Tassajara Cooking
by Edward Espe Brown
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Author: Edward Espe BrownEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1986-05-12
ISBN: 0877733449
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Shambhala
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- ISBN13: 9780877733447
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Review: Probably one of the best guides to learning how to cook
Summary: 5 Stars
Back when I was a teenager, in the early 1970's, I decided to become a vegetarian. I nearly gave up. There was no 'vegetarian option' on menus, and precious few vegetarian cookery books about either. I had two. One was a stern Mitteleuoropa tome heavily concerned with 'Food Reform', full of recipes utilising grated carrots and lots of nuts. The other was a macrobiotic tract which was more of a work of philosophy than a practical cookery book. Then along came this cheerful, laid-back Californian Zen monk who said "Hey, relax. It's really not that difficult. Just watch me." And that's what it's like. Watching someone cooking. There are very few cookery books which can take the place of a one-to-one lesson, and Tassajara Cooking is one of them. There aren't that many actual recipes, it's more a case of 'you've bought some... brown rice, brussel sprouts, lentils, whatever. Now, this is what you do with them...'
With the hindsight of thirty-five years, there are faults you could find. There is probably more in the way of fat, sugar and dairy products than most modern vegetarins would like. If your'e looking for precise recipes for particular dishes, this is not the book for you.
On the whole, though, these are minor quibbles. This is without doubt, a book which celebrates food, in a way that few others do. And it it is without doubt, the book I would recommend to a beginning cook, whether or not they were a vegetarian.
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