Rose Elliott is a really fantastic vegetarian Chef & writer, I really wish she had a tv show as well as her great past catalogue of books.
Shes practical & straightforward & her recipies are great fo veggies & non vegetarians alike. Buy the book & be led by the hand by a true talent in the world of Vegetarian food.
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Like all the other reviewers I bought this book after dining at the restuarant in Bath. Hoping to try and recreate some delicious meals at home.
I'm not a veggie but love meat free grub now and then.
The book is not too complicated, if like me you learnt to cook with Jamie Oliver then all is well, you will have skills enough.
The only thing that lets it down, as with most if not all cookbooks is that there are not enough pictures of the dishes. A few more pictures of the dishes would have really helped, for example instead of pic of the Gado Gado salad there is a pic of a guy in a boat, instead of a pic of the Stilton and potatoe souffles with courgettte, apple and mushroom sauce there is a pic of, ahem ... Read More:
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I love Paul Gayler - as another reviewer says, he produces beautiful 'cheffy' recipes that are perfectly possible to make at home. I've used his books for years (and believe me I'm no chef) and friends are always impressed when I make one of his dishes. He's full of brilliant ideas, too - I don't like tomatoes, so his beetroot gazpacho will become a regular feature next summer.
Not for complete beginners, perhaps, but certainly nothing to daunt anyone with a few years of cooking under their belt.
My roommate picked this book up for me as a birthday present. Although we both have a rather large collection of cookbooks, we were lured to just about every recipe in the book. Two weeks later almost every meal we had had came from this.
The 'Meals in Minutes' claim really is true, none of the recipes we made took us much longer than 30 minutes. Every single one of them turned out the way it was supposed to be, although it seemed to me that they could be a bit bland every now and then - nothing a little tweaking cannot fix.
The fettucine with rocket pesto is absolutely mouth-watering, but becomes even better if you used sundried tomatoes and feta instead of just regular tomatoes.
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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If you love garlic then you'll love this book. For the price it is brilliant but don't expect too much.
The book is shaped like a garlic and only about 6 inches tall. Therefore there's not much space to have large recipes with huge descriptions of what to do! Some of the bigger dishes are Roast chicken with garlic and herbs, Tuscan chicken, some pasta and garlicky fishy dishes.
The book is 95 pages long so there's a good variety of dishes. If garlic is your thing, give it a try.
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If you love garlic then you'll love this book. For the price it is brilliant but don't expect too much.
The book is shaped like a garlic and only about 6 inches tall. Therefore there's not much space to have large recipes with huge descriptions of what to do! Some of the bigger dishes are Roast chicken with garlic and herbs, Tuscan chicken, some pasta and garlicky fishy dishes.
The book is 95 pages long so there's a good variety of dishes. If garlic is your thing, give it a try.
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The first book I read that explains the health benefits of veganism without falling into the moralistic view.
Packed with all you need if you are to make an informed choice, supported by real data, and be able to explain to others why you eat what you eat.
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As a long time vegan, I was almost embarrassed about buying a 'fake' cheese cookbook. Its soo much more though! The recipes are reliably wonderful and surprisingly healthy. Potential allergens are listed at the side, they have interesting variations to most recipes.
It does use american cup sizes (you dip the different size cups into dry or wet ingredients), as do a lot of vegan cook books, personally I find that far easier than weighing things out, I actually convert English weighed recipes to cups!
Ingredients that might be new to people (nutritional yeast, umeboshi plums) can be found in health food shops or often supermarkets now. The only pain is getting onion powder, I used to make it in a coffee grinder, but you could always use onion salt? ... Read More:
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