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1/ 🧵 /Eat More Vegan/ Annie Rigg

Following on from the vegetarian cookbook #TheWholeVegetable, is a recently published one that ups the ante to #vegan status.

Eat More Vegan, by Annie Rigg (Make sure you pick up the correct book - there are others with this title)
Published: 2023
Pages: 176
Publisher: Pavilion GB
Price: around $35AU, but look around as prices vary. An eBook is available.

Recipes: 80, all of which are vegan, vegetarian and egg-free.

Annie has written over 15 cookbooks including #EatMoreVeg, a companion book to this one. The dishes in this book take inspiration from all over the globe, with some nice Indian ones as well.

There is quite a bit of protein in the recipes, but there could be more. There is little use of lentils, for example. #TheWholeVegetable did better, I think. There is such a variety of lentils, grains and beans, and even soy bean products besides tofu. There seems little excuse to not have protein in every dish, really.

Yet the dishes are tempting ad look delicious. As expected it is very plant-forward. I love that it makes its own feta replacement using tofu, preserved lemon and nutritional yeast and uses tofu instead of paneer in dishes.

Recommended for a flavourful transition to vegan eating.

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3/ 🧵 /The Whole Vegetable/ Sophie Gordon

See here for another review of this book and some recipes that were trialled. https://thecookbookbar.com/review-sophie-gordon-whole-vegetable/

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1/ 🧵 /The Whole Vegetable/ Sophie Gordon

It is a thing these days to write (or at least own) cookbooks about no waste or using the whole product. Truth be told, these cookbooks have been around for ever, just not named that way.

Sophie Gordon published on in the past couple of years. She is UK based, but you'd never know as her website (https://www.sophgordon.com) overlooks this important detail. It is only in the Catering section that she mentions they source local UK ingredients.

Soph is about seasonal and veg-heavy food. This is her first cookbook. The blurb for the cookbook is full of buzz words - seasonal, vibrant, sustainable, vegetable-heavy, eco-conscious, no-waste.

The Whole Vegetable, by Sophie Gordon
Published: 2020
Pages: 384
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Price: around $42AU, but look around as prices vary.An eBook is available.

Recipes: 158, all of which are vegetarian and egg-free.

The book is divided into seasons. This could be a problem for Australia readers as our seasons don't translate by just doing a 6-month shift.It does help that Summer is divided into Early Summer and Height of Summer. Similarly Winter is Winter Begins and Depths of Winter.

Each season is divided into a section for each vegetable featured. Many recipes feature Waste Tips - what to do with the bits we normally would not use.

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2/ 🧵 /The Complete Small Plates Cookbook/ America's Test Kitchen

There are some nice things about this just-published book. There is a table at the end of the book listing every recipe and nutrition information (calories, salt, fats cholesterol, carbs, etc and protein) It is in a table format so you can glance down a column to see which recipes are low or high in that column.

Also at the end is an appendix on how long things can be made ahead, from a day or two, up to a month.

The book starts with info about using small plates, and some great menu suggestions including open house, eating on the couch, Indian tea party and weekend brunch.

The recipes are clear, well written in a readable font. Each has a section on Why This Recipe Works, and perfect pairings, what can be prepared ahead, and what accompaniments or condiments it needs. There is clear information on serves, active time and total time. I am impressed that it doesn't dumb down ingredients, using items such as black vinegar and red vinegar sauce quite casually.

The book tends to open flat except at the beginning and end - you'd need your weights here. There is no bookmark which is a red mark for a book this size. And the index looks Ok.

Recommended for entertainers, lovers of small plate meals and nibbles, and fans of scratchit meals. There are recipes from all around the world.

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1/ 🧵 /The Complete Small Plates Cookbook/ America's Test Kitchen

When the kids were teenagers we'd often eat "scratchit" meals, especially on weekends. The fridge would be raided, everything would be placed on bowls on the table, crusty bread would appear and some olive oil, and we'd sit around and chat and help ourselves.

It is a great way to eat, and oh how good it is for using up leftovers. It also meant I could cook small dishes at any time of the day, without worrying there wouldn't be enough for everyone. Small plates/Meze/Tapas style food is a lot of fun.

The Complete Small Plates Cookbook, by America's Test Kitchen
Published: 2023
Pages: 432
Publisher: America's Test Kitchen
Price: around $45AU, but look around as prices vary.An eBook is available.

Recipes: 309 recipes, around 250 of which are meat, fish and egg free. These include some sauces and dressings etc.

This book is for the "scratchit" eaters. Small plates to cook any time, eat immediately or pop in the fridge to contribute to a meal later. Salads, pies, pizzas, croquettes, fried cheeses, vegetables, finger food, dips, spreads, breads, dumplings, pastries and sweet treats.

I looked for vegetarian protein recipes, and found 2 tofu dishes, 1 with tempeh, 2 with lentils, 12 with beans and 54 with cheese. There is a chapter called Protein, but it is primarily non-veg. I am impressed there is a tempeh recipe (Seared Tempeh with Tomato Jam). I guess in total it is relatively Ok, but I would have liked seeing more.

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/Bread and Butter: Cakes and Bakes from Granny's Stove / Ciara McLaughlin

A quick look at this cookbook too. I didn't connect well with this book, which is unusual. At first I was puzzled as to the country (I presumed the US) and how how old Granny was - perhaps a lot younger than me.

