Cookbooks

[KnottedYet]

I just bought "Veganomicon" by Moscowitz and Romero. http://www.theppk.com/books/veganomi...egan-cookbook/

How could I resist a cookbook with a title like that?!?!?!?

I'm not a vegan nor a vegetarian. I relish red meat, and work hard (and pay big $$) to ensure I get red meat from dead cattle that had a decent grass-fed life up until they were pole-axed. Sometimes I'm lucky enough to get meat from cattle whose names I know and who frolicked in the pastures of the farm next door to my mom's.

If I don't get red meat on a regular basis, my body goes to heck. (for those of you who follow the blood type and the cave man diets, yes... I have O type blood, and yes... I have celiac disease)

Love me my vegan foods, too. Oh, my, is there anything more toothsome than fried tempeh that was marinated for 2 days in soy sauce and sesame oil and garlic, with fresh nekkid steamed broccoli?

sigh...

Anyway, this cookbook is a hoot. Snarky and clever Generation X version of the Moosewood. All the basics you need, all the extravagance you yearn for on special occasions. Luscious.

It has sample menus, which I really appreciate. I will happily eat the same dang thing for DAYS, so a sample menu helps to get me out of my rut.

There is "how to" stuff, like "How To Cook A Bean," "How To Cook A Grain," "How To Cook A Vegetable," and such. I appreciate that kind of information.

There is a passel of entree pictures in the center, in all their food-porn glory. Beware...

I'm working on building up my cookbook collection. What cookbooks do you all recommend?

[shootingstar]

Interesting.

I was never vegetarian and don't really think I will be one. I just eat alot less meat than I did 20 yrs. ago.

However since moving to Alberta, with its abundance of quality red meat at good prices, I probably eat beef at least....twice per month. which is often for me. But lean pork has no appeal to me for quite awhile. Can't explain this one. Nor chicken breast which is another meat I did have occasionally. Puzzling.

then I have some fish/seafood if I can find anything quality in this neck of the woods. So it works out to be 3-4 meals per month that I have meat.

That's enough since I've noticed I don't feel entirely well after a meal with alot of meat/different meats.

It's not that my body needs meat, I just don't see any powerful reason to make myself to become completely vegetarian. So it feels like right amount of bitty meat for me.

[Atlas]

I. Love. Veganomicon. I have a list in the front cover of all the recipes I've tried or tweaked and how much I loved them. Some of the favorites:
Lasagne with tofu ricotta and cashew ricotta
Chickpea Cutlets
Walnut-Mushroom Pate - I make this all the time
Eggplant-Potato Moussaka - completely worth the effort
Coconut Lemon Bundt Cake
Squash and Black Bean Empanadas
Smlove Pie - only if you really love decadence and dark chocolate
Lemony Roasted Potatoes - sounds odd, tastes delicious
And I haven't even tried everything yet!

Honestly, I couldn't have stayed vegan for this long without the collective library of Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero. I know how to cook and invent stuff on my own now, but in the beginning I really needed those recipes to tell me what to do. I collect cookbooks and have a lot, but those authors are who I turn to for sure-fire awesomeness.

[OakLeaf]

I'm actually looking for a good raw food cookbook.

Most of the books I've seen are long on preaching and short on recipes. I know why I want to eat more raw food ... I'm not interested at this point in going 100% raw and don't feel like reading why someone thinks I should ... I just want to learn more about the techniques.

Suggestions?? When I'm looking for techniques I really want a paper book...

[snapdragen]

My favorite cookbooks are my Jacques Pepin collection. That said, I get most of my day to day ideas from Eating Well, Cooking Light and Vegetarian Times - the on line magazine versions. This stew has gone into regular rotation in my house - I substitute store bought pesto because I'm lazy.

[Trek420]

I love my Molly Katzen books, Silver Palate and All Around the World, Bitter Almonds, The Complete Jewish Cookbook ... to name a few.

[Atlas]

I'm actually looking for a good raw food cookbook.

Most of the books I've seen are long on preaching and short on recipes. I know why I want to eat more raw food ... I'm not interested at this point in going 100% raw and don't feel like reading why someone thinks I should ... I just want to learn more about the techniques.

Suggestions?? When I'm looking for techniques I really want a paper book...

I'm in the same boat. I don't want to be 100% raw, not even necessarily high raw, I just like the idea of eating more fresh foods. I've looked through a few of Ani Phyo's books and they have some recipes I like. The soups and things have way too much oil, but otherwise there are a lot of recipes that don't call for dehydrators and other special equipment.

[sazza]

that book sounds really good. I am always on the look out for different cookbooks to try. I have the vegan cooking for one which is really good as live on my own and does a week worth of meals so you can use up the ingredinets that you have left over and also has it in different seasons so you can get the foods in season.
I also have a yo sushi cookbook love it although have only cooked a few things from it as looks quite scary too cook lol.
another one i have cooked quite a lot from is the food doctor books has loads of healthy and easy recipes for cook also serves 2 so handy if you cook for yourself.

[linzq]

I'm actually looking for a good raw food cookbook.

Most of the books I've seen are long on preaching and short on recipes. I know why I want to eat more raw food ... I'm not interested at this point in going 100% raw and don't feel like reading why someone thinks I should ... I just want to learn more about the techniques.

Suggestions?? When I'm looking for techniques I really want a paper book...

How about Ani's Raw Food Essentials by Ani Phyo? Lots of great recipes, the raw vegan pad thai is amazing.