Without going into a lot of detail, the past year has been such that I haven't done a lot of reading. That said, I decided to go a different way this month on the book review. My theme for this month is "Regardless of what life throws her, a girl's gotta eat" so I'm going to talk cookbooks. Over the years I've gotten a number of cookbooks but it wasn't until last year that I actually started using cookbooks to make meals from. There are a number of great ones out there but the one I'm going to talk about today is Veganomicon by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero.
I chose this one because of some special features it has that I've not seen in other cookbooks. For example, it tells you how long it will take to make each dish. Most cookbooks have the instructions, telling you how long each step takes but this book takes the math lesson out of the kitchen. ;)
Aside from that, the book also has icons with each recipe to help you know what to expect from this recipe. The icons include:
- A shopping cart indicating that the ingredients for the recipe can be found at any grocery store.
- 45 - indicating that the recipe takes 45 minutes or less to make
- F - indicating that the recipe is fat free (or at least lower fat)
- S - indicating the recipe is soy free
- G - indicating the recipe is gluten free
It was a while back but within a 24 hour time frame I learned of three people I knew of having an allergy to gluten. Every time I make one of the recipes indicating they're gluten free, I think of those people. Several of these recipes are staples in my diet! In any event, I like knowing what I'm getting into when I make a recipe and this book gives me more information than any other cookbook I've used. And the end result is pretty tasty too! I've made quite a few of the dishes and so far I haven't found one that I didn't like. Yes this is a vegan cookbook but I don't think it should be dismissed out of hand by meat-loving folks. It has a whole section of side-dishes that could nicely complement any main dish - meat or vegan. In my opinion, it's just a great cookbook that would be a great addition to anyone's library of cookbooks. :) I refer to it quite frequently when planning my menus and I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys cooking.
3 comments:
I love to look at cookbooks and dream about the recipes, but actually cooking?? Doesn't happen too often!!
So weird because I'm actually on the look-out for a vegan receipe book. And then you did this review!! Thanks!
Oh, I also meant to say that the picture of the cover isn't showing for me. I'm using safari as my browser. Maybe that's why?
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