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Summary: excellent
Review: Robin Robertson has converted me into a spicy-foods lover! Her recipes are clear, easy-to-follow, and imaginative. Best of all is the variety! Plenty of emphasis on soy products, too. This book would be ideal for anyone who is vegan--or anyone who wants to have adventures in cooking and eating. She inspired me so much, I cleaned out all my kitchen cabinets and reorganized them!
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Summary: Excellent international spiciness!
Review: Some Like it Hot offers a creative and very diverse array of international vegetarian fare. From what I can tell it's actually a vegan cookbook as the recipes do not use dairy or eggs in addition to going meatless. Even though the emphasis is on spiciness, not all the recipes need be really hot; in many recipes the heat comes from not-so-hot items like garlic and ginger. The author shows a great deal of knowledge about foods from many cultures worldwide and thus has brought together her knowledge to present a well-organized and fun variety of recipes. Some of the preparations can be a bit time consuming, but it's a well-spent effort as the end results are so delicious and unique. The recipes covered include places such as: China, Thailand, India, various African countries, Spain, Italy, Mexico, and the Caribbean as well as others. Some Like it Hot also includes an informative and useful introduction explaining the different types of ingredients and spices. It's too bad this book is out of print currently, because it is fantastic.
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Summary: Excellent international spiciness!
Review: Some Like it Hot offers a creative and very diverse array of international vegetarian fare. From what I can tell it's actually a vegan cookbook as the recipes do not use dairy or eggs in addition to going meatless. Even though the emphasis is on spiciness, not all the recipes need be really hot; in many recipes the heat comes from not-so-hot items like garlic and ginger. The author shows a great deal of knowledge about foods from many cultures worldwide and thus has brought together her knowledge to present a well-organized and fun variety of recipes. Some of the preparations can be a bit time consuming, but it's a well-spent effort as the end results are so delicious and unique. The recipes covered include places such as: China, Thailand, India, various African countries, Spain, Italy, Mexico, and the Caribbean as well as others. Some Like it Hot also includes an informative and useful introduction explaining the different types of ingredients and spices. It's too bad this book is out of print currently, because it is fantastic.
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Summary: Spicy is Gooood!
Review: This is a great cookbook - and you can make the recipes as hot or as tame as you like. I actually had expected them to be hotter. I really like how this book is organized according to what part ofthe world they're from. It touches every continent which makes it interesting. Ingedients are pretty mainstream but paired in ways to make them very tasty. And....for the vegans out there.....this is almost a vegan cookbook. Instead of dairy cheese, soy cheeses are used which is neat. In some cases yogurt is an ingredient (but you can find soy yogurt now which is tasty) and silken tofu is provided as an alternative to yogurt too. Some of the recipes I've tried (just to give an idea of what's in here) are: spicy indian green beans, tunisian couscous, rice with lentils and onions, sweet and sour onions and zucchini, red beans and rice, etc. Calories, protien, fat, fiber etc are all provided for each recipe too. I've enjoyed this cookbook so far and look forward to cooking more from it
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Summary: Spicy is Gooood!
Review: This is a great cookbook - and you can make the recipes as hot or as tame as you like. I actually had expected them to be hotter. I really like how this book is organized according to what part ofthe world they're from. It touches every continent which makes it interesting. Ingedients are pretty mainstream but paired in ways to make them very tasty. And....for the vegans out there.....this is almost a vegan cookbook. Instead of dairy cheese, soy cheeses are used which is neat. In some cases yogurt is an ingredient (but you can find soy yogurt now which is tasty) and silken tofu is provided as an alternative to yogurt too. Some of the recipes I've tried (just to give an idea of what's in here) are: spicy indian green beans, tunisian couscous, rice with lentils and onions, sweet and sour onions and zucchini, red beans and rice, etc. Calories, protien, fat, fiber etc are all provided for each recipe too. I've enjoyed this cookbook so far and look forward to cooking more from it
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