
How to cook everything vegetarian
simple meatless recipes for great food
by Mark Bittman · first published 2003
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A definitive, one-stop vegetarian cookbook showcases more than two thousand different recipes and variations for simple meatless meals, including salads, soups, eggs and dairy, vegetables and fruit, pasta, grains, legumes, tofu and other meat substitutes.
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I have a few I can personally recommend: - How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman (also How to Cook Everything Vegetarian) - Ratio by Michael Ruhlman - The Food Lab by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt - Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat
on “Common Git Problems and How to Fix Them” ↗Mark Bittman's books How to Cook Everything and How to Cook Everything Vegetarian
on “Why do recipe writers lie about how long it takes to caramelize onions? (2012)” ↗…Look at major international vegetarian cuisines (e.g. Buddist, various Indian regions, some middle eastern) and learn some basics, practice until they are easy. 2) Find a broad range cookbook like "How to cook everything vegetarian" pitched and your comfort/skill level with cooking. If you are really worried or confused about dietary balance, read something like "becoming vegetarian" or the like, a nutrition book rather than cook…
on “Anthropologists Say Gladiators and Soldiers in Ancient Rome Were Vegetarian” ↗I love "How to Cook Everything Vegetarian". It's a fantastic cookbook, especially if you don't have a lot of cooking experience.
on “Why do recipe writers lie about how long it takes to caramelize onions? (2012)” ↗