Entertaining Vegetarians
Hosting a simple dinner party in the 21st century is a dicey social proposition: "If you're cooking a honey-glazed ham, what, " asks author Celia Brooks Brown, "can you feed the vegetarians without alienating them? " Brown's response is Entertaining Vegetarians, a beautiful cookbook filled with sophisticated yet easy-to-prepare recipes that meat-eaters and vegetarians will equally appreciate. Brown (author of New Vegetarian) focuses on two mantras: "keep it simple, " and "cover your bases. " The introductory section covers shopping and storage strategies, lists of useful ingredients to stock up on, and what's sure to become the most dog-eared part of the book, a chapter with high-speed recipes for last-minute cooking. The recipes--beautifully photographed by Jan Baldwin--cover all meal sizes, from cocktail bites to feasts for friends. There is a very welcome chapter on outdoor food for grilling and picnics (something missing from most veggie-based cookbooks), and even a chapter on light fish dishes for "pescetarians. " The depth, creativity, and simple elegance of Brown's recipes are impressive. She has even managed to do the impossible: make tofu appealing to meat-eaters. The recipe for Broiled Tofu and Mango Skewers combines a tangy, pungent marinade of honey, soy sauce, lime, and Tobasco with mangos and lime wedges broiled with cornstarch-coated tofu. The result is a crispy, sweet, and utterly addictive dish that can serve as an appetizer in small quantities, or in larger portions over rice as a main dish. This dish exemplifies the marriage of simplicity and elegance, of flexibility and substance that Brown successfully strives for. --Dan Vancini Author(s): Celia Brooks Brown. Binding Hardcover. Publisher(s): Whitecap Books. Label: Whitecap Books.
Manufacturer: | Whitecap Books |
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Lowest Price (CAD): | $247.09 |
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Author : | Celia Brooks Brown |
Brand : | Whitecap Books |
Food & Drink Categories : | Entertaining |
Format : | Hardcover |
Title : | Title C-E |