Jump Up and Kiss Me: Spicy Vegetarian Cooking

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Summary: Refreshingly Spicy
Review: For the most part, I really like this book. I get really tired of boring vegetarian recipes, and enjoy that I have a complete array of spicy choices to cook from this book. She combines interesting ingredients that create suprisingly delightful dishes. My only complaint is that some of the receipes are complicated and time consuming to make. My favorite recipe is the Roasted Corn Chipotle Soup...it is incredibly spicy, but so delicious.

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Summary: Excellent
Review: The meals are great. If you like it spicy, this book has it. Additionally, the range of genres is fantastic. You can do oriental, mexican, italian, etc. Best of all, a great deal of the meals are vegan, not just vegetarian. You don't have to worry about your diet. It's there. The recipes aren't simple, but they're worth it.

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Summary: Lots of variety
Review: This is a neat book - it has a real variety of recipes, covering lots of different nationalities (although not spelled out per se) and there are all sorts of tid bits of advice in here that discuss things types of noodles, and there are even thought provoking quotes scattered through. Recipes are good - they're a bit more adventurous than I first expected which is great. They're combinmations I might not have thought of on my own so it's been fun learning new things. (e.g. corn on the cob with chipolte-tequilla butter) I highly recommend it! (and it's not *that* spicy) Another good book is Some Like it Hot by Robin Robinson