VEGETARIAN COOKING
BUDDHA'S TABLEby Chat Mingkwan
Buddha's Table presents a magnificent and joyful celebration of Thai cuisine that is guaranteed to add diversity and pleasure to your cooking and dining experience.
It's easy to prepare any dish on a Thai menu with these guidelines and recipes from Thai chef Chat Mingkwan. Discover how to enhance the flavors that are found in Thai produce and spices and learn how to make your own curry pastes and sauces, the foundation for any great Thai meal.
Chat's experience as a cooking instructor can be seen in his use of precise measurements, easy techniques, and simple instructions. These recipes have been tasted over and over by students and friends to ensure that they are flawless and delicious, but most important, that they manifest the Thai soul. *Trade paperback (approx. 7" x 8")
*191 pages
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COOKIN' SOUTHERNby Ann Jackson
For a taste of life in the south, this cookbook captures all the hominess of Southern cuisine with a dose of healthful eating in recipes that are vegetarian versions of standard favorites. Included are the sumptuous vegetable and fruit dishes and baked goods that have graced Southern tables for ages. Plus recipes handed down through generations showcasing other well loved combinations of favorite foods: tomatoes and green beans, biscuits and piping gravy, watermelon and pecan pies. You'll go back to a time and place where the pace is slow and friendly, close to the earth, and full of good food.
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*191 pages
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FLAVORS OF KOREAby Deborah Coultrip-Davis and Young Sook Ramsay
Korean food is flavorful, from soothingly mild to piquantly pleasing, and a delight to the eye as well. Now you can enjoy traditional Korean favorites that have been handed down through generations of talented family cooks and adapted to be low-fat and vegetarian.
Some of the recipes include: Dumpling Soup, Sesame Bean Curd, Steamed Rice,Turnip Salad, Cabbage Pickle (kimchi), Honey Cookies, Red pepper Broccoli, Strawberry Drink.
The critics speak:
"This cookbook allowed me to enjoy the flavors of my childhood. It's so nice to be able to flip through a Korean cookbook and know that I can cook everything in it (that's a luxury I think only vegetarians will understand!). All of the recipes I've tried so far are delicious- two thumbs way up!"--DNK
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*191 pages
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GLUTEN-FREE FRENCH DESSERTS AND BAKED GOODSby Valerie Cupillard
Wheat flour, omnipresent in all the classic baked goods, has successfully been replaced in this delicious baking book by ValÈrie Cupillard. These traditional French delicacies are exceptionally wholesome, easy to prepare, and imaginatively re-formulated for gluten-free diets.
Recipes for a dazzling array of quick breads, tarts, cakes, puddings, custards, crÍpes, cookies, brownies, and bars are accompanied by over 100 spectacular, larger than life color photographs. A variety of whole grains from quinoa to millet are combined with fresh or dried fruits, natural sweeteners, seeds, and nuts with stunning results. Some of the delicious recipes to enjoy are: Vanilla Quinoa Brioche, Ginger Pear Flan, Honey CrÍpes, Chestnut, Madeleines.
This English edition of the French best-seller, Desserts Et Pains Sans Gluten, loses nothing in the translation. Clear and concise directions are sufficiently detailed without being cumbersome to follow. Ingredients are available in local groceries and wherever gluten-free products are sold.
These recipes transform the challenges of eating gluten-free into a wondrous discovery of gourmet choices.
The critics speak:
"I just got this book in and it is fantastic. All of it sounds tempting and delicious! I have finished reading it cover to cover and passed it along to my Mother, who also suffers from Celiac, and she also likes this book. Lots of new and different ideas from the ordinary GF cookbook."-- A reviewer
About the author: Valerie Cupillard is an award-winning cookbook author in France and has a number of titles that blend delicious flavors with good nutrition.
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*136 pages
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GREAT GOOD DESSERTS NATURALLY!by Fran Costigan
Some of the recipes include: Original foolproof Flaky Pie Dough, Carob Glaze, Uncoffee Cake, Good Gourmet Gorp, Bread Pudding, Faux Hard Sauce, Double Chocolate Fudge Brownies (uses cocoa, maple syrup, barley malt, vanilla and almond extract, and "refined-sugar free chocolate chips").
From the publisher:
Now you can eat sumptuous desserts that are as healthful as they are delicious, using more whole grain flours, nutritious oils, organic ingredients, and natural sweeteners, without eggs or dairy products. Enjoy sinful chocolate cakes and brownies, comforting fruit pies, baklava, dessert creams and sauces, heavenly frostings and fillings, and refreshing dairy-free ice creams.
The critics speak:
Now you can really have your cake and eat it, too! Fran Costigan has created guilt-free sweet sensations that will satisfy even the mos discriminating dessert-lover.-Gail Davis, author of Vegetarian Food For Thought.
Chef-instructor Fran Costigan specializes in non-dairy, naturally sweetened organic desserts and health-supportive cuisine. She lives in NYC.
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*144 pages
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MUNCHIE MADNESSby Bobbie Hinman
Munchie Madness is designed not only to help teenagers prepare the foods they love to eat but to educate and support them in their decision to be a vegetarian. Over 120 quick and easy, mouthwatering recipes provide a delicious and nutritious outlet for the munchies in the form of smoothies, shakes, breakfast foods, salads, spreads & dips, soups, main dishes and desserts.
