Product Description

A collection of over 100 sophisticated vegetarian recipes using ingredients from around the world which include smoky grilled peppers, piquant olives and black beans, warm and golden polenta and aromatic saffron-hued rice. Step-by-step techniques are given.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #237806 in Books
• Published on: 1999
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 168 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
Paul Gayler is a sometime protegé of Anton Mosimann and is now head chef at the Lanesborough Hotel in London. He has worked in Indian and Chinese restaurants and is also something of a celebrity chef, with a couple of previous books as well as television appearances under his belt. The recipes in his Vegetarian Cookbook, which include eggs and dairy products, are as cosmopolitan as you would expect from such a pedigree and are intended to "change the way you think about vegetarian cookery". Typical of his approach are starters such as Goat's Cheese Latkes With Beetroot Salsa, a clever reworking of Eastern European flavours and Oriental Mushroom Sushi Purses. Soups include the irresistible-sounding Lazy Caribbean Soup, a sweet, spiced purée of tropical fruits served with a savoury, guacamole-like salsa and the heartier Smoky Corn Veloute. A chapter on Tarts and Pies ranges from the delicate Salsify and Wild Mushroom Tart to the more robust Goan Potato, Pea and Mint Pasties. A pumpkin risotto is transformed with Thai flavours. North American Succotash is embedded in a polenta pudding. Wild Mushroom Stroganoff With Spatzele combines the mushrooms in their cream sauce with Alsatian spinach noodles. For dessert, Paul Gayler poaches his peaches with saffron, cinnamon and star anise; his Pink Grapefruit Sorbet is flavoured with rosewater; and his chocolate tart gets an unexpected charge from a dash of chilli oil. An imaginative, beautifully presented collection of recipes. --Robin Davidson

Customer Reviews

NO TOFU OR SOYA
As a non vegetarian and an average 'meat loving'cook, having to cook for someone who only eats vegetarian dishes but hates soya and tofu, I found the recipes easy to follow, producing stylish and tasty food for all occasions but particularly barbeques and dinner parties and impressed the 'veggie' by not having pasta or veggie kebab anywhere near the plate and proving that just because you are vegetarian does not mean youve lost your taste buds.