- Hardcover: 580 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Australia (1 Aug 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0453004342
- ISBN-13: 978-0453004343
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.2 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,340,211 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Cooking maven M.F.K. Fisher gave her approval to these 1,300 high-fiber, low-fat, low-sugar, and low-salt vegetarian recipes. And for someone who lived for flavorful food, that's sure saying something. The Goldbecks have been fixtures in the American whole-foods movement for more than a decade, and here they have thoroughly succeeded with their goal of creating "mouth-watering food that tastes great and happens to be healthful."
They call the whole-foods diet a "Darwinian" one because it's similar to the diet that our ancestors followed 50,000 years ago--"foods provided by our habitat." The Goldbecks write, "Just as we cannot put unleaded gasoline in our 1950 Chevy pickup and expect it to run efficiently, modern technological foods may be inappropriate for our prehistoric bodies." The simplicity of this theory is outstanding, although rushed lifestyles and the ubiquity of convenience foods make it easy to eat overprocessed, unnutritious junk at every meal. With most of its delicious recipes utilizing seven or fewer ingredients, however, American Wholefoods Cuisine can help you take the plunge into a healthier way of feeding your body.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was the first cookbook I bought when I became a vegetarian nearly 10 years ago, and it remains one of my very favorites. The recipes are easy to follow, use virtually no esoteric ingredients, and are remarkably flavorful.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Trying to find a good all round vegetarian cookbook is quite a difficult task. Many of the vegetarian cookbooks I've come across are either gourmet and not really suitable for everyday meals or full of bland tofu recipes that resemble cardboard in taste and texture. Finding recipes that use only whole foods is even more difficult. I've only come across one or two good ones that had maybe a half dozen recipes that I could actually use in daily life. The rest were either extremely laborious or required fresh foods that weren't readily available in my area.
Then I stumbled across American Wholefoods Cuisine. I was intrigued with the notion of vegetarian recipes that contained all whole foods. I expected and would have been quite happy with a cookbook that gave me a dozen decent dishes to try. Therefore, when I received the book and it contained 1300 meatless whole foods recipes, I was thrilled beyond belief.
American Wholefoods Cuisine has already become one of my staple cookbooks, along with a few old standbys given to me by my mother and mother-in-law. This book has a lot of everything from quick tasty snacks that I can make in a few minutes to full gourmet meals that I can make when I'm in the mood. In between there are all sorts of appetizers, soups, sauces, main dishes, side dishes, desserts, and baking treats. All easy to create with ingredients that I already have in my kitchen.
Most importantly, the food made from these recipes actually tastes good. For the first time in my life, I can eat completely healthy and not feel like I'm missing out on something. What's more, I have an ever-expanding group of young adults that are devouring everything I make as fast as I can cook.
Then I stumbled across American Wholefoods Cuisine. I was intrigued with the notion of vegetarian recipes that contained all whole foods. I expected and would have been quite happy with a cookbook that gave me a dozen decent dishes to try. Therefore, when I received the book and it contained 1300 meatless whole foods recipes, I was thrilled beyond belief.
American Wholefoods Cuisine has already become one of my staple cookbooks, along with a few old standbys given to me by my mother and mother-in-law. This book has a lot of everything from quick tasty snacks that I can make in a few minutes to full gourmet meals that I can make when I'm in the mood. In between there are all sorts of appetizers, soups, sauces, main dishes, side dishes, desserts, and baking treats. All easy to create with ingredients that I already have in my kitchen.
Most importantly, the food made from these recipes actually tastes good. For the first time in my life, I can eat completely healthy and not feel like I'm missing out on something. What's more, I have an ever-expanding group of young adults that are devouring everything I make as fast as I can cook.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you have a random selection of vegetarian ingredients, this book will have a recipe. No seductive and enticing photos. A bit US orientated (measures , nomenclature and ingredients). This is my second copy - but under a different title (I wore out the first esp the cakes section)
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Great start to a new way of eating
I have read and foraged through this book and I find it to be helpful and most informative - I am looking forward to testing the recipes and to stock my larder more appropriately. Read more
Published on 14 Feb 1999
The only cookbook a veggie needs!
This book is the standard against which all vegetarian cookbooks should be measured. We have given away a number of copies as gifts and are personally working on our second copy -... Read more
Published on 5 July 1998
Thorough, informative, and extremely usable!
For new or practicing vegetarians or anyone who wants meatless meals or accompaniments this book has a lot of different but practical and easy recipes that just plain taste GOOD! Read more
Published on 12 Jan 1998
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