From: tara@starburst.umd.edu (Tara McDermott)
Newsgroups: rec.food.veg
Subject: Re: Looking for a good meatless cookbook
Date: 15 Dec 92 22:16:51 GMT


Well, for good meatless cookbooks I would have to reccomend my
absolute favorite:

The New Farm Vegetarian Cookbook by Hagler I believe.  It is vegan as
well, but the recipes are all very tasty and fairly easy.  It's one of
those books that you don't have to increase the spices or herbs,
because they actually use enough!  Definitely a must have for a
time-pressed vegetarian who likes food.  It is very soy oriented,
using soymilk, soybeans (easily replacable if you wish), tvp, tempeh,
and tofu in most of the recipes.  It costs $7.95

I might also reccomend the New Laurel's Kitchen.  It is commonly
referred to as the Vegetarian Bible, since it includes a hefty section
on nutrition, and other useful information pertaining to food.  It
does include dairy and eggs, but it's very easy to work around if you
wish, and most of the dishes are in fact vegan.  The recipes range
from simple to interesting, to difficult.  I do find that sometimes
the dishes are thin or lacking, but generally it is a very good
cookbook.  It costs about $17.

I don't like Lindsay Wagner's book very much - it's too simple.  It
would make a good beginner vegetarian cookbook though, as would the
American Vegetarian Cookbook from the Fit for Life Kitchen (Marilyn
Diamond).  

Another book that I'm really beginning to enjoy is Karen Davis' book
from United Poultry Concerns - Instead of Chicken, Instead of Turkey:
A poultryless "Poultry" Potpourri.  It is a cookbook for replacing
chicken and turkey and egg products.  There are really some wonderful
recipes in it that I've made (and will soon post).  The stuffings, and
Thanksgiving main dishes are great sounding, as are all the baked
goods, muffins, pancakes, french toast, mayonnaise based salads (soy
mayo that is) look good too.  It has some interesting chicken info
bits as well to make it fun to read.  It costs about $9 from UPC.  You
may not be able to find it in most stores, since it is very recently
published, and not available to most book distributers.  Call (301)
948-2406 to speak to Karen Davis.

These are the only ones that I think worth mentioning that I have.
There are plenty of other good ones, and plenty of bad ones, but I
don't have them and thus I don't feel as if I can adaquately review
them.

Hey.  May All Be Fed by John Robbins (his sequel to Diet for a New
America) is available right now for $23.  It has quite a large
cookbook section, and the recipes look very good.  Very varied and
professional.  In fact, JR mentions that the recipes were spiffed up
by professional cooks, and dieticians, and some recipes come from
renounced vegetarian restaurants in the US.  It is all vegan of
course, and looks to be a good book!  Lots of facts figures and many
many many graces and thanks are given throughout the book, as well as
two large sections beforehand.  You might want to check this one out
for yourself.

Meatless Meals for Working People and Simply Vegan, both from the
Vegetarian Resource Group are two smaller cookbooks for people that
want vegan food but who don't have a lot of time on their hands.  The
first is $6, and the other is $12. 

Hope this helps....
Tara
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Tara McDermott                                  tara@starburst.umd.edu

Sweet and sweet is their poisoned note, the little snakes' of silver throat,
in mossy skulls that nest and lie, ever singing "die, oh! die."