The Tassajara Recipe Book Review

The Tassajara Recipe Book
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This is a wonderful collection of vegetarian recipes presented in an easy-to-follow format. I recently lived at Tassajara for several years, and spent much of that time on the kitchen crew. I am delighted that this new edition includes so many recipes that I forgot to copy down when I left! Vegetarian cooking in this country has graduated its early dependency on dairy and carbo-laden meals to an incredible variety of healthy and satisfying dishes. Ed's new edition keeps the best of the original Tassajara recipes and adds some of the latest community favorites to the mix. And the most important flavor of all, that of the Tassajara community, can still be savored in Ed's poems and anecdotes about Zen practice and daily living in the valley monastery which inspired this book and continues to inspire so many people today.

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In a friendly and informal style, Ed Brown presents the recipes that have made the kitchen at the Tassajara Zen Center famous for more than thirty years. "Ordinary food for ordinary people" is the way Brown once described his approach, but there's nothing ordinary about these culinary offerings. From appetizers to desserts, the over two hundred recipes use the freshest ingredients in ways that will tantalize the palates of everyone from down-home vegetarians to the most discriminating gourmet cooks. The recipes are interspersed throughout with line drawings, photographs of the center and its environs, and Brown's own poetry. This revised edition includes twenty-nine new and four revised recipes, new photographs, and a new introduction.

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The Thanksgiving Table: Recipes and Ideas to Create Your Own Holiday Tradition Review

The Thanksgiving Table: Recipes and Ideas to Create Your Own Holiday Tradition
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In "The Thanksgiving Table" Diane Morgan has kicked Thanksgiving up a notch, maybe three.
Not only has she included recipes for some of the more traditional items for Thanksgiving dinner but she has some really interesting recipes that take the traditional and give it a slight twist, Shirley LeBlonds stuffing, for example. The twist isn't in the recipes alone but in some of the table treatments as well, burlap and corrugated cardboard on a holiday table? But it works!
"The Thanksgiving Table" includes a history of the first Thanksgiving, including the menu, how traditional do you want to get? It also includes a timetable that stretches back a couple of weeks before the event, so you aren't rushing at the last minute. I feel I must mention the recipes for leftovers, I can hardly wait.
Along with the fantastic recipes are some of the most incredible photographs I have ever seen in a cookbook.
This is a must have for all of us who enjoy entertaining on Thanksgiving. "The Thanksgiving Table" has something for everyone, a step by step for the first timer wanting to start their own Thanksgiving tradition, or it can be used to inspire us old timers with new ideas and a fresh perspective. Well done Diane!

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Savor the Seasons (Culinary Collection) Review

Savor the Seasons (Culinary Collection)
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The third volume in a truly outstanding series of cookbooks created by the members of The Junior League of Tampa, "Savor The Seasons" offers year-round seasonal menus, festive dishes, and dining traditions with a twist. Very nicely illustrated with occasional full color photography, the menus with their component recipes are organized into five major sections: 'Celebrations'; 'Openers', 'Complements', 'Centerpieces'; and 'Finished Touches'. Of special note are the concluding appendices: 'The Perfect Setting'; 'Community Projects'; 'Recipe Contributors and Testers'. "Savor The Seasons" concludes with an Index and 'Order Information'. From Crab and Brie Dip with Artichokes; Sherried Mushroom Soup; Roasted Beef Tenderloin with Brand Cream Sauce; and Skirt Steak with Chimichurri; to Bacon and Leek Quiche; Snapper on Fava Bean Puree with Fig Marsala Reduction; Stacked Turkey with Cranberry Cream Cheese, and Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake with Raspberry Amaretto Sauce, "Savor The Seasons" offers 'kitchen cook friendly' recipes and menus appropriate for any dining occasion and that will please any palate while satisfying any appetite.

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Savor the Seasons, Volume 3 of the Junior League of Tampa Culinary Collection, invites you to join us on a year-round tour of seasonal menus, festive flavors and traditions with a twist.Join us for a celebration of holidays that span the calendar, from New Year's and Valentine's Day to Halloween and Thanksgiving.Our collection of holiday recipes offeres countless menu combinations to help you Savor the Seasons.

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Cookbook 25 Years Women of the Farm Bureau Review

Cookbook 25 Years Women of the Farm Bureau
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This cookbook is so wonderful that everyone that I've lent it to has to have their own copy. Cookbook 25 Years is filled with down home recipies that are easy made and taste wonderful.

