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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28711 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-30
• Binding: Hardcover
• 416 pages

Sainsbury's Magazine, November 2007
A classic that's one of the best vegetarian books around. No less than 260 recipes.

Synopsis
"The Greens Cookbook" is a rarity; it is a book that created a revolution in cooking when it first appeared in 1987. It has now become a classic and has been unavailable in the UK for many years. Here are the recipes that helped to create the boldly original and highly successful Greens Restaurant on San Francisco Bay. Not only for vegetarians, it caters to everyone who seeks delight in cooking and eating. Using an extraordinary range of fresh ingredients in imaginative and delicious ways, "The Greens Cookbook" contains more than 260 recipes for all seasons, all occasions, and all tastes. From bright, simple salads to deliciously succulent frittatas, here is a provocative, sophisticated and varied fare, dedicated to elegance and balance, taste and texture, colour and freshness with recipes such as Mexican Vegetable Soup with Lime and Avocado, Artichoke and Fennel Stew, Wild Mushroom Ragout, Charcoal-Grilled Leeks, Red and Yellow Pepper Tart, Goat-Cheese Pizza with Red Onions and Green Olives, Blueberry Cream-Cheese Tart and Brazilian Chocolate Cake.

"The Greens Cookbook" presents inspiring menus for spring, summer, autumn, winter; Everything from easy-to-prepare dishes for two to meals for large scale entertaining. It has the first ever guide to selecting wines with vegetable dishes, glossaries of unfamiliar ingredients and useful kitchen equipment.

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Customer Reviews

Beautiful flavours
Until I met my wife, I was not really into vegetarian food, and was basically carnivorous. Over the years, I have learned both to cook and to enjoy a lot more vegetarian food, which in any case seems to have improved immeasurably in Britain over the past ten years or so.
This book is superb. Despite some reviews in the US saying that the recipes were too complicated or time-consuming, I really don't think they are (it only takes a few minutes to grind some spices; is that really so hard?); besides, I like to spend a bit of time in the kitchen if I'm making something special.
They use ingredients which are now widely available in larger cities, with a Mexican twist in a lot of cases; the black bean recipes thrilled my wife (who, Miami-bred, has rarely found "proper" black bean dishes over here, and has high standards): black bean chilli, black bean soup, black bean chilaquiles - the last is layers of tortilla with a red, roasted-garlic sauce, black bean chill, sour cream, mozarella and cheddar, cooked in the oven - I was amazed how well it all came together.
The winter vegetable stew, with cumin, chilli, cardomom and coconut milk, turned out to be breathtaking; lovely flavours, just the right afterglow of heat from each mouthful. Following these recipes really does lead to perfect flavouring. This has rapidly become a favourite cook book.

Every recipe sublime. Perfect for foodies, veggie or not.
The Greens Cookbook has, for many years, been my first point of reference when I want to prepare something extraordinary tasting, either just for myself, or for a houseful of guests. In fact, the early edition was one of the few items I brought with me when I moved overseas as a student in 1990.

Yes, some of the recipes are, in the author's words, "a labor of love" to prepare, but there also plenty of simple and practical instructions, ranging from a failsafe way to boil eggs to grilling peppers and making salad dressings.

I have happily worked my way through the cookbook - and through its companion, "Fields of Greens" - and all of the dishes I have made, without exception, are sensational. Guidelines in the book are clear, and, in my view, easy enough for beginners to follow.

It would be difficult to say what my favourite recipe is, but the book is worth buying for these five:

• Chinese Noodle Salad with Roasted Eggplant (the dish I always take to parties)


• Cheese and Nut Loaf (a special treat that makes great sandwiches)


• Pizza Dough and garlic oil (I make these often, and my friends say it's the best pizza they have ever tasted)
  
• Baked Polenta Layered with Tomato, Fontina, and Gorgonzola (tastes as good as it sounds)


• Cherry and Apricot Crumble (augments the humble crumble into something sublime.)

This book is for people who love good food and love to cook. And I'm not even a vegetarian!

Best Vegetarian Recipes
One of my favourite recipe books, certainly the best vegetarian book around - the recipes are easy to follow, mostly low-fat and delicious too. My copy of this book is nearly worn-out - and stained with splashes of each recipe. My favourites in this book are black bean chilli, pizza nicoise, the bread recipes and it is particularly good for unusual salads and pasta sauces.