The Bold Vegetarian Chef

The Bold Vegetarian Chef cookbook

Adventures in flavor with soy, beans, vegetables, and grains
Vegetarian cookbook review

Ken Charney’s cookbook starts out with 10 pages of "tips, tools, techniques, and ingredients for a bold vegetarian kitchen," from how to master marinades to the easiest way to peel tomatoes. The rest of the book includes more than 200 recipes divided into 11 chapters:

  1. Appetizers and Snacks – caramelized onion-sweet potato butter, horseradish mustard dip, cumin pita chips…
     
  2. Soups and Stocks – roasted vegetable stock, cashew potato leek soup, corn tempeh chowder…
     
  3. Breakfast, Lunch, and Brunch – cinnamon polenta porridge, tofu chipotle enchiladas, marmalade-almond stuffed French toast…
      
  4. Burgers, Fritters, and Loaves – curried potato-chickpea-corn burger, lentil-scallion fritters, mushroom walnut roast…
     
  5. Tofu and Tempeh – roasted garlic-lemon tofu, spinach-sun-dried tomato-tofu manicotti, Cajun tempeh…
     
  6. Beans: Powerhouse Dishes – mung bean and caramelized fennel salad, adzuki bean and butternut squash stew, black bean tofu tacos…
     
  7. Pasta, Risotto, and Polenta – walnut pesto-zucchini-red pepper ziti, shiitake-apple risotto, polenta lasagna…
     
  8. Seitan – sweet and sour seitan; crispy orange seitan; udