Vegetarian Cooking For Everyone
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The tenth anniversary edition of this landmark cookbook, with more than 325,000 copies in print, includes a new introduction from Deborah Madison, America?s leading authority on vegetarian cooking. Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone is the most comprehensive vegetarian cookbook ever published. The recipes, which range from appetizers to desserts, are colorful and imaginative as well as familiar and comforting. Madison introduces readers to innovative main course salads warm and cold soups vegetable braises and cobblers golden-crusted gratins Italian favorites like pasta, polenta, pizza, and risotto savory tarts and galettes grilled sandwiches and quesadillas and creative dishes using grains and heirloom beans. At the heart of the book is the A-to-Z vegetable chapter, which describes the unique personalities of readily available vegetables, the sauces and seasonings that best complement them, and the simplest ways to prepare them. ?Becoming a Cook? teaches cooking basics, from holding a knife to planning a menu, and ?Foundations of Flavor? discusses how to use sauces, herbs, spices, oils, and vinegars to add flavor and character to meatless dishes. In each chapter, the recipes range from those suitable for everyday dining to dishes for special occasions. And through it all, Madison presents a philosophy of cooking that is both practical and inspiring.