Product Description

This well-researched book deliciously demonstrates how nuts can contribute a wealth of zesty flavors as the centerpiece in plant-based cooking. Features extensive introduction on the health benefits of nuts (including reducing the risk of heart disease), a nutrient profile of each nut, and over 100 recipes for sauces, soups, spreads, sandwich fillings, entrees, salads, smoothies, desserts and more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #468988 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-20
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

About the Author
Zel Allen is the co-founder of the online vegetarian site, Vegetarians in Paradise, a recipe developer and a food writer.

Customer Reviews

An ideal and enthusiastically recommended specialty addition

Nuts come in an incredible variety and are to be found as integral elements of every ethnic cuisine on the planet this side of the Eskimos. "The Nut Gourmet: Nourishing Nuts For Every Occasion" by Zel Allen is an amazing compilation of recipes that incorporate nuts in appetizers, breakfast dishes, soups, salads, main dishes, grains and legumes, sauces, sandwiches, vegetable dishes, relishes and condiments, spreads and dips, smoothies and beverages, desserts and confections. Beginning with a roster of great advice for the novice kitchen cook about the health benefits of nuts, buying and storing nuts, tips and tricks with their use, nut measurement equivalents, and 'The Nutcracker's Toolbox', "The Nut Gourmet" goes on to feature simply wonderful recipes that range from Pistachio Pea Pate; Poppy Seed Dressing; Sesame Nut Patties; and African Peanut Soup; to Raisin Walnut Bread; Cheezy Tofu Spread with Pine Nuts; Nutty No-Bake Pie Crust; and Very Berry Parfait with Macadamia Nuts. Enhanced for the novice with the color photography illustrations and the inclusion of a glossary, a resources list, and nutrition tables for nuts, "The Nut Gourmet" is an ideal and enthusiastically recommended specialty addition to personal and community library cookbook collections.

Excellent way to get nuts in the diet!
I love this vegan cookbook! It has good information about nuts and lots of yummy recipes! I hadn't used pistachios before finding the cookbook, but now I'm hooked! I use this frequently when I have guests coming for dinner and they love it everytime. I highly recommend this book!

Everything you wanted to know about nuts-and so much more!
This is a delightful book, full of delicious recipes for every occasion. The book makes nuts come alive on your plate and in your palate! And it's written by someone with years of experience teaching people about great nutrition. It's a book for everyone.