The Vegan Gourmet: Full Flavor & Variety with Over 100 Delicious Recipes

by Mindy Toomay and Susann Geiskopf-Hadler

Book Overview

This enticing collection of original recipes will please and inspire both everyday and occasional vegan cooks. Inside you'll discover tantalizing, hearty recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner; menu plans for special occasions and multi-course feasts; ideas for appetizers; and much, much more! Treat yourself to extraordinary new dishes like: Chilled Asparagus Orange Soup with Pistachios Olive, Basil, and Walnut Spread with Madeira Artichokes Stuffed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761500278
• ISBN13: 9780761500278
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Prima Lifestyles
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

I love this book!

I just have to say that this book is practically perfect in my eyes. It's creative and informative and the recipes I have tried (about 30 so far) are all DELICIOUS. It's not just a tofu and brown rice thing. In fact, even if you are allergic to soy products, you will find plenty to love in this book. The same authors also wrote The Complete Vegan Cookbook, which is also fantastic. Of course, you don't have to be a total vegan to use this book--it will help you include a few vegan meals in your week, which is a good way to start getting healthier. Enjoy!

Can this truly be a Vegan Cookbook?

This book is a wonderful surprise. It was one of the first vegan cookbooks that I found to offer such incredible variety of flavors and cuisines.The authors have not limited themselves to tempeh and garlic granules to give a recipe some flavor. They've even seem to include, can you imagine, vegetables! Oddly enough they seem to realize that vegan and vegetarian both contain *VEG* in them and as such base recipes on a good dose of vegetables.They are also unafraid to try out a variety of unique grains (from Kamut to Quinoa) which lends a wonderful variety that I've not found in many other veg*n cookbooks.I'm not even a Vegan but since I try to limit my dairy/egg intake as much as possible, this book actually beats out some good Vegetarian books I have on my shelves. It's a huge success.I highly recommend this to anyone searching for fun, healthy and unique dishes that are, as a whole, easy to prepare.Enjoy!

Complexity is good!

Too often vegan and vegetarian cook books are entitled "quick and easy meals," or "vegan cooking in 15 minutes." What I crave is complex taste, and thoughtful, interesting, beautiful food. the Vegan Gourmet is one of my favorite cook books because it is just that: thoughful. The recipes are not difficult to prepare and many take less then 30 minutes... all I have tried tasted wonderful, but the Calde Verde soup & the beta carrotene bisque (carrots & sweet potatos, YUM!) have a special place in my heart. This is a must for your vegan library... and is great for those times when you want something besides the same old quick and easy tofu.

Vegetarian Artistry!

This book is outstanding, from the beautifully photographed front cover to the "Almost Instant" Recipe Listing in the back! This book is not an "alternative" long-live-tofu cookbook, thank God. You don't need to be vegetarian to enjoy the fantastic collection of entrees and side dishes that predominately flaunt Asian and South American flavors. The roast vegetable dishes are great too. Page after page presents some of the most delectable recipes I've seen in one book in years. Recipes are appropriate for informal meals as well as upscale entertaining for the epicurean palette. There's so much here: nutritional information, cooking notes, a complete glossary of specialty ingredients. Use of a few out of the ordinary ingredients may transition you into being an altogether more inventive cook!

easy good and fast

If you are looking for a vegan cookbook that actually has recipes you have not seen in other vegan cookbooks, here's that book! They are not only original but they are almost simple and I tried several recipes from each chapter and they were all good...you know I never knew little red potatoes cooked with a little olive oil and basil would turn out to be something I could eat almost every day of my life. Okay one drawback is that some of the ingredients required for some recipes may not already be on your shelf and may not be that easy to come by. But that is my only and not much of a complaint. Most of the recipes are fast and all are nutritious and if you are one of those cooks who can always make food look good, like my friend susan can, this book has some recipes that could be real showstoppers. Yummy