Food for the Spirit: Seasonal Vegetarian Recipes to Warm the Kitchen and Nourish the Soul

Rating:
Summary: Not what I'd hoped for
Review: I bought this book for the "seasonal" and "vegetarian" recipes heralded in the title. While the recipes were that, I really disliked having to wade through lectures on "The Body as a Temple," "The Miracle of Rice," and "The Prehistoric Diet" to get to those recipes. This book takes a moralistic approach to vegetarianism, and uses the cook book as a tool to promote that agenda.

The recipes are very similar to what you'll find in the Moosewood cookbooks (without the lectures!). Some readers may not be able to find many of the ingredients at their local grocer's (agar-agar, kudzu, and gomasio, to name a few). This coookbook more heavily emphasizes Indian and Asian cooking than Moosewood cookbooks do, however, so access to a good Asian food market would definitely help.

This is an interesting cookbook if you enjoy very earthy, holistic-type eating, or are interested in the authors' lifestyle recommendations. For me, I'll be donating my copy to the library in hopes someone else will find a use for it.

Rating:
Summary: Not what I'd hoped for
Review: I bought this book for the "seasonal" and "vegetarian" recipes heralded in the title. While the recipes were that, I really disliked having to wade through lectures on "The Body as a Temple," "The Miracle of Rice," and "The Prehistoric Diet" to get to those recipes. This book takes a moralistic approach to vegetarianism, and uses the cook book as a tool to promote that agenda.

The recipes are very similar to what you'll find in the Moosewood cookbooks (without the lectures!). Some readers may not be able to find many of the ingredients at their local grocer's (agar-agar, kudzu, and gomasio, to name a few). This coookbook more heavily emphasizes Indian and Asian cooking than Moosewood cookbooks do, however, so access to a good Asian food market would definitely help.

This is an interesting cookbook if you enjoy very earthy, holistic-type eating, or are interested in the authors' lifestyle recommendations. For me, I'll be donating my copy to the library in hopes someone else will find a use for it.