What's Cooking Vegetarian

by Jenny Stacey

This comprehensive and inspirational cookbook demonstrates how versatile, flavorsome, and healthy the vegetarian diet can be. Includes chapters on soups and starters, snacks and light meals, main meals, side dishes, and desserts. Balances exciting new ingredients and recipes with a wide selection of traditional favorites. Includes 120 easy-to-follow recipes, each illustrated with full-page color photographs. The What's Cooking series also Baking, Barbecue, Chicken, Chinese, Chocolate, Indian, Italian, Low Fat, Pasta, and Vegetarian.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Reference, Vegetarian

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Dane Cobain · Rating 3 out of 5]

My first cookbook review, although I only count them as “read” once I’ve tried all the recipes that interest me. This one’s a little outdated but had a few good ideas in it. I had to veganise them, though!

[Darcy · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite cookbook! Although I am not vegetarian, all the recipes I have tried over the years are delicious! This is one book that I won't get rid of as it gets a ton of use. It is a large book full of bright photographs. My favorite recipes (just to name a few): dal soup, spanish tomato soup with garlic bread, mushroom and spinach puff pastry, artichoke tart and pear cake.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of good recipes with gorgeous photos and easy directions.

[Darlene · Rating 3 out of 5]

Though this book has great information and great recipes (I really liked the vegetables and corn chowder, vegetable biryani, lemon & lime syllabub), it is too big & awkward, more a coffee table book. There is a paperback edition which I haven't seen, but would switch my hardback for it in a heartbeat.

On the plus side, there is a full-page, color photo for each of the over 100 recipes with step-by-step instructions.

You don't have to be a vegetarian to enjoy these recipes. If size & weight is not an issue, you will want to add this cookbook to your collection.

[Lauri · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a nice upscale vegetarian cookbook that contains a beautiful, full-size photo for each dish. It's not one of my everyday cookbooks, as the dishes tend to be a little on the expensive/specialty side, when it comes to ingredients, & time-consuming to prepare. But, many of the recipes are delicious and nice to serve to guests for dinner. One of my faves is the Kidney Bean Kiev which takes some time to prepare but is really yummy and hearty.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have about 20 recipes I can't wait to try from this cookbook!

[Nicole Perkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm buying this one. I must. My poor little kitchen won't be complete without these delicious vegetarian recipes.

[Tabitha Chamberlain · Rating 3 out of 5]

there's a lot of stuff in here that i wouldn't eat, but i'm seriously picky about food. also i have no interest on being a full on vegan or vegetarian. however it does provide some excellent ideas for some healthier meals and how to cook different things.