The Complete Encyclopedia of Vegetables & Vegetarian Cooking by Ingram, Christine with Roz Denny and Katherine Richmond (1997) Hardcover

by Roz Denny -

The definitive encyclopedia of healty vegetarian food" Combining some great old favorites like winter casserole with herbed dumplings, grape leaves, and gazpacho with new and exotically named dishes like green lentil kulbyaka and tagliatelle with spinach and soy garlic cheese the recipes in this book are outstanding both in their freshness and ease of preparation. It even includes some great "comfort" dishes in full vegetarian cover including shepherdess pie, stuffed squashes, artichokes, eggplants, etc, and chili con queso. Fully illustrated with beautiful step-by-step and finished-dish color photos.

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Food, Cooking, Reference

512 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Christy Baker · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've owned this cookbook for years and occasionally perused through it, but I've been trying to slowly review and pare down the cookbooks I own to the ones I really like and use and only add ones under the same principle of offering me something unique or containing those favorites I tend to want to return to over and over. This then, while offering a fairly extensive selection of vegetarian fare, is just not going to make that cut and will be moved to the used book bag to find its way into someone else's possession that will use and savor it. Objectively, it's got great step by step instructions, lots of full color photos and decent explanatory sections in the first part with good index. Still, I find that it feels a bit stodgy and far more dated than the publishing date of the late 90's would indicate. Bottom line for me is it's just not inspiring me and making me daydream and want to start cooking and composing meals and I want that somewhat undefinable quality in a cookbook that is like the spark of attraction between people who have a certain chemistry together.

[Lindy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful pictures of vegetables and detailed instructions on preparation!! I LOVE MY VEGGIES!

[Srikanth · Rating 4 out of 5]

The recipes won't knock your socks off but the "encyclopedia of vegetables" sections, with big color pictures, are mouth-watering. A lot of the nutritional claims made for, say, Celery, don't stand up to scrutiny. A great big technologically obsolete gift.

[Mamafeelgood · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love, love, love this cookbook....from the minestrone to the hot sour chickpeas. Breaks down how to buy veggies, store them, the nutrition behind each veggie, how to prepare and how to cook them. This is my old reliable.

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

A friend gave me this as a Xmas gift and I really love it. It's got a good, detailed treatment of each vegetable and a description of how generally to prepare it, and then the second half is a recipe book that has some awesome vegetarian recipes. The Red Lentil Bolognese is my favorite so far.

[Esther Labib-Kiyarash · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite cookbook. The borscht is the best!

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Same book as paperback Vegetarian and Vegetable Cooking ISBN: 1843094029

[Molly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This has been my vegetarian bible for about a decade now. I love pictures.