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The New Enchanted Broccoli Forest (Mollie Katzen's Classic Cooking)
This second volume in Mollie Katzen's classic cooking series features over 200 vegetarian recipes and a bounty of kitchen guidance from one of America's dearest cookbook authors. Mollie first revised ENCHANTED BROCCOLI in 1995, adding lighter, easier-to-prepare versions of her signature recipes, plus a selection of new dishes and techniques. As with MOOSEWOOD, this new edi...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
February 1st 2000
by Ten Speed Press
(first published 1982)
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Feb 12, 2009
Lillian
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
homebody foodies
Shelves:
domestic-arts
i just found this book at a thriftstore yesterday and fell in love. not only are cookbooks in my top 3 kinds of books for leisure reading, this one is in line with me right now- today, yesterday and probably tomorrow! it is all about vegetarian cooking, has been updated with low and lower fat options and is written in such a comfortable, loving way that i feel like the author is a friend. the best part is the illustrations though! they remind me of my mom and are so intricate and sweet. i love t...more
Katzen is one of my go-to people for good vegetarian recipes. This book, along with the Moosewood Cookbook, are charmingly hand-lettered and illustrated. Here's a sample recipe:
Tsimmes
3 1/2 lbs. sweet potatoes or yams (or a combination)
2 lg carrots, sliced
1 lg apple, sliced (peeling optional)
1 heaping cup chopped onion
2 c chopped dried apricots
3 to 4 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2/3 c orange juice
1 c apple juice
1/4 c fine bread crumbs or matzo meal
1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Pe...more
Tsimmes
3 1/2 lbs. sweet potatoes or yams (or a combination)
2 lg carrots, sliced
1 lg apple, sliced (peeling optional)
1 heaping cup chopped onion
2 c chopped dried apricots
3 to 4 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2/3 c orange juice
1 c apple juice
1/4 c fine bread crumbs or matzo meal
1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Pe...more
Jan 24, 2010
GoldenjoyBazyll
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Regina/ Carole
Recommended to GoldenjoyBazyll by:
Nanette
Shelves:
cookbooks
If you have been following my reading style.... you will also understand my cooking style.
Mollie Katzen is tops in my book- particularly after eating at the Moosewood 2 years ago when I was in Ithica on business. For four days I ate every meal there! Just laugh.... why look for something else when you have the best!
Anyhow... I just got this cookbook as a gift and am DELIGHTED with it.
It is called the Magical Broccoli Forest because there is a receipe called just that. It is seasoned rice bake...more
Mollie Katzen is tops in my book- particularly after eating at the Moosewood 2 years ago when I was in Ithica on business. For four days I ate every meal there! Just laugh.... why look for something else when you have the best!
Anyhow... I just got this cookbook as a gift and am DELIGHTED with it.
It is called the Magical Broccoli Forest because there is a receipe called just that. It is seasoned rice bake...more
Just remembered this book after I made Hot Marinated Cauliflower and Macaroni. Most everything I've made from this has been yummy. Also loved the Yogurt and Herb Bread served with the Tomato Soup.
And can't forget to mention the Sweet Potato Pie!
And can't forget to mention the Sweet Potato Pie!
A co-worker suggested this book to me in my quest of going vegetarian for 2011. I think the book is well written (I love the fact that it appears as though it's entirely handwritten) and presents a lot of advice and tips. I will say that while I'm sure most of the recipes are very good (I've only made one and it's not quite as spicy as I would like it) I didn't find more than 3 that I would actually make. Maybe it is my being picky or a food snob, but I just didn't find some of the recipes (a fe...more
Oct 03, 2008
Elizabeth
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Anyone
Recommended to Elizabeth by:
This is a time tested vegetarian cookbook
While revisiting some of the pioneering works in the area of vegetarian cookery, I was redirected to The Enchanted Broccoli Forest by a former professor and friend who caught my interest with his description of a cream of tomato soup in the above mentioned book. I can only give this book three stars just yet because I've only tried one recipe and so can't really comment on the quality of the others. I can say that while Katzen's tastes and my own aren't always in sync (and really, who ever likes...more
This was both my first cookbook and my first vegetarian cookbook, and I certainly have a soft spot for its overall construction and Mollie Katzen's gentle, friendly instruction for cooking newbies. The illustrations and guidance allowed me to take my first baby steps when preparing whole meals and cooking quick breads from scratch! The book also features some useful references for cooking grains and veggies.
I have used this cookbook so many times -- I think my favorites are the potato, pea, and panir curry, apple pie with oatmeal cookie crust, and fresh corn chowder. In addition to the recipes, I love her tutorials on baking bread, chopping vegetables, and cooking beans and grains (I find myself constantly referring to the grain cooking time chart). One of the best $20 I've ever spent.