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From the grassroots of Illinois farmland comes Cookbook 25 Years, a collection of recipes from today's families for today's families.Through Cookbook 25 Years, the Women of Madison County Farm Bureau give a glimpse into the homes and the dinner tables of America's farmers and offer a harvest of time-tested recipes straight from their own pantries.

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The Busy People's Fast and Frugal Cookbook Review

The Busy People's Fast and Frugal Cookbook
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Any cookbook really has two things going on: the book itself, and the food it produces. This cookbook has so many advantages as a book that I'd like to be able to recommend it without hesitation. Recipes are sorted by prep time, so you can decide if you have 10 minutes to whip up some Hawaiian Sweet Potato soup, and the main dishes (including soups) are presented with a full menu. The book instructs you to set a timer before starting, and then gives you all the steps, and I found that by following the directions I was indeed able to get the meals on the table before the timer rang.
Each dish has a neatly sorted grocery list, and each main dish has a list for the entire suggested meal as well. Instructions are informal yet clear, nutrition information is clearly presented, and overall the book is so user-friendly that I think anyone will be able to succeed with it.
The recipes themselves are something else again. The author refers to these dishes as "down-home cooking" like your grandma used to make, and I guess it depends where you're from. Chipped beef on toast, candied vegetables, and eggs with sauerkraut are very exotic dishes to me. We're assured that these dishes are "delicious recipes that are healthy and easy on the budget," but it's hard to think of meals as healthy when they rely so heavily on things like pie filling and canned biscuits. In fact, cans feature very largely in these meals -- canned soup, canned fruit, canned vegetables, and even canned meat.
I cooked from this cookbook for a weekend, and I certainly could have cooked fresh food more cheaply than these meals. We tried out a dessert made from graham crackers, pudding, and whipped topping which totaled $4.00 -- more than a homemade cake, and neither more healthy nor more delicious.
Still, if you don't know how to cook, or are determined not to spend more than 15 minutes getting dinner on the table, this book could save you from continual drive-through. And if this is the style of cooking you prefer, then these might be faster, cheaper, and conceivably even healthier alternatives to the way your granny cooked.

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Perfect recipes for any cook with little time and even less money.Today's bad economy is forcing people out of restaurants and into thekitchen. But who has the time to cook? Dawn Hall shows home cooks how to prepare simple and fast food that's as healthy as it is easy on the budget.The Busy People's Fast and Frugal Cookbook is just the thing for today's economy minded meal makers.

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Diabetic Dream Desserts Review

Diabetic Dream Desserts
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I feel I was misled. The title of this book needs to be changed. While it appears to contain recipes for delicious desserts, most are not friendly to diabetics. The cookies are the lone exception. There are approximately 80 recipes for dishes containing over 25 grams of carbohydrates per serving including all 20 crisps and cobblers. This is approximately one half of one meal's allowance if one is trying to adhere to the 45 - 60 range per meal.

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You can still have your cake and eat it, too, with this new edition of a bestselling dessert book for diabetics. For most diabetics, the hardest part of adjusting to a new way of eating is probably not being able to indulge in the desserts they once enjoyed. Now, diabetics need worry no more! Bestselling author Sandra Woodruff has completely revised and updated her popular Diabetic Dream Desserts, including new and improved recipes for cakes, cookies, brownies, pies, strudels, frozen desserts, and other sweet treats that taste better than ever.

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Pillsbury: Best Desserts Review

Pillsbury: Best Desserts
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I have always had a fondness towards baked goods but it wasn't until I received this cookbook as a gift that I began to bake and loved doing it!
Not a single recipe has failed me and I have always received wonderful compliments on everything I've made using this cookbook.
My favorites are the cheesecakes: I never knew so many variations of creamcheese cakes existed!
And the pies! My favorites: French Cranberry-Apple Pie and Lemon Meringue and...and!=*)
This is a book with tried and true recipes and having the standard kitchen in mind.
The table of contents are:
1) DESSERT BASICS pg.1-
2) CAKES AND FROSTINGS PG.9-
3) PIES AND TARTS pg.63-
4) BAKED DESSERTS pg.109-
5) CHEESECAKES pg.157-
6) REFRIDGERATED DESSERTS pg.185-
7) FROZEN DESERTS pg.225-
8) BAKE-OFF DESSERTS pg.263-
9) COOKIES, BARS AND BROWNIES pg.289-
10) DESSERTS SAUCES pg.325-
11) INDEX pg.332-345
If you want a dessert book that is tried and true and will be sure to please, pick this book up. Expect no left-overs. ;-)
This book will surely be one that will follow me the rest of my living days!
~Enjoy!

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