is long gone, but Madhur is so cute on the cover holding h...more
great collection of ethnic recipes from all over the world.
tagging this one up and hoping to squeeze in one to two recipes this week
I don't ever read a cookbook cover-to-cover, so it's odd to say it's "read." Graham gave me this for a gift last holiday season, and it's been great. Highly recommended both for cooking and reading.
My criticisms so far are that quantity of salt called for in some of the recipes is much too large and the pressure cooker cooking times for some for some legumes are too long. As with all cookbooks, read with a critical eye and adjust for common sense.
My criticisms so far are that quantity of salt called for in some of the recipes is much too large and the pressure cooker cooking times for some for some legumes are too long. As with all cookbooks, read with a critical eye and adjust for common sense.
Not too long ago, I had sprouted sauteed blackeyed peas for BREAKFAST, thanks to the inspiration of this book. Jaffrey gives great instructions on cooking, soaking, sprouting, picking ingredients, and she also works wonders through the medium of story (imagine a group of Indian ladies engaged in the communal work of sorting beans together 50 years ago during Jaffrey's childhood, and maybe you'll be inspired to actually sort your own beans as I was).
Better than Joy of Cooking (well, except for baking cakes and stuff). She gives basic preparation/storage tips for any given ingredient (i.e., chickpeas, spinach, barley, etc) and then follows it with 5-10 recipes that show how people how over the world use the ingredient. A great reference book, and a lot of yummy recipes as well.
I'm a carnivore and don't give a damn about vegetarian cooking. But I keep this book on my shelf for one reason: the worldwide selection of recipes for various herb and spice mixtures. Curry, harissa, zahtar, pesto, masala - they're all in here. If I want to know what's in gomasio and how to make it at home, I turn to Jaffrey.
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Madhur Jaffrey is the person who brought curries into the mainstream with her 1973 debut book An Invitation to Indian Cookery.
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