I found the dietry information at the beginning of this book quite useful but as a person who does not eat animal-derived foods and therefore has always paid attention to this sort of information there are only so many times I can be told the same 100 fascinating facts about nutrition without my eyes rolling into the back of my head from boredom. Did you know that vitimin C is essential for human health and can be found in citrus fruits? No? Congratulations, you must be the last person on Earth not to know it. You can come out of the cupboard now and start living with the rest of us again.
The dietry stuff is just on the opening ten pages or so. Most of the book is taken up with recipies. Lordy, Miss Scarlet! What recipies! Just ... Read More:
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There are some great recipes in this book. I haven't had it long and have tried only a handful but I can't wait to try out the rest at any given opportunity.
Some of the recipes are a bit involved, you can tell they are restaurant recipes - they're a bit special for when you're cooking after a day at work. But they are fantastic for entertaining friends or family, or when you have more time. They taste fantastic and the ones I have tried instantly received "classic" status among those who ate them!
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I've bought lots through Amazon over the years and this is the first time I've felt strongly enough to write a review. I've no complaints about the information in this book, but I found the tone and style so offputting that I stopped reading after a couple of chapters and have given it away. Basically it felt like the author was making a lot of assumptions about my views just because I'm pregnant and a vegetarian (for example by speaking about the joys of creating life without taking life (i.e. eating meat)) and it made the book very annoying to read.
I guess I like the 'rough guide to pregnancy' style, which is peer-to-peer, modern, informative and amusing - in contrast this title felt like I'd gone back in time with traditional black ... Read More:
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I've bought lots through Amazon over the years and this is the first time I've felt strongly enough to write a review. I've no complaints about the information in this book, but I found the tone and style so offputting that I stopped reading after a couple of chapters and have given it away. Basically it felt like the author was making a lot of assumptions about my views just because I'm pregnant and a vegetarian (for example by speaking about the joys of creating life without taking life (i.e. eating meat)) and it made the book very annoying to read.
I guess I like the 'rough guide to pregnancy' style, which is peer-to-peer, modern, informative and amusing - in contrast this title felt like I'd gone back in time with traditional black ... Read More:
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`Owning an AGA really does become a way of life - it is a trusted friend in the kitchen. I adore cooking with my AGA and wouldn't dream of having anything else.'
In this book, `Amy shares the essential secrets for getting the best out of your AGA. Starting with all the information you need to use your AGA, `AGA Cooking' shows you just how simple it is to cook with it and how to adapt recipes originally devised for conventional cooking.
Packed with ideas and hints, tips and techniques, `AGA Cooking' is the book no AGA owner should be without.'
Where old favourites such as `toad-in-the-hole' and `shepherd's pie' meet the lesser well known `crab spring rolls with lemon oil' and `baked pumpkin with cream and gruyere cheese', ... Read More:
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This book was written by a respectable medical researcher whose works has been published in various medical journals...
My wife and I have use those recipes and to our surprise the food look visually appealing as well as delicious!
We have found the recipes easy to use. It took significantly less than than other vegetarian cookbooks (some of which are loaded with fat) took about 2 hours to make. On average, we found it took from 1/2 to 1 hour to prepare.
I also highly recommend reading Part One in Ornish's earlier book, "Eat more, weigh less". That essential section laid out, in depth, the foundataion for this book.
Critics who said Ornish's program is extreme or hard have obviously NEVER tried ... Read More:
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This book was written by a respectable medical researcher whose works has been published in various medical journals...
My wife and I have use those recipes and to our surprise the food look visually appealing as well as delicious!
We have found the recipes easy to use. It took significantly less than than other vegetarian cookbooks (some of which are loaded with fat) took about 2 hours to make. On average, we found it took from 1/2 to 1 hour to prepare.
I also highly recommend reading Part One in Ornish's earlier book, "Eat more, weigh less". That essential section laid out, in depth, the foundataion for this book.
Critics who said Ornish's program is extreme or hard have obviously NEVER tried ... Read More:
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A very clearly presented and illustrated book explaining the basic principles of Ayurveda. The recipies are divided into three sections, so that having completed the 'self test' to discover your body type, you can then choose from over 70 delicious recipies. These include non vegetarian recipies, all of which are very simple to prepare from ingredients which are readily available. An excellent introduction to Ayurveda - 'the science of life'.
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This is the best vegetable cookery book I own. I always use it when guests(family or friends that i wish to impress)come for dinner.Without fail the visitors always go away with instructions on how to prepare such wonderful food. The carrot shreds and the creamed leeks are to die for,and the broad bean omelette will tempt anyone. This book is worth its weight in gold.
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