You will love this book. If you are a vegetarian and love sushi then this book will send you straight to sushi heaven! Great pictures and easy to understand. You will be on your way to creating beautiful tasty sushi in no time at all.
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This is an excellent vegetarian cookbook. It includes great recipes for dairy substitutes, beef substitute, chicken substitute, etc.
However, many of the recipes (especially the substitutes) call for gluten and/or yeast -- two ingredients that we cannot have due to health issues.
Just wanted to let that be known to others who cannot use those ingredients.
Still, lots of great vegan recipes.
Edited to add: For those to whom it might matter, this monastery is not in communion with the Orthodox Church. It is a "Gnostic Orthodox" monastery.
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Very thorough guide. Need to have a good grasp of nutrition concepts before tempting to read. Very helpful with up to date information any dietitian can appreciate.
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This is the cookbook I go to for recipes that always work. I am not a vegetarian, although I was for years and I worshiped her other two books when they came out. Now, even though I do eat meat and have a lot of fancier cookbooks by professional chefs, I find that I go back to this book again and again because everything is delicious and easy and healthy. Also, you can tell that she has really developed and perfected these recipes because they always turn out well and there are no surprises.
There are a couple of fancier recipes in the book but for the most part the recipes are pretty simple everyday stuff (depending on your taste-- her taste is very fresh food/California/flavorful). If you are looking for a cookbook to actually cook out of, this ... Read More:
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i've only done a few, but they were so flavorful. I'm not a vegetarian, but I'm always looking for more creative ways to get my 5-a-day. Here are my faves: p. 48 - House Balsamic Vinaigrette; p. 134 - Pasta w/ Marsala & Wild Mushrooms; p. 190 - Spinach Risotto; p. 156 - Cannellini Beans w/ Mustard Cream Sauce.
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I agree with the author's overarching view of biblical hermeneutics -- searching for "directional markers" that build an internally consistent perspective, rather than (non-contextual) "proof texting," a generally paroxysmal and frivolous approach to scriptural study and application. But it seems unfortunate that, given this broadly impacting issue of meat production and consumption, Young has 'hung his hat' so specifically on the concept of 'cruelty' against animals, and of their 'rights', as these issues are, at best, an aside to the far larger moral/ethical, logical, economic, ecological, health related, theological, and human stewardship considerations attached to flesh-foundering. The real ethical questions cannot be reduced sloppily to 'was Jesus a vegetarian?' or 'did Noah ... Read More:
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I bought this book a year ago and have cooked about 20+ recipes from it. I would have never guessed a cookbook by Reader's Digest can be this good. I was recently at my In-Laws over the Christmas holiday and was the designated chief this time. It is not an easy family to cook for: there is a vegan in the family and another can't have salt in his diet. Well, everyone was happy with their food. One caviar, many of the recipes require sizable amount of cheese. So if you are a vegan or want to watch your dairy intake then this might not be the book for you.
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Yes, this book is simple like some of the other reviews wrote, but it is great for during the week with work and being busy with other activities. Also the recipes are good and no left-overs. I love this book!!
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I love this book. I have been a vegetarian all my life .After having got this book a couple of months ago, I have tried the potato-leek soup, the hearty potato soup, the spinach tortellini soup , the cuban black-bean soup and I loved them. I have also tried a couple of burrito recipes and they turned out good.
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