This is one of those rare perfect books that I will want to keep forever to loan out to friends in need of enlightenment or encouragement. It has everything: a good storyline; characters that are real, complex and that you would want to meet in real life; it’s funny; it talks about the Northwest [...]
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The subtitle for this book is Quick, Low-fat, Low-Calorie, Vegetarian Meals. And it should be noted that they are also vegan: no eggs, no milk, cheese, butter, or other dairy, and of course, no other animal products. Most of her recipes include some kind of tofu, or other soy product. Which is [...]
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Food and Healing by Annemarie Colbin
This is a thought-provoking book about how our diet affects our daily life from emotional, physical and spiritual perspectives. I found a lot of myself in Annemarie. She was Dutch but lived in South America for most of her childhood and adolescence. Then she moved to America. [...]
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I’ve seen that there is a “The New Laurel’s Kitchen” now, but I’m not familiar with it. This is for the original. Having spent time with a vegetarian family (we were provided food, but no meat, and I had to cook), I got a lot of recipes, ideas, and advice from this book. [...]
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Probably most of you reading this have never heard of a groat (huh? Is that some kind of exotic goat? or just a typo?). But I was recently introduced to groats and the concept of hand-rolling them into oatmeal. It seems like a lot of work, but it doesn’t take long, requires no electricity, [...]
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Mmmm… chocolate cake! No eggs, no butter, no milk. Completely delicious, and easy!
I found this recipe at a cabin I stayed at recently in Canada. Our hosts were vegetarian, and I did have a bit of milk and eggs, but we were pretty limited. I tried it out, and it was [...]
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