Vegetarian Cooking at Home with the Culinary Institute of America

by Katherine Polenz, Kathy Polenz

A new edition in the "At Home" series featuring hundreds of delicious vegetarian recipes from the kitchens of the CIA Whether for environmental, political, or health reasons, millions of Americans now follow a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle. But giving up meat doesn't mean having to give up delicious eating. Vegetarian Cooking at Home with The Culinary Institute of America provides 200 delicious meat-free recipes of the quality and sophistication that the CIA is known for. You'll find everything you need here to create incredibly flavorful vegetarian meals, including starters and sides; soups, salads, and sandwiches; breads and baked goods; grain, pasta, and noodle dishes; and main dishes featuring beans, eggs, and meat substitutes. Drawing on the expertise of the CIA's professional cooking programs, Vegetarian Cooking at Home with The Culinary Institute of America is a must for anyone who wants to learn to cook satisfying and sophisticated meat-free meals at home.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking

330 pages, Hardcover

First published May 8, 2012

Reviews

[Kayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wanted to eat everything in here.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Big, lovely book, with basic cooking info, typical vegetarian recipes, and some I've never seen or tried before. Could be a GREAT book, if only more pictures and NUTRITIONAL INFO.

[Jeanette Durkin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a wonderful recipe book filled with delicious sounding food! I can't wait to try the individual spinach, asparagus, and white bean lasagnas. The caramelized onion ravioli with portobello mushroom sauce sounds interesting too!

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cookbooks that inspire as well as instruct are a find, and this one is both. The appetizing photos, simple recipes and clean page layout made me want to put down the book and start cooking. A bit large and heavy for the kitchen (coffee-table book size), but if you're a seasoned vegetarian like me then you've probably cooked many of the recipes already in some form and use it primarily for motivation.

[Lee (of Shalott) · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a beautiful cookbook! Unfortunately there are a lot of gluten-containing recipes & although I am pretty good at adapting recipes for this, most of the dishes in question can't really be adapted with GF ingredients (hence 3.5*). If a GF diet is not important to you, I'd highly recommend this artful veg cookbook.
The lovely soup shown on the cover is Gaspacho Verde.

[Kris Goldhawk]

Just got as part of my Vegetarian Cuisine class at the Culinary Institute of America. Hoping it will be as good as the class was.

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Would be improved by stating, next to the recipe, the corresponding page of the photo and by including the nutritional information for each recipe

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Can't wait to try some of these. No nutrition info which would be nice.