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Extremely Disappointing
After reading all of the wonderful reviews here, I ordered this cookbook and waiting anxiously for it to arrive. I own most of the quick/easy vegetarian cookbooks available, and I thought this would also become one of my favorites. However, that is not the case. On my first read-through, I could only find one recipe that I wanted to try, and it contains a difficult-to-find ingredient.
The areas I am most disappointed in are:
1. There are way too many recipes for desserts, drinks, appetizers, etc. I was expecting quick vegetarian "meals" - not recipes that I could find in almost any cookbook.
2. Several of the recipes include beer, an ingredient that I cannot cook with.
3. The abundance of recipes using garbanzo beans, zucchini, and eggplant. I suppose it's a personal prejudice, but these ingredients seem so over-used in vegetarian cooking, and I'm just not that fond of any of them!
4. The lack of convenience soy foods. I guess I was expecting more use of these and less of tofu in a "quick, easy, student" cookbook.
June 2004 · Books · verified purchase