Product Description

Since its original publication in 1977, this influential and enormously popular cookbook has been at the forefront of the revolution in American eating habits. MOOSEWOOD was listed by the New York Times as one of the top ten best-selling cookbooks of all time, and no wonder. With her sophisticated, easy-to-prepare vegetarian recipes, charming pen-and-ink drawings, hand lettering, and conversational tone, Mollie introduced millions to a more healthful, natural way of cooking. This edition preserves the major revisions and additions that Mollie made in 1992, adding 5 new recipes from Mollie's current repertoire and 16 pages of beautiful color food photography. We know you've seen MOOSEWOOD before, but we promise you've never seen it quite like this!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3491 in Books
• Published on: 2000-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 234 pages

About the Author
Selected by Health magazine as one of the "Five Women Who Changed the Way We Eat," Mollie is widely credited with moving healthful cooking from the fringe of American society onto mainstream dinner tables. Born in Rochester, New York, Mollie studied at the Eastman School of Music, Cornell University, and the San Francisco Art Institute, where she received a BFA in painting. Her classic Moosewood Cookbook, first published in 1977, was followed by The Enchanted Broccoli Forest (1982), Still Life With Menu (1988), and Mollie Katzen's Vegetable Heaven (Hyperion 1997). All of Mollie's books are vibrantly illustrated with her original artwork.

To inspire young cooks to explore the wonders of the kitchen, Mollie illustrated and authored the award-winning children's cookbooks, Pretend Soup (1994) and Honest Pretzels (1999). Mollie is now a featured writer and illustrator for Children's Television Workshop On-Line, and for Sesame Street Parents' Magazine.

Customer Reviews

Good Cookbook for Beginners, Eaters, and Busy People
Unlike a lot of vegetarian books and tracts, which drown in a kind of eat-your-spinach wholesomness, Mollie Katzen's New Moosewood Cookbook has a diverse cross-section of cuisines and tasty, uncomplicated recipes that a novice cook with a day job can savvy with a minimum of effort. Even a schlub like me, who previously considered browning the ground beef to be the height of culinary accomplishment, was able to dive in and produce rich, flavorful vegetarian food on the first effort. Suddenly I'm whipping out eggplant parmesian, cauliflower curry, pita bread, and lard-free refried beans between grading papers and keeping house.

This book is not vegan; many recipes include eggs and dairy products. And it fudges a little on vegetarianism. One recipe calls for anchovies, a nod, I guess, to pescavegetarians (the vegetarians who seem to think that fish are a plant product). But you don't have to make the recipes you don't agree with. I find these problems to be quibbles against the book's stylish layout, helpful menu arrangements, and steps so simple that I don't have to be a full-time housewife to make a full, nutritious dinner for my family.

Even if you're not a vegetarian, this is a good book if you're interested in healthy, tasty meals that can feed a family. And if you're curious about vegetarianism and want to see if it's right for you, this is the book to get you started learning how to cook in that way. I don't often say this, but this is one of the few books that I can recommend unreservedly for virtually everybody, because it has something everybody needs and can use.

Vegetarian? No. Healthy? No.
First of all, I would like to say that I am not biased against this book because I am vegan. I was vegetarian for 2 years before going vegan, so that has nothing to do with it.
Having said that, I would like to express my opinions.
First, it offends me to no end that the author uses fish in the Puttanesca sauce. She also uses the term "strict, not even fish vegetarian", which is ignorant. Vegetarians DO NOT EAT FISH! By definition, vegetarianism is abstaining from eating the flesh of any animals or eating anything that results from the death of an animal. FISH IS MEAT! Period!
Secondly, I can't put my support behind any book claiming over and over to be healthful that includes dairy and eggs in almost every recipe. From a health standpoint, you can include eggs and dairy in a well balanced diet and still be okay. But not in the LARGE amounts used in these recipes.
Frankly, I detest this book.

great cookbook even for meat eaters
Love this cookbook-I use it all of the time for main dishes and desserts. The cheesecake is one of my favorites ever!