response 1 of 70:

Sep 23 05:05 UTC 1992

Browsing in Border's this weekend, i ran across a bright light green
cookbook called _Quick Vegetarian Pleasures_, by Jeane Lemlin.  I read
the introduction, where the author says things like, "I prefer to
alternate richer meals with lighter meals, making lighter dishes a more
frequent part of my diet."  The introduction gives the impression that
most the recipes in the book are for fairly lowfat foods, with an occasional
high fat meal thrown in because it's yummy.  This sounded good to me, so
i bought the book.  Alas, when i got it home, i sat down to choose some
recipes to start with and discovered that an overwhelming majority of the
recipes in this book have large amounts of cheese and egg.  I'm planning
to bring the book back to Border's to exchange it for an Indian cookbook.
Oh well.

response 3 of 70:

Oct 6 17:11 UTC 1992

Diane Kennedy's cookbooks are great to read.  I haven't made many
recipes from her first Mexican cookbook, though, because they
always look so complicated (I've read this complaint elsewhere, too).
It's not that I can't *do* complicated, it's just that most of the
time, I don't feel like it.

response 5 of 70:

Oct 7 00:59 UTC 1992

yeah, right...
don't let your personal religious beliefs get in the way, either...B-)

response 7 of 70:

Nov 10 16:10 UTC 1992

Gnocchi!  Go for it!  I'll bring over the tomato sauce.

response 9 of 70:

Sep 12 14:27 UTC 1993

I heard Penn talk about that book on NPR when it first came out.  It
is a funny book.

response 11 of 70:

Sep 18 13:56 UTC 1993

Yes, it's a wonderful book.

response 13 of 70:

Mar 5 23:59 UTC 1994

I just ventured down to Briarwood to see Jim McNair, author of more
than 21 cookbooks.  To tell you the truth, I'd never heard of the guy,
but my wife had.  She wanted me to go get his _Corn Cookbook_ for here
(she, unfortunately, had to work today).

He gave a nice demonstration of how to make tiramisu, and everyone in
the audience got a taste.  It was very good.

The corn cookbook is very interesting.  It has some quite unusual
recipes, including fresh corn tamales, corn pizza, and corn ice cream.
The photos are really nice in the book. He mentioned in the
question-and-answer session that he takes all his own photographs in
addition to writing the recipes.

response 15 of 70:

Mar 6 17:33 UTC 1994

Corn ice cream only sounds so strange because it is so unusual.  (if you get 
my meaning)
        It actually sounds as if it would taste pretty good

response 17 of 70:

Apr 30 21:51 UTC 1994

I got a copy of _Moosewood Restaurant Cooks At Home_ for my birthday,
plus _New Vegetarian Cuisine_ by "Linda Rosensweig and the food editors
of Prevention magazine", and (don't faint!) _Betty Crocker's Vegetarian
Cooking_!!!  Browsing through Borders today I was shocked to find not
one but *two* different Betty Crocker vegetarian cookbooks.  I got the
paperback one.  It was a tough decision: on the one hand, I have a lot
of reverence for Betty because she taught me how to cook.  On the other
hand, I seem to remember recipes that called for mixing Campbell's Cream
of Garbage soup with 30 slices of bacon and baking it for 30 minutes
-- the kind of recipe I'd like to avoid.  So far the recipes in the
book look reasonable, and Betty tells ya some nutritional information
about each recipe in the book.  It looks interesting.  In the store,
there was also a really big _Betty Crocker New Eating_ (or something like
that) cookbook, and a _Betty Crocker Old Fashioned Cookbook_.  Looks like
Betty is keeping up with the times -- I've seen Betty Crocker ethnic
cookbooks, too!

The Linda Rosensweig cookbook looks like a real find.  It's got sections
with names like "The Weekday Cook", "Hearty Soups", "Luscious Legumes",
"Pasta Galore", and "The Wide World of Grains".  I'm especially interested
in the Weekday Cook section of the book.  Those recipes look reasonably
quick to cook, healthy, yummy, and different from my other recipes.
Many new cookbooks I see today seem to be simply a rehash of the same
recipes that are in every other vegetarian cookbook.  I'll keep ya posted
about how these turn out.

Has anybody tried the _365 Vegetarian Recipes_ book I saw at Borders?  It
looked interesting, but I figured I was cookbooked enough for the moment,
so I didn't buy it.

response 19 of 70:

May 20 14:14 UTC 1994

My sister bought "In The Kitchen With Rosie", alias, Oprah's cook
does low-fat cuisine.  I guess it's a *really* big seller at the 
moment even thought it runs $15 for only 50 recipes.  Anyhow, 
over the past two nights I tried two different recipes, an
"un-fried" catfish and linguine in white clam sauce.  Both were
excellent.  This is not bland food by any stretch.

response 21 of 70:

Jul 4 15:13 UTC 1994

Over the past few days I've made a couple of dinners using recipes from a
new cookbook, "The Healthy Heart Cookbook".  I've been looking for quite
some time for a book that remakes family favorites healthier but without
resorting to itsy-bitsy portions in order to get the numbers right.  I
think this cookbook fits the bill, at least so far.  I've now made a
marinated barbecued shrimp served with a wonderful calico rice (apples,
carrots, celery, raisins, wild rice, white rice, herb mixture).  The other
recipe I tried was an acid test - a rich looking chicken cooked in a thick
(gravy like) herb sauce with vegetables (chicken fricassee).  It tasted
quite good with a good portion containing only 251 calories with 8% from
fat. 

Those looking for a lower fat cookbook might want to check this one out. 

response 23 of 70:

Jul 4 20:57 UTC 1994

$25.00 but I bought it at Borders and got the customary 10% off
for hardbacks.  It's loaded with recipes and lots of pictures
of what the finished dish should look like.  It's by the same
folks who do the magazine Southern Living, an excellent source 
of good recipes.