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Good reference source for vegans, 22 Jun 2011
This review is from: Vegan Handbook: Over 200 Delicious Recipes, Meal Plans and Vegetarian Resources for All Ages ("Vegetarian Journal" Reports) (Paperback)
This compilation of articles and recipes from various issues of the US publication "The Vegetarian Journal" has been put together to form a useful cookery/resource handbook for vegans. It tackles problem topics facing the vegan cook with its collection of well-researched articles on how to plan a balanced meal and how to get the right nutrients from your food. The book contains 200 recipes which are all easy to follow and include useful calorific and nutrient analyses. If you're a novice cook looking for a good all-round resource book with both recipes and informative articles, this might be the book for you.
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This book is a wonderful resource., 25 April 1999
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This review is from: Vegan Handbook: Over 200 Delicious Recipes, Meal Plans and Vegetarian Resources for All Ages ("Vegetarian Journal" Reports) (Paperback)
I really like this cookbook. It is very useful, especially for young vegans like me who need to cook for themselves. The recipes are easy follow, but sometimes complicated to prepare, and not always quick. I really like the poetry and biographies in it, but some of the information isn't completely true, for example, they talk about Ben Franklin being a vegetarian, but they don't add that he decided that vegetarianism wasn't for him after smelling fish.
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collection of magazine articles, 3 April 2000
By Stephanie - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Vegan Handbook: Over 200 Delicious Recipes, Meal Plans and Vegetarian Resources for All Ages ("Vegetarian Journal" Reports) (Paperback)
This book is simply a collection of articles from the "Vegetarian Journal". I'm not saying that's a terrible thing, but just know that before you buy it. It was interesting to look through the first time, but I didn't really care for any of the recipes and I haven't opened it back up since the first time I read it.
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A Great Resource Book, 4 Jan 2001
By Mary Chipman, Animal Rights Host @ BellaOnlin... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Vegan Handbook: Over 200 Delicious Recipes, Meal Plans and Vegetarian Resources for All Ages ("Vegetarian Journal" Reports) (Paperback)
I find this book to be invaluable for checking nutrition information, health concerns, and other vegan-related issues. It is always a good idea to have several sources for these particular questions, and I think this handbook is an honest resource for this information. The authors do a thorough job of researching, and they stay away from fantastic claims. I also appreciate the stories and the historical and cultural articles. It is interesting to read about vegetarianism from these perspectives, and it gives a person a good basic background on the topic. I am not quite as enthusiastic about the recipes, but that could be because I do a lot of my own creations when cooking. I am also not a fan of many of the "traditional" vegetarian foods, like bean-centered dishes, so I tend to steer clear of them. I will say that this book has a wide variety of dishes, and someone who is not as creative on his/her own with cooking should enjoy them.
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This book is a wonderful resource., 25 April 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Vegan Handbook: Over 200 Delicious Recipes, Meal Plans and Vegetarian Resources for All Ages ("Vegetarian Journal" Reports) (Paperback)
I really like this cookbook. It is very useful, especially for young vegans like me who need to cook for themselves. The recipes are easy follow, but sometimes complicated to prepare, and not always quick. I really like the poetry and biographies in it, but some of the information isn't completely true, for example, they talk about Ben Franklin being a vegetarian, but they don't add that he decided that vegetarianism wasn't for him after smelling fish.
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