- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Metro Books,London (8 May 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1843580071
- ISBN-13: 978-1843580072
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.5 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 240,048 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'I love her food - it makes life worth living' Malcolm Gluck
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Vegetarian food is becoming increasingly popular - amongst young and old. Fast Vegetarian Food reinvents vegetarian cooking to show how anybody - both full-time vegetarians and those who wish to eat more healthily - can create delicious, colourful and inspirational food without a fuss. Written with enthusiasm and a passion for fresh ingredients, the book contains 150 recipes tailored towards the mood of the nineties. Gone are brown lentil stews and in their place recipes ranging from Wild Mushroom and Basil Tart, Giant Stuffed Mushrooms and The Richest Chocolate Cake Ever. There are sections on setting up a vegetarian store-cupboard, recipe selections for different occasions, a glossary of cooking techniques for the less experienced cook - and even recipe ideas for picnics.
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Growing up in Italy and remembering that everything stops for the midday meal, where the streets are silent and the only sound that can be heard is of knives and forks, has made me view food - and eating - as something special. Read the first page
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Growing up in Italy and remembering that everything stops for the midday meal, where the streets are silent and the only sound that can be heard is of knives and forks, has made me view food - and eating - as something special. Read the first page
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If it wasn't for the fat content, I would have given the book 5 crowns. The recipes are mostly Italian with a few other Mediterranean-style flavours. Delicious, but heavy on the cheese. If I ate this way every day of the week, with so many recipes centreing around ricotta/mozzarella/marscapone, my cholesterol level would rocket. So it's best left for occasional use. I love her recipes, though, and would like to see her turn her talents to lower-fat fare.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
One of my favourite cook books! My husband's vegetarian, I'm not (yet), but Ursula Ferrigno makes you forget that. The recipes are imaginative, easy to follow and wonderfully tasty. And as it says in the title - fast. Great when you're late home from work again. If you don't own a copy of TRULY ITALIAN, (or even if you do) - get this one.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've made plenty of dishes from this book and am almost always surprised by just how good a few simple ingredients can turn out. The main courses are a definite winner and I have greatly enjoyed the canned tomato soup (probably the best tomato soup I've ever eaten), dill soup and the porcini risotto...just a few store cupboard ingredients and you get amazing, delicious food. I've made almost all the recipes in the main course chapter and have not once been disappointed.
I was a little less impressed with the salad and accompanying vegetable sections, some of which turned out a little bland or ordinary...I really don't see what was the point of including a "tomato and onion salad" in the book - it is hardly a dish that requires a recipe. There are a number of similar salads that everbody has made in their lives which I feel could have been omitted in favour of something more unusual.
However, the main meals and desserts are so good that you are instantly inclined to forgive Ursula her occasional disappointing moments, and despite the uninspiring salad section I find myself turning to the risottos, soups and pastas again and again. Worth buying just for your main meals.
I was a little less impressed with the salad and accompanying vegetable sections, some of which turned out a little bland or ordinary...I really don't see what was the point of including a "tomato and onion salad" in the book - it is hardly a dish that requires a recipe. There are a number of similar salads that everbody has made in their lives which I feel could have been omitted in favour of something more unusual.
However, the main meals and desserts are so good that you are instantly inclined to forgive Ursula her occasional disappointing moments, and despite the uninspiring salad section I find myself turning to the risottos, soups and pastas again and again. Worth buying just for your main meals.
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