Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone [antikvár]

Introductionto the Tenth Anniversary Editionamazingly, ten years have passed since vegetarian cooking foreveryone was first published. a decade is long enough to produce someremarkably well-used copies. 1 encounter them here and there on mytravels. People come with their old books, pages tattered and stained with soup, inked with comments, and stuck with sticky notes. One, recently returned to me, was signed by all the monks who had used it in their monastery kitchen. The remains of the torn jacket were glued to the cover and the pages were so swollen with spills that the book was nearly twice its normal thickness. Clearly this old copy had had quite a workout, but nothing makes me happier than to see my books so much the worse for wear.The impulse for writing Vegetarian Cooking for Everj'one came from the questions asked by students in my cooking classes, questions that revealed when they were at a loss in the kitchen. Hearing their questions helped me understand that acquiring a sense of food and knowledge of how It works is what allows a person to move about the kitchen with confidence, free of anxiety, and full of happy anticipation. The recipes help, too, of course, but mostly they are there to articulate that know-how, give confidence, and provide a structure for intuitive cooidng.Today, encounters with readers tell me that this book has proven itself to be a friendly, usable guide for those learning to cook as well as those who already know their way around the kitchen. It has been given as a wedding and a graduation gift countless times and has been hauled off to foreign lands for sabbaticals. Young vegetarians have learned to cook from it and so have their mothers, often at a loss as to how to cook For a child suddenly turned away from meat. It has introduced thousands to new flavors, techniques, and the pleasure of being able to cook one's own food with good results. 1 still use it myself!As its title suggests. Vegetarian Cooking for Everj'one was not intended only for vegetarians, although they would be happy to know that all of these recipes require no adjustments. But I've always seen it as a book for people who want to include more