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Leith's Vegetarian Bible Category: Food & Drink Pages: 539 Publisher: Bloomsbury Published: 28 October 2002 ISBN: 0747557160 RRP: £30.00 (Hardback)  |
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Reviews
Amazon.co.uk
Vegetarians, or just lovers of vegetables, will find Leith's Vegetarian Bible an indispensable addition to their cookbook collection. This tome of vegetarianism is packed with 1000 recipes ranging from starters to desserts and accompaniments, as well as handy information on nutrition and managing a non-meat diet. The book is arranged by vegetable type, so it's easy to look up recipes that use what you've got in the pantry. Information such as the peak season for each vegetable and the vitamins found in each is also included. Polly Tyrer and the other four contributing authors offer a wide range of recipes from all over the world. Mediterranean dishes such as fresh spinach cannelloni appear alongside Asian-inspired recipes like noodles with peanut sauce and raw vegetables as well as Middle-Eastern and South American flavours. In fact, there is such a plethora of choice that it's hard to decide which recipe (or which continent) to start with. You don't have to be a vegetarian to enjoy using this cookbook. Most of the dishes (for example, the Thai red pumpkin and coconut curry) are so hearty that you won't miss the meat at all. Alternatively, you could use many of them (such as asparagus with lemon and caper sauce) as accompaniments to a carnivorous meal. On the downside, only 16 of the 1000 recipes are accompanied by a photograph. This may cause less-confident cooks to shy away from the more complex recipes, but most of the dishes are simple enough and the steps are well explained. The Vegetarian Bible is useful for both everyday cooking and impressing friends at dinner parties. --Amelia Crook The Independant - 30th November 2002 to 6th December 2002
'Forget Delia's rival veggie title,' declares Christopher. 'If you only buy one book this year, make it this encyclopaedic volume. As the pages steadily become illuminated with splodges of oil and tomato puree, it will keep you cooking for years. Many of the dishes, such as vegetable jambalaya with roasted chilli, or pea, broad bean an goat's cheese flan, will satisfy the most ardent carnivore. Its 16 sections range from Brassicas and Leafy Greens to Pasta and Noodles.'
The Independant put Leith's Vegetarian Bible at number 4 in their '50 Best Books This Christmas'.
You Magazine
You Magazine provides a special on 'lighter, leaner cooking and eating' which features a selection of recipes from Leith's Vegetarian Bible:"The new year heralds lighter, leaner cooking and eating: crisp salads, spicy soups and delicately flavoured pasta: perfect palate-cleansing fare"
The review by Christopher Hirst was quoted in the You Magazine's best cookery books of 2002.
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