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- ISBN13: 9781416548874
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Motivated by the simple principle that eating more vegetables, fruits, and whole grains keeps people healthier longer, the Moosewood Collective presents this all-new collection of more than 200 recipes that make whole foods wholly delicious. Moosewood Restaurant’s cookbooks have long been an essential resource for creative recipes for home cooks, recipes that make mindful eating an unqualified pleasure. In this latest book, the Collective has carefully crafted recipes that celebrate local and environmentally sustainable food and that reflect the latest thinking on good nutrition.From soups to desserts, the dishes in this book are distinctive, adventurous, and globally inspired. Including plenty of vegan, gluten… More >>
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Can I return this? No table of contents for a cookbook on the Menu? How about a direct link to the recipe page? The recipe’s are there, but who do I have to search around for them? Sheeeesh!
Rating: 1 / 5
I thought that Moosewood recipes (and books) couldn’t get any better after “Simple Suppers” but I was wrong. This is another excellent book of theirs! Not only the recipes looks delicious (haven’t tried them yet), but this time they put an emphasis on healthy (yes, just plain vegetarian or vegan doesn’t equal to healthy necesarily) and did they ever do a good job. On top of all their delicious recipes there is also a lot of information about the ingredients and such.
I have a hard time good vegetarian books, they either give the same old vegetarian recipes you already know or go all fancy and use hard to get (and expensive) ingredients. Well, not this book. And not only that, but in their introduction they guide you on how to make variations when not everything is available in your pantry.
I would recommend this book to anyone out there (even if not vegetarian) who loves to make good food and likes to eat healthy.
Oh, yes, and something else that I love about the Moosewood books, and this one is not the exception, is the fact that they suggest what menu would go well with each dish.
Rating: 5 / 5
I may have had my hopes too high for this book. I have been many places and had vegetarian meals and loved them but have never been too happy with the ones i make at home. I was hoping that this book would be different. I found some recipes were more difficult than i wanted to deal with and i found that others that i made were not real satisfying to me.
I want to add the caveat that I am not a vegetarian so I probably am not too sophisticated in the types of vegetarian food i like. I like to eat vegetarian food–but I’m wondering since it isn’t my food of choice and more of a now and then thing if I just haven’t developed my taste buds enough. And I am only saying that so that if you read this review, you can better determine how much stock to put in my opinion.
Rating: 3 / 5
One of the most beloved cookbooks in my collection is the Moosewood Cookbook. I’ve had it since God was a boy, and it looks it with stains and scuffs and pages that are all bendy or wrinkled from getting damp, a broken spine and the occasional note. I love that book because it’s free-spirited and whimsical, and the recipes are darn good.
So today I’ve been reading through “Moosewood Restaurant Cooking for Health” and while I’m appreciating the nutritional information, and the thoughtful way of approaching the subject of vegetarian/vegan cooking, for me it’s missing something. Certainly it’s not information of any sort. In addition to nutritional info for each recipe, there are sections on organics — with info on pesticide levels in common fruits and veggies — phytonutrients, food allergies, fish, the ingredients used, cooking methods, resources, and so on. And I can’t possibly fault the recipes since they’re classic Moosewood, both new and riffs on old favorites.
But along with all the emphasis on nutrition, sustainability, and organics, comes a new kind of seriousness which I really do get and appreciate. Gone are the goofy little drawings and asides on most pages, replaced by lovely, sedate drawings at the heads of chapters, and the aforementioned nutritional info. I doubt there’s a spontaneous “YUM!” on any page. And I miss it.
So while the Moosewood cookbooks remain go-to references for any basic vegetarian/vegan kitchen, don’t expect a lot of the old Moosewood spirit in this volume. It’s all grown-up now and it takes food much more seriously than it used to.
Rating: 4 / 5
It is such a pleasure to find a cookbook that has uncomplicated recipes that are delicious and healthy. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to eat whole healthy food that tastes great and does not take a tremendous effort to make.
Rating: 5 / 5