I'm not a vegetarian any more, but I still really like the casual homey feel of this book. It goes over some good basics of preparing whole foods in a tasty way. I don't have or use many cookbooks, but this one still gets a place in the kitchen. The cherry berry pie in particular has become one of our favorites and I still reference the quiche section fairly often too.
my mother used this cookbook endlessly and it was always my favorite as a kid, mainly because of the whimsical illustrations.
She has since passed this volume down to me, spine taped back together and all, and I cherish it. The challah recipe is one my mother taught me when I was young, and one we still get together and make to this day. Highly recommend!
She has since passed this volume down to me, spine taped back together and all, and I cherish it. The challah recipe is one my mother taught me when I was young, and one we still get together and make to this day. Highly recommend!
I loved the original. For the non-US reader, there is a lot of conversion work to be done as all measurements and temperatures use the US system.
Unfortunately, in updating it, Katzen has opted for health and nutrition over flavour. So I opt for the original nine times out of ten. But still a classic.
Unfortunately, in updating it, Katzen has opted for health and nutrition over flavour. So I opt for the original nine times out of ten. But still a classic.
Lots of simple, healthy, interesting recipes. The cookbook has a friendly tone, between the hand-lettering, the drawings, and the conversational comments accompanying the recipes, which I think had a big role in encouraging me to try things I might otherwise have passed over as too difficult or too unique to attempt during a busy week. Many of the recipes have shown me new ways to use things I already have in the pantry or fridge. I have made most of the breads, all of the muffins, many of the s...more
I love this cookbook! It has one of my most favorite recipes of all time, for vegetarian shepherd's pie. I love the hummus recipes as well. If I had one cookbook to take to a deserted island that had a full, well stocked kitchen, I would take this one!
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I tried a number of these recipes & found a few new favorites... namely the frittata and the sesame peanut noodles. Most of it was a little too frou-frou for everyday cooking, at least in my house, but these two were easy and phenomenally good!
A xmas gift from a friend and what a gift!
It's super cute, great recipes and the best part is its design as the author herself designed it and drew all the pictures on the book.
A must have, being you vegetarian or not.
It's super cute, great recipes and the best part is its design as the author herself designed it and drew all the pictures on the book.
A must have, being you vegetarian or not.
The Curried Peanut Soup with Banana Topping is unique, rich and amazing. http://kahakaikitchen.blogspot.com/20...
Another wonderful, charming classic Katzen cookbook.
Another wonderful, charming classic Katzen cookbook.
I love the look of this book that is hand-lettered with drawings on every page by the author. The recipes are great too. Stuffed Baked Apples is a favorite and the Deviled Egg Pie is unique.
I borrowed this from my mom and it has some great recipes in it. The quiche recipes in this book are amazing. It's the only recipie that I use for quiche and everyone loves it!
I like this book, but I've never actually made anything from it! It's a bit marginalist vegetarian for me. There are so many more accessible vegetarian cookbooks.
I purchased this book after I had enjoyed The Moosewood cookbook. There are excellent recipes in it, but this book never saw the action which my poor brown stained Moosewood did. I was excited by the recipe for the Enchanted Broccoli Forest, but the result was less than exciting. I do use this recipe when I have someone with little kids come to dinner because it is definitely appealing to the eye.
The recipes in this book are good, for the most part, but it was not nearly as exciting as the Moose...more
The recipes in this book are good, for the most part, but it was not nearly as exciting as the Moose...more
The quiche recipe is amazing! No wimpy namby-panmby quiches here, especially with the sunflower seed crust! Also check out the challah bread. A nice duo.
Nicely inventive for vegetarians. I'm no longer interested in vegetarian meals so haven't used it in awhile but was impressed with the variety offered.
I love moosewood books. Although this is a great book - given a choice I'd pick the other moosewood book. Or Sundays @ moosewood.
True, she adds dill to almost everything and I am tiring of the basil/oregano combination, but this is my favorite of the Moosewood series.
Read this at the library. I will buy this book for my own cookbook shelf. Great recipes and the hand drawings were lovely.
Nov 08, 2009
Messyfish
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Actually have the original version published in the 80s...and am loving it and reading it and cooking from it all over again!
This is one of my favorite cookbooks to just sit and real, or even just to look at. Katzen's hand-lettered pages draw you in by creating a personal feel—like reading a recipe card handed to you from a neighbor. Her recipes don't include meat, but they have so much promise for yummy meals—all veggie or not—and they incorporate Katzen's Jewish roots. I've learned new food words and techniques from these kookily illustrated pages, and I particularly like the improvisation tips, complete with a thre...more
Came out soon after the Moosewood cookbook, but not nearly as good and over the years jsut haven't used it much
Love this collection of vegetarian food. Loads of great recipes and never one that is unpopular
Love that each page is written and illustrated by hand. I was inspired to bake bread.
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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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