It is an Irish book, but very little in the book "speaks" to me of Ireland. A lot of the desserts and pastries are common here too - coconut ice, jam drop biscuits, apple pie, roly poly cake, banana bread, crumbles, scones, lemon meringue pie, madeira cake .....

It may be my lack of knowledge about Irish food, but the Irishness comes through more in the breads and some of the heavier cakes/sweet loaf cakes.

It you are interested, it is available for around $45AU, but check around. I think there are better and cheaper books than this one. The cover is nice, though.

Better books on British food include Dark Rye and Honey Cake, and Oats in the North, Wheat from the South, by Regula Ysewijn. I have reviewed them previously. And best of all they are around $50AU for the pair, if you buy them together (See attached pic)

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Zucchini-Scallion Waffles with Toasted Pecan Romesco. Savory waffles for dinner! These were in the "fall" section of the cookbook but they have zucchini so they can work for summer too. Really any time is great for that Romesco sauce 🤩 Recipe from California Soul by Tanya Holland #cooking #recipe #VegetarianRecipe #CookBooks

3/ 🧵 /Saffron Swirls and Cardamom Dust /Ashia Ismail-Singer

As mentioned, the author lives in NZ now, after migrating first from India to Malawi where she grew up, and later to NZ. She has a fabulous website here https://www.ashiaismailsinger.com/ where you can view even more gorgeous photos. This, I think, is her 2nd cookbook.

Recommended for all lovers of the exotic, and the sweet.

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2/ 🧵 /Saffron Swirls and Cardamom Dust /Ashia Ismail-Singer

Down to some nitty gritty. Many of the pages are verging on black, and these are useless to jot notes on unless you have a white ink pen. Go get yourself one. The book has 1 attached bookmark ribbon, sufficient for a book of this size. The book lies beautifully flat when open, so no need for weights when you are cooking from it.

Some of the recipes are egg-free, but not enough is this is your dietary preference 😢 UNLESS you just love Indian desserts and reckon the book is beautiful enough for the ones that are egg-free.

The book is divided by season, and is written in NZ, so the seasons might just align with ours (I find European seasonal books have to be adjusted by a month or two).

The recipes are spice-forward, and she has a couple of pages at the beginning of the book with information on the ones she uses.

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1/ 🧵 /Saffron Swirls and Cardamom Dust /Ashia Ismail-Singer

Have I got a book for all you sweet tooth baking fiends out there. A dark mysterious book full of delights influenced by India, the Middle East and beyond.

Book: Saffron Swirls and Cardamom Dust
Author: Ashia Ismail-Singer
Published: 2021
Publisher: Bateman Books
Pages: 192
Price: Around $40AU. Ebook is available and can be cheaper.

It is a fabulous, mysterious, dark-paged book with luscious photos, enough to give you cavities by just looking. There are some familiar recipes and others evocative of exotic cuisines elsewhere.

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Any one know of any cookbooks written for dyslexia?

Kiddo loves to cook, but is currently limited by her reading skills. She also need super clear instructions to work on her own.

Pluses:
- pictures of every dish
- how to video links
- simple bulleted instructions

Minuses:
- chatty text with no purpose (someone who struggles to read does not want to fight through your back story!)
- giant paragraphs
- fancy lettering

She bought a book over the weekend, but stumbled when it got too chatty in talking about what kind of spatula is best to squish a burger. Why he prefers xyz spice. Really a not needed aside mid-recipe! Otherwise it checked the boxes, was so disappointed because it made it really hard for her to follow.

Google is awful - dyslexia diet books! 🙄

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As a #vegetarian, I welcome the plant-forward, plant-based and plant-centric cookbooks. It is a more honest description. In the past, many #cookbooks that were really just vegetable cookbooks claimed to be vegetarian cookbooks. A vegetarian diet is more complex than a plate of vegetables, and very few “vegetarian” cookbooks take care to balance the various dietary needs of vegetarians.

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Another from the new cookbook pile - Vietnamese Vegetaria by Uyen Luu https://bookwyrm.social/book/1338525/s/vietnamese-vegetarian

Again, will need some adjustments for #glutenfree but plenty of options that won't

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Tried,Tested and True / Liz Harfull

Having looked at the 2 Blue Ribbon cookbooks by Liz Harfull (see ⬆️ ) , it is worth completing the trio with her latest book.

🇦🇺 Tried True and Tested is a collection of recipes from community cookbooks, the ones that were very common mid to late last century. Accompanying the recipes are gorgeous stories of the people who contributed them. Not only does it contain those recipes we grew up with, it is another book that showcases Australian food history. You can see it on Liz's website https://www.lizharfull.com/lizs-books/tried-tested-and-true/

True to the form of the community cookbooks I had, often published by church-affiliated women' groups and the Country Women's Association, this book contains mostly sweet recipes and meat recipes. There were very few veg recipes in those books! I used to have quite a few from my Aunties.

Tried Tested and True, by Liz Harfull
Published: 2018
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Pages: 320
Price: Around $25AU, beginning to be scarce. Ebook is available and can be cheaper.

Recommended by lovers of older recipes and of Australian food history.

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New cookbook on the piles as we explore some vegan options. Vegan Asian: A Cookbook by Jeeca Uy.

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Bit of #glutenfree adjustment will be required for some of these recipes (have recently found a tapioca starch dumpling wrapper recipe that works!) - but overall, lots and lots of very appealing ideas (have tried the Mushroom Pho before - loved it).

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