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The Bold Vegetarian Chef: Adventures in Flavor with Soy, Beans, Vegetables, and Grains | 
| Author: Ken Charney
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 401424
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 314
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0471448265
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.56363
UPC: 723812499526
EAN: 9780471448266
ASIN: 0471448265
Publication Date: May 1, 2003
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Product Description
Discover the secrets of lively vegetarian cuisine
Think vegetarian cooking is bland? Not any more! Now you can create outrageous appetizers, adventurous soups, exciting entrees, and daring desserts that will have everyone clamoring for seconds. The Bold Vegetarian Chef offers more than 200 dazzling recipes that bring out the best in all of the fresh natural ingredients you crave. You'll learn the secrets behind such irresistible delights as:
* Savory scrambles, burgers, and sandwiches
* Tasty tofu and tempeh
* Comfort carbos-pasta, polenta, and risotto
* bold and beautiful beans
* The wonderful wheat meat: seitan
* Crisp salads and a slew of side dishes
* Delectable, dreamy desserts
You'll also discover a wealth of tips, techniques, and ideas that will inspire your own vegetarian creations-bursting with flavor and flair. All you need is a little help from The Bold Vegetarian Chef.
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best vegetarian cookbook ever!!!! November 14, 2007
Elaine Abreu (Boston MA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Finally, I found what I was looking, a vegetarian cookbook full of flavor. Bland food is my nemesis, so I was very delighted when I saw his very creative style of cooking and flavorings. and so many things to choose from!!!. from reading the book my brain started briming with ideas of my own. seitan tamales, and empanadas yippy!!!. I can now return to my native hispanic flavors without having to use meat yeah!!!! Im in love with this book. Most vegetarian books out there--which are not vegan--use fat and dairy to make food tasty which to me gets boring rather fast. as one who does not want to eat meat and is also trying to loose weight the fact that he relies on herbs and spices for flavor instead of fat is very useful.
Delivers on the title's promise June 21, 2007
Born To Cook (Warrenville, IL United States)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I bought this book because my vegetarian daughter's tastes have evolved beyond the usual fare offered by cookbooks for vegetarian kids or teens. Now she wants her dinner to be something worth salivating over during soccer practice. This book delivers on its promise: the recipes use readily available ingredients in innovative ways and combinations that result in memorable dishes with a ton of flavor.
Yes, we already have a dozen recipes for really nice lentil soup, so why buy this book? I mean--think hard, now--when was the last time you were truly surpised by a bowl of lentil soup? Mr Charney gives you recipes for lentil soups unusual enough to make you raise your eyebrows before you start licking the bowl. Yes, we already have a serviceable recipe for vegetarian shepherd's pie, but Mr Charney's shepherd pie puts those other pretenders to shame. Yes, we already have a teriyaki tofu recipe, but Mr Charney's teriyaki tofu is so good you'll want to raid the fridge for it at 3 AM. And so on and so on, right through the sandwiches, burgers, pastas, side dishes, salads...
The recipes do not require weird ingredients (I can get everything at my regular market or at Whole Foods), no fussy techniques, no equipment you can only get at the cooking specialty store. There are plenty of recipes that give you a great dish in 30 minutes or less, but there are also some recipes for those long, dark, bone-chilling January days when you want to spend an hour or so in a steamy and tantalizingly fragrant kitchen. The book is intuitively organized and has a good index.
When it's time to start the holiday gift shopping, I will be getting this book for all the vegetarians and parents of vegetarians on my list.
Great Vegetarian Fare! November 19, 2005
S. Cheney (Berkeley, CA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I LOVE this cookbook. It is so much better than a lot of the bland fare in vegetarian cookbooks. Charney is innovative and not afraid to spice things up. He must be a well trained, skilled cook because his recipes are far from ordinary! Everything I've made in this book so far is great. Our family loves the teriyaki tofu, the spicy tofu sald, the black bean and avocado soup and the lentil soup wtih taragon. I've given this book as a gift more than once and have really enjoyed cooking vegetarian dishes where I don't miss the meat one bit. By the way, most of the recipes in this book are actually vegan!
Finally, Tempeh worth eating! September 3, 2005
M. Heller (New York Metro Area)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
We've only had the cookbook for a week, but the Tempeh Reubens are amazing! Had to hold back from licking the plate.
How bold it is! August 15, 2003
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
The recipes in this book are authentically appealing and full of flavor. Vegetarian food has never looked so delicious and flavorful. The food, filled with spicy, fusion flavors, is sure to tickle the palate of any vegetarian. Keeping the true vegetarian in focus, I was offered clear instructions and creative ways of cooking with soy, tempeh, and seitan.
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