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Complete Vegetarian Cookbook
Charmaine Solomon's COMPLETE VEGETARIAN COOKBOOK has been a favorite in Australian kitchens for over a decade. Now, with this completely updated edition, the subtle delight of Charmaine's vegetarian cuisine is making its way across the seas to be enjoyed by all. With over 600 recipes organized by Eastern, Western, and Middle Eastern influences, this gorgeous, comprehensive...more
Hardcover, 304 pages
Published
March 1st 2004
by Ten Speed Press
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This book was worth its purchase price to me for the vegie burger recipe alone. I was invited to go on my son’s fifth grade camp as a female adult to support the girls in the class. My immediate reaction was: “so long as I’m not responsible for cooking.” Needless to say, I was allocated chief-cook-and-bottle-wash. But how to bring my poor cooking skills, and personal preference for vegetarian meals, into this highly visible and stressful situation?
Enter Charmaine Solomon’s Lentil, Sesame and Sun...more
Enter Charmaine Solomon’s Lentil, Sesame and Sun...more
There is absolutely nothing missing from this cookbook, except a few more photos. I like to have photos of each finished dish, but there are so many recipes in here if each one had a photo the book would be impossible to lift! There are wonderful dishes in here from every cuisine on Earth, and if you can't find at least fifty favourite things in here that you will cook again and again then you just really aren't trying! Flicking open to pages at random, I fancy: Greek Egg and Lemon Soup, Eggplan...more
Pluses: I love the split into Eastern and Western influenced sections. The recipes are also generally pretty great.
Cons: Many of the recipes use a lot of ingredients (more than I typically like to amass in the persuit of one dish). Also, there are just SO MANY RECIPES. It makes the book hard to browse and easy to get lost in (in a bad way).
Cons: Many of the recipes use a lot of ingredients (more than I typically like to amass in the persuit of one dish). Also, there are just SO MANY RECIPES. It makes the book hard to browse and easy to get lost in (in a bad way).
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