The Forget-About-Meat Cookbook.

by Karen Brooks

Information on kitchen utensils, seasonings, and essential amino acids prefaces suggestions for appetizing, meatless dishes and nutritious sweets

215 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1974

Reviews

[Kylie]

This hilariously bad cookbook from the 1970s was clearly written by a very young person who had never published before and whose editor had never edited a cookbook before. The recipes are based on some nutritional "science" she researched in a library somewhere and some semi-charming folk wisdom about food and food preparation and generally comes across as unbelievable/unsubstantiated information.

The author also tends to put so-called "healthy" ingredients in everything, regardless of whether it makes sense. Karen my dear, life is too short to put wheat germ in everything! Don't get me wrong, I'm a vegan who loves to cook and bake and I do have wheat germ on hand at all times for baking, but this cookbook goes way beyond the wheat germ pale.

If you're not looking for a useful cookbook, Forget-About-Meat offers a zany window into the period of time when vegetarianism was a super weird, niche diet in North America and people had no idea how nutrition worked. It was, admittedly, fun to read and laugh at the absurd recipes. I also appreciate this was pushed during a major turning point in the history of North American vegetarianism and I hope it actually helped some people shift away from meat-centric diets.

If you're looking for recipes that are actually well-written, easy to follow, and produce delicious cuisine, try Isa Chandra Moskowitz' books!

[Dr. Kaaren Douglas]

Very old cookbook, and one of the 1st I got as I was becoming interested in vegetarian cooking.

[Janet]

This was given to me from my Sister, Geraldine. I really enjoyed this book.