Linda's Kitchen: Simple and Inspiring Recipes for Meat-Less Meals

by Linda McCartney

A famous vegetarian continues her series of best-selling guides to meatless cooking with an all-new, illustrated collection of two hundred savory, easily prepared dishes, from Goat Cheese and Dill Souffle+a7 to Tomato Salsa with Chili.

Genres: Cookbooks, Vegetarian, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction, Reference

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Linda Louise, Lady McCartney (née Eastman, previously See) was an American photographer, musician, and animal rights activist. She married Paul McCartney of The Beatles on 12 March 1969, and was a member of Wings. The McCartneys had four children together: Heather Louise (from her previous marriage, whom McCartney adopted in 1969), Mary Anna, Stella Nina, and James Louis McCartney. Linda became Lady McCartney when her husband was knighted in 1997.

The McCartneys shared an Oscar nomination for the song "Live and Let Die", which they co-wrote, and she authored several vegetarian cookbooks, became a business entrepreneur (starting the Linda McCartney Foods company) and was a professional photographer, publishing Linda McCartney's Sixties: Portrait of an Era.

She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1995, and died at the age of 56 on 17 April 1998, at the McCartney family ranch in Tucson, Arizona. She left her entire estate to McCartney through a Qualified Domestic Trust Fund.

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Since 1995, I've used this book to cook food for my family and it is a treasured possession - we raised our children on these recipes, which are generally straight-forward to cook, well-balanced, tasty and look good on the plate (usually - I've had disasters, but they were my fault, not Linda's!).

I don't really think about it as a book, but as a person. If I'm looking for it, I will usually ask, "Where's Linda?". She's a part of the family!

[Marilyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is by far the best vegetarian cookbook I own. After having it for over 10 years, I still keep going back to it. Today I baked the cheese and broccoli quiche, a family favorite even if the rest of my family are firm carnivores. I like the ease of the recipes and the photographs. Yeah, I bought it because I was a Beatles fan and Linda McCartney was Paul's first wife. I've kept it because it's wonderful on its own merits. I heartily recommend it.

[AngelLeah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my favorite vegetarian cookbooks. I love her lemon cake recipe!
Linda was a good soul. She is missed.

[Liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is one of the first cookbooks I ever owned, so I've got lots of affection for it. The summer lasagna recipe is the first lasagna I ever made, and it's still good. I made my first bechamel sauce using this book, too. The cheese and broccoli quiche and twice-baked potatoes were standards for me in my early twenties, and though I don't think this is a great cookbook (esp if you're not a vegetarian), it gave me courage to experiment.

[Ami · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found a lot of the recipes to be neither simple nor inspiring, but then again, I read it during a time of having food aversions, so take that with a grain of salt. I did make the Eggplant Herb Casserole, which was not simple at all, but was pretty tasty. Still, not tasty enough to make again (in my opinion), and McCartney has a tendency to use a lot of ingredients I wouldn't.

[Faith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Why’d I read this one? I dunno, probably because Joe watched a movie about Paul & Linda McCartney a few weeks ago and kept going on and on about it. So when I saw it sitting on the shelf next to VWAV, I grabbed it out of curiosity. Yep. Good recipes. What did you expect?

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is my most used cookbook. The recipes are yummy, and there are photos for all the food. It's also laid out so you can create entire meals, including meals for holidays like Thanksgiving.