Registered dietitan Suzanne Havala provides information on the health benefits of a vegetarian diet and the special dietary needs of teenagers. Listed are a teen's viewpoint on why teens embrace vegetarianism and tips for handling social situations such as school lunches, eating out, dating, etc. The recipes are easy to use for both teens taking charge of their own meals and parents trying to provide meatless dishes that their kids will actually eat. Overall, this cookbook delivers everything you need to know to safely and effectively adopt a vegetarian lifestyle.
Smoothies, "Burgers," salads, soups, desserts!
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*155 pages
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THE SHIITAKE WAYby Jennifer Snyder
Long revered in Japan for their life enhancing qualities, shiitake mushrooms are finding increasing popularity in the West. The Shiitake Way is a treasury of information on shiitake mushrooms - from preserving to basic preparation to cooking tips and the medicinal value.
One of the richest collections of recipes ever gathered for mushrooms lovers highlights the shiitake in an array of appetizers, side dishes and main entrees. Shiitake Pasta, Supreme Shiitake Sauce, Steamed Shiitake Wontons, Shiitake Potato Pancakes, Shiitake Omelets...are a few of the incredible ways these mushrooms have been incorporated into kitchen fare. These recipes stimulate your imagination as well as your taste buds and have been created with low-fat, low-sodium goals in mind. The medicinal properties of shiitake mushrooms are well known in Japan, when studies have proven them to have anti-carcinogenic and anti-cholesterol effects. Forward & Medicinal Properties by Dr. Andrew Weil, M.D.
"I have always enjoyed high energy and creativity in cooking...Jennifer Snyder's The Shiitake Way possesses these qualities. From soups to sauces, this cookbook is a must for the mushroom lovers in the world." -- Bradley M. Ogden, The Lark Creek Inn and One Market Restaurant
"Jennifer Snyder's new book, The Shiitake Way, is a gold mine of recipes for the preparation of these delicious mushrooms. Her book is a treasure and a must for all mushroom mavens." -- Rosemary Manell, Food Consultant
"Five minutes into this book I had to go out shoping for shiitake mushrooms. Essence, extract, paste, puree; p’tÈ, tartlets, croutons- I want to try them all. Boundless inspiration in recipes both sophisticated and down-home. The accumulated lore is delightfully alluring. Make way for mushrooms!" -- Edward Espe Brown, Author of The Tassajara Bread Book, Tassajara Cooking, The Tassajara Recipe Book, and Greens Cookbook
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*128 pages
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WHOLE FOOD, SOUL FOODby Donna Smith, MPH, RD
This is a vegetarian cookbook that uses unusual meat substitutes and Sucanat. About half the book is nutritional information, the second half is recipes.
Some of the recipes include: Coconut-Rice Pudding, Turnip Greens with Cornbread Dumplings, Home Fried Chicken (using Gluten and TVP) , Egg Nog (using Tofutti), Buckwheat Flapjacks, Meatloaf (using walnuts), more!
From the publisher: The author maintains these recipes are the best "Finger Lickin Way to Fight the Fat". Discover soul food that is truly good for the soul yet still captures the essence of family traditions that have always embraced good eating. Rich Egg Nog, Orange Julius, Seasoned Fried Tomatoes, Sweet Potatoes Fries, Big Mama's Blueberry Muffins, Southern-Style Collard Greens, Porgy's Black-Eyed Peas, and Big Daddy's Sausage and Beans are just a few of the recipes to enjoy as you lose weight at the same time. These delicious, down-home, plant-based meals are rich in vitamins, minerals, and fiber and can prevent the onset of disease and boost your immune system toward optimal health. With Whole Food, Soul Food, you can have your cake and eat it too!
The critics speak:
"The recipes in the book are straightforward and easy to follow. In addition, the author gives the nutritional break-down of each recipe (calories, protein, fat grams, carbohydrate, etc...) and the dietary exchange.
I have already tried a couple of the recipes including the "Home Fried Chicken" and "Pa's Sunrise Scramblers" and was pleasantly surprised at how flavorful and enjoyable the dishes were. I would highly recommend this book to those who are looking for a healthier way to cook traditional soul food dishes. I can wait to try more!"-- reviewer
About the author: Donna A. Smith, MPH, RD, & LD is the Dietetics Program Director at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama and has been a profesional nutritionist for more than 20 years.
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*168 pages
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YOGA KITCHENby Faith Stone
Some of the recipes include:
Oven-Roasted Fruit and Nut Granola
Greek-Style Pizza with Garden Tomatoes and Tofu Feta (recipe for Feta included)
Vietamese Vegetable Rice Noodle Bowl
Tool Dal with Potatoes and Eggplant
Artichokes Florentine
Grilled BBQ Tofu
Red Onion Bread for Calzones.
From the publisher:
This cookbook serves up a delicious combination of pleasurable dining, consicous energy, and cultural diversity. At the Shoshoni Yoga Retreat a bevy of good cooks, motivated by their yoga practice, create the heavenly food enjoyed by retreat guests. In Yoga Kitchen master chefs Faith Stone and Rachel Guidry present favorite meals of both the guests and staff. These recipes feature American comfort foods blended with the invigorating and unique flavors of Indian, southwestern, and continental traditions.
They also show how to apply the practice of mindfulness in the kitchen, cook with "shakti", and eat in harmony with the seasons. You'll learn about the principles of Ayurvedic cooking which are based in accordance of living in balance with nature. These recipes truly nourish both body and soul.
*Trade paperback (approx. 9" x 8")
*255 pages
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