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A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen: Easy Seasonal Dishes for Family and Friends
by
Jack Bishop
Simple, seasonal, real-time vegetarian recipes for everyday and every occasion.
As a busy husband, father of two young children, and full-time writer, Jack Bishop demands a lot from the meals that make it into his family's repertoire. In A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen, he guides you through the seasons with 248 of his favorite everyday recipes, which deliciously embody his...more
As a busy husband, father of two young children, and full-time writer, Jack Bishop demands a lot from the meals that make it into his family's repertoire. In A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen, he guides you through the seasons with 248 of his favorite everyday recipes, which deliciously embody his...more
Hardcover, 480 pages
Published
May 21st 2004
by Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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This is probably the best vegetarian cookbook I've ever bought - I've liked everything I've tried and I've tried quite a lot.
This has been our go-to cookbook for several years now. The author is an editor at Cook's magazine, and the food is good, ranging across cultures. This particular book is very seasonal, using produce at its best (and lots of beans and things in the winter). But the two best things are that he has two small children, so these recipes are child friendly (if your child is used to eating vegetation), AND these recipes are more of the weekday made in 30-45 minutes variety. We look here first when we...more
Whenever someone asks for recommendations of vegetarian cookbooks, this is usually the first one I mention. Some of my favorites that I cook often come from this book. The recipes aren't overly complex so it's approachable for less experienced cooks, but the combinations of flavors are interesting and not the same recipes I see repeatedly in vegetarian cookbooks. While not all ingredients are going to be readily available to people without easy access to natural food stores and the like, many of...more
This is one of our favorite cookbooks, hands down. The recipes are consistently tasty and fairly easy and fast to prepare, and they are wonderfully diverse and creative with flavors and texture combinations.
The seasonal arrangement of recipes is especially helpful as we try to do as much of our shopping at the farmers' market as possible each week. This cookbook actually has better and a greater diversity of recipes our farmers' market veggies and CSA box each week than our two farmers' market...more
The seasonal arrangement of recipes is especially helpful as we try to do as much of our shopping at the farmers' market as possible each week. This cookbook actually has better and a greater diversity of recipes our farmers' market veggies and CSA box each week than our two farmers' market...more
since august or so, i've decided to retake control of my eating habits. i read an article in the ny times in july (i think) about a woman who planned a week's worth of menus to be sure that her family would have a good home cooked meal every night. the criterion were: quick, tasty (she had two kids under age 10), and nutritious. in reading the article, although many of the dishes she chose didn't apply to me (i don't eat meat, and many of the dinners focused on a main dish of meat), it reminded...more
This book makes me want to eat more veggies!!! We are not vegetarians but want to incorporate more whole grains and vegetables into what we eat... this book is a great inspiration... on the menu tomorrow is a tomato soup from this book using canned tomatoes that you first roast. I would never normally eat tomato soup in the winter... that's something I usually save for the summer so I can use the bounty of San Marzanos and Genovese basil from the garden but I already have some of the canned toma...more
This book is fairly uneven in the quality of the recipes, but most of it is easy, fast, and healthy, and good to have around for that reason. Another benefit is that he clusters the recipes in terms of the seasons, so that you can cook in harmony with what is available at your local farmer's market. Of course, he's assuming that the seasons are those in the Hamptons, but it turns out that for someone in Pennsylvania that's close enough.
At least one dinner this week will come from this book. Probably a red curry spring vegetable stir fry. The cookbook is arranged seasonally, which I'm always a big fan of. The spring section is perhaps the least inspiring to me (though I couldn't pinpoint why), but there are a few really good recipes in there. Overall this is a really good cook book (though not as good as Vegetables Every Day. Recipes are fairly easy, use fresh, seasonal ingredients and can serve as inspiration for your own modi...more
i adore jack bishop. nearly everything i've cooked from this book (and i've cooked from it more than any other cookbook i own) has been both easy and very tasty. very straightforward, nothing really takes more than an hour, and yet he still gets me to make my own tomatillo salsa and fresh tortilla chips.
I forgot this book has "vegetarian" in the title. It's just good! Divided by season, excellent, flavorful recipes that draw from many culinary traditions. Really fun when you are looking to make something new but don't want to spend days making it.
Great book for easy, weeknight dishes. All I've tried have taken less than 30 min to prepare. My favorite recipes are the basil tofu and the vegetarian chili. The book is divided by season so it is great if you frequent farmer's markets, too.
I thought this was an excellent read. Jack gave so much information about individual ingredients. I enjoyed the recipes too, but the recommendations on buying and using individual ingredients was so helpful to me.
Not bad, but not good. Didn't find any recipes in this book I'd really want to try making. A large, informative book, but possibly too advanced along the lines of vegetarian "cuisine" for me.
Not very practical for me or my family. And most of the recipes were of the same vein...sort of asian/indian. I enjoy both types of food. But not all. the. time.
Aug 26, 2009
Emily
marked it as to-read
Executive editor of Cook's Illustrated. How could I not get this one? And $2 at that. (Another of the garage sale finds).
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Sep 24, 2008
Michelle
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
meat-eaters looking to change their ways, veggies bored with their food
Shelves:
cookbooks
I'm not veg, but I am constantly seeking more variety in my diet. In this book Bishop puts forward a bunch of can't-fail recipes (he is an editor at Cooks Illustrated, after all) that inspire you to think outside the tofu block (though tofu is well represented, too).
Best of all, he presents the recipes by season, which not only helps you eat locally and seasonally but also breaks down the overwhelming number of recipes into manageable chunks.
I don't know that I'd cook everything in this book, b...more
Best of all, he presents the recipes by season, which not only helps you eat locally and seasonally but also breaks down the overwhelming number of recipes into manageable chunks.
I don't know that I'd cook everything in this book, b...more
A great cookbook, even if you aren't a vegetarian. Imaginative and reasonable recipes.
This is one of my all time favorite cookbooks. Jack Bishop organizes his recipes by season rather than by dish, with some staples in the back. The recipes are good for week night eating with most of them taking about an hour or less to prepare. Another thing I like about this cookbook is that, unlike a lot of veg. cookbooks, this one does not rely on eggs, cheese, or tofu for the "bulk" of meat. Bishop includes lots of recipes with tofu and cheese, but most if his are all veggie. It's changed th...more
I'm working on copying out the 37 recipes that look so tastie I can't live without them. Otherwise, not a keeper for me. But some of the food sounds GREAT!!
Jan 13, 2008
Tamara
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Susan
Shelves:
vegetarianish-cookbooks,
non-fiction
I've been looking for some good non-scary vegetarian recipes to use for all the CSA veggies this coming season, and this was quite useful. Still no viable beet ideas, but turnip chips, fennel & leek frittata and fried green tomatoes with buttermilk coleslaw all sound pretty tasty.
Again, no pictures, but the long ingredients lists can be cut down to the bare necessities if you want to avoid grocery shopping.
Again, no pictures, but the long ingredients lists can be cut down to the bare necessities if you want to avoid grocery shopping.
I asked for this book for many Christmases. Spencer finally granted my request.
Favorite recipes:
Tostadas with spicy red onions, mango and cheddar cheese (converted to quesadillas)
Cheese and caramelized onion enchiladas
Shredded zucchini frittata with parmesan
Southwestern bean cakes
Pizza dough
and provides general inspiration for a lot of Asian dishes and pasta.
Favorite recipes:
Tostadas with spicy red onions, mango and cheddar cheese (converted to quesadillas)
Cheese and caramelized onion enchiladas
Shredded zucchini frittata with parmesan
Southwestern bean cakes
Pizza dough
and provides general inspiration for a lot of Asian dishes and pasta.
I think about 80% of the recipes in this book I liked. 40% of them have a lot of kick. If this were a book of poetry, it would probably be described as having a "quiet fierceness." Maybe. My former housemate owned this, but then I moved out. I miss it.
One of my go-to recipe books, as much for inspiration as for what are now standards at my house: the pan-glazed tofu, the sesame quinoa pilaf. I would watch a TV show starring Jack Bishop, cooking vegetarian food. Fantastic.
Simple but creative recipes using seasonal ingredients. M-m-m-m...Spanish Omelet with Peas, Potatoes, and Saffron for a picnic at the beach! Well, maybe not the beach; I live in Ohio.
Delicious and beautiful, but easy enough to make on a weeknight, (after work, before planning the next school day). Encourages you to eat seasonally and locally, but also conveniently.
It's not bad--but I prefer functional cookbooks, and this one is too bulky for ease of use. Also, the recipes don't match well to my veggie palate--but I'm picky.
Julie bragged about this book not so long ago and it definitely looks like a "buy" rather than a "borrow."
UPDATE: Reader, I bought it.
UPDATE: Reader, I bought it.
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I would've loved more of his great photos, but I still really enjoyed this book and found some recipes that I'm excited about.
If you are to get one vegetarian cookbook this would be it. You can't go wrong with any of his dishes. Happy cooking!
Jun 16, 2013
Mary Shanley-Koeber
marked it as to-read
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