The Accidental Vegetarian: Delicious Food Without Meat
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Manufacturer: Cassell Illustrated
Publisher: Cassell Illustrated
Author: Simon Rimmer
The Accidental Vegetarian: Delicious Food Without Meat Description
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781844035083
ISBN: 1844035085
Label: Cassell Illustrated
Manufacturer: Cassell Illustrated
Book Pages: 144
Publication Date: 2006-04-13
Publisher: Cassell Illustrated
Studio: Cassell Illustrated
EAN: 9781844035083
ISBN: 1844035085
Label: Cassell Illustrated
Manufacturer: Cassell Illustrated
Book Pages: 144
Publication Date: 2006-04-13
Publisher: Cassell Illustrated
Studio: Cassell Illustrated
Editorial Review of The Accidental Vegetarian: Delicious Food Without Meat
Customer Reviews of The Accidental Vegetarian: Delicious Food Without Meat
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Unimaginative food and too many cheesecakes
Review: This book has wonderful photos and high production values, which is a good disguise for the heavy and unimaginative recipes. I bought this book on a whim over a year ago and have only ever cooked a couple of recipes from it. They were nice, but nothing amazing and they have not become staples in my repertoire. Many of the recipes rely too heavily on cheese or other dairy products, which make them quite fatty (though I'm sure with all that fat they'd taste good). The worst section by far is the desserts - they are almost all cheesecakes. Seriously, there are five cheesecake recipes. If I live to 100 I don't think I will ever have cause to bake a cheesecake on more than half a dozen occassions, probably less.
Save your money and buy either a vege cookbook with more variety or a good quality all round cookbook with lots of vegetable dishes.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Desserts
Review: It's worth buying for the desserts alone which I guess technically are vegetarian but you could get the same stuff out of another book.
However, I'm a carnivore and was looking for a book to buy that has stuff in I would actually eat as I'm trying to get more fruit and veg down my neck. And this book fulfils that need. It has stuff in there that a fussy veg eater (like myself) would actually want to eat and not just stuff like nut roasts, veg casseroles etc.
Recommended.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Excellent recipes
Review: I am always a little skeptical, when I pick up a Vegetarian Cookbook, that has been written by a self-avowed meat-eater, but this book is a pleasant surprise, as the recipes are not only fresh and sometimes original, but also easy to prepare.
My only gripe with it, and the reason why I have given it 4 stars instead of 5, is because I feel most of the recipes rely far too heavily on dairy and eggs. In fact, I counted quite a lot of eggs for just one recipe. I don't believe that overconsumption of dairy produce and eggs is acceptible from a health point of view. But I hope that people would relaise that a lot of these recipes can be cooked for special treats and dinner parties.
My main reason for buying this book, is because I have eaten at the author's restaurant and I was very impressed with it and I wanted to see what other delicacies I have been missing out on.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Must have book!
Review: I moved to Manchester 7 months ago and everyone I knew recommended Greens, the quality of food there is amazing & Simon has done a great job. I decided to get his book after seeing alot of him on the Sunday tv show. I've been a vegetarian for a year and was getting bored, but this book has given my zest for being vegetarian a new life.
The recipes are simple & I like the comments he leaves between recipes. The Moroccon Spaghetti is delicious! Giving the Plantain & Mango curry a go tomorrow. Highly recommend the book and please try his restaurant Greens if you're in Manchester. Book early tho!
Fantastic chef.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Love this cookbook
Review: We use this book all the time - I'm vegetarian but not my boyfriend so it has to be interesting to keep him from wanting fish or meat. Everything we've made from this has been really delicious and unusual - really recommend the mexican meal! I'd give this as a present to anyone who thinks that vegetarian food is boring.
Review Summary: Unimaginative food and too many cheesecakes
Review: This book has wonderful photos and high production values, which is a good disguise for the heavy and unimaginative recipes. I bought this book on a whim over a year ago and have only ever cooked a couple of recipes from it. They were nice, but nothing amazing and they have not become staples in my repertoire. Many of the recipes rely too heavily on cheese or other dairy products, which make them quite fatty (though I'm sure with all that fat they'd taste good). The worst section by far is the desserts - they are almost all cheesecakes. Seriously, there are five cheesecake recipes. If I live to 100 I don't think I will ever have cause to bake a cheesecake on more than half a dozen occassions, probably less.
Save your money and buy either a vege cookbook with more variety or a good quality all round cookbook with lots of vegetable dishes.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Desserts
Review: It's worth buying for the desserts alone which I guess technically are vegetarian but you could get the same stuff out of another book.
However, I'm a carnivore and was looking for a book to buy that has stuff in I would actually eat as I'm trying to get more fruit and veg down my neck. And this book fulfils that need. It has stuff in there that a fussy veg eater (like myself) would actually want to eat and not just stuff like nut roasts, veg casseroles etc.
Recommended.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Excellent recipes
Review: I am always a little skeptical, when I pick up a Vegetarian Cookbook, that has been written by a self-avowed meat-eater, but this book is a pleasant surprise, as the recipes are not only fresh and sometimes original, but also easy to prepare.
My only gripe with it, and the reason why I have given it 4 stars instead of 5, is because I feel most of the recipes rely far too heavily on dairy and eggs. In fact, I counted quite a lot of eggs for just one recipe. I don't believe that overconsumption of dairy produce and eggs is acceptible from a health point of view. But I hope that people would relaise that a lot of these recipes can be cooked for special treats and dinner parties.
My main reason for buying this book, is because I have eaten at the author's restaurant and I was very impressed with it and I wanted to see what other delicacies I have been missing out on.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Must have book!
Review: I moved to Manchester 7 months ago and everyone I knew recommended Greens, the quality of food there is amazing & Simon has done a great job. I decided to get his book after seeing alot of him on the Sunday tv show. I've been a vegetarian for a year and was getting bored, but this book has given my zest for being vegetarian a new life.
The recipes are simple & I like the comments he leaves between recipes. The Moroccon Spaghetti is delicious! Giving the Plantain & Mango curry a go tomorrow. Highly recommend the book and please try his restaurant Greens if you're in Manchester. Book early tho!
Fantastic chef.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Love this cookbook
Review: We use this book all the time - I'm vegetarian but not my boyfriend so it has to be interesting to keep him from wanting fish or meat. Everything we've made from this has been really delicious and unusual - really recommend the mexican meal! I'd give this as a present to anyone who thinks that vegetarian food is boring.