Product Description

Not just for vegetarians, there's never been a better time for this award-winning book! Carol Gelles, one of the best-known authorities on the subject, offers hundreds of appetizers, entrees, soups, salads, and more, proving that vegetarian cuisine is anything but boring. The flavor combinations are limitless, drawing on the ingredients and spices from every international cuisine. Discussions of vegetables, grains, beans, and soyfoods are interspersed throughout the recipes, making the book easy enough for beginners to follow. And every recipe is coded as lacto-vegetarian (some dairy products), ovo-vegetarian (some egg products), or vegan (made without dairy or meat products).

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39449 in Books
• Published on: 1996-04-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 608 pages

From the Inside Flap
1,000 Vegetarian Recipes Have you been searching for a collection of delicious vegetarian recipes? What about easy-to-prepare vegetarian recipes, or those that are healthful? Then 1,000 Vegetarian Recipes is the book for you—no other vegetarian cookbook comes even close. Author Carol Gelles has spent years creating recipes for a variety of tastes and needs, whether you're a beginner vegetarian, long-time vegetarian, or someone trying to eat meatless meals just a couple of times each week for better health. If you're a vegan (a vegetarian who doesn't eat eggs or dairy products), you've probably been frustrated in the past by vegetarian cookbooks that don't address your needs. Again, no other cookbook offers you as many choices as 1,000 Vegetarian Recipes, with hundreds of vegan recipes throughout (all clearly marked with a "V" at the tops of the recipes). And many of the lacto-ovo vegetarian recipes include vegan variations. You probably already know that the vegetarian lifestyle is a healthy one, but if you're looking specifically for low-fat recipes, those dishes are specially marked with a "healthy heart" symbol for easy reference. In addition to the 1,000 recipes, Gelles offers a bounty of information on vegetarian food, including cooking charts for beans and grains; shopping lists for stocking the vegetarian pantry; a glossary of ingredients; a lesson on the health benefits of a meatless diet; and menu-planning advice, with menu suggestions for every taste—Chinese, French, Mexican, Indian, and more. Whether you already own a dozen vegetarian cookbooks, or this will be your first, 1,000 Vegetarian Recipes is the one cookbook a vegetarian can't do without. A Few of the Delicious Meatless Recipes

• Olive Caviar
• Black Bean Hummus
• Corn Fritters
• Leek and Wild Rice Soup
• Stuffed Young Eggplants
• Spiced Couscous with Diced Vegetables
• Springtime Pasta
• Bulgur with Summer Squash
• Mushroom-Leek Tart
• Lentil Shepherd's Pie

A Main Selection of the Doubleday Health Book Club and a Featured Alternate Selection of the Literary Guild Doubleday Book Club and Crossings Book Club.

From the Back Cover
1,000 Vegetarian Recipes It's Like Getting 5 Cookbooks for the Price of 1 • 216 Side Dishes • 61 Breads • 70 Breakfasts, Brunches, and Lunches • 91 Appetizers • 137 Salads • 152 Main Dishes and much, much more Vegetarians rejoice! Whether you're a lacto-ovo vegetarian or a vegan (or even if you're a part-time vegetarian, eating meatless meals just a couple of times each week), no other cookbook can compare to 1,000 Vegetarian Recipes. If you've been searching for healthy, easy, and delicious meatless recipes, this is the book for you. "Addressing the needs of the beginner, the part-timer, and the fully committed vegetarian, this cookbook is a must-have…" —Cooking Light Magazine "Actually several cookbooks in one, this encyclopedic volume has it all—good basics for the aspiring vegetarian, innovative recipes that will appeal to long-time ardent vegetarians, and plenty for everyone in between." — New York Daily News Visit Hungry Minds, Inc. online at www.hungryminds.com

About the Author
CAROL GELLES has a master's degree in food and nutrition from New York University. She has contributed recipes and articles to publications including Weight Watchers, Parents, Woman's World, and Mademoiselle. Gelles is also the author of The Complete Whole Grain Cookbook, Wholesome Harvest, and 101 Ways to Juice It. She lives in New York City, where she frequently works as a food stylist and recipe tester.

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Customer Reviews

Bland and Boring....
I was really excited about this book, especially after reading such great reviews. I have made a number of recipes, and most of them have been so bland- we've had to add a lot of spices just to make them have any flavor. Some have been good- but I am disappointed.

Vegetarian Cookbook for everyone, including non-vegetarians!
This is a cookbook that I ended up purchasing because my mother already had a copy and made some very good dishes from it. So, I had to get a copy and I wasn't disappointed!

Unless you are someone who has to have meat with every meal or hates vegetables, you will enjoy this cookbook. I really don't think it's for vegetarians only. Many of the recipes would compliment a main dish meat very well and others make fabulous meatless-entrees. I have made the "Baked Ziti" and it bakes up deliciously with a crust of cheese on top! I've also tried the "Eggplant Sauteed with Tomatoes, Capers and Garlic" and it was wonderful! So far I haven't made a recipe that disappointed.

The book contains over 500 pages of recipes from a variety of cuisines (Italian, French, Chinese, Indian, etc). There are no photos, but that didn't really bother me. I purchased it because I wanted to eat more veggies and cook more healthfully, and the book has served that purpose. Also, the recipes are straight-forward to prepare. Under each recipe title are small symbols that denote which type of "vegetarian" the recipe would be appropriate for (Lacto-Ovo, Lacto, Ovo, Vegan). At the end of most recipes are ideas for variations to provide more options.

Overall, I've been very pleased with this book. (And I think it shows because apparently I've crinkled the pages a bit from using the book in my kitchen!) I would recommend it to both vegetarians and non-vegetarians.

Outstanding Cookbook
This is probably the best cookbook I've every purchased. Eating vegetarian will never be dull or difficult again. After flipping through the book and trying many of the recipes over the past week I am full of ideas and can't wait to try all the new menu suggestions. Most of the recipes are not only vegetarian but also health conscious on a broader level - cooking methods, fiber, fat content, etc. This might be the only vegetarian cookbook you will ever need. I am not a true vegetarian but only have meat a few times a week so really appreciate all this book has to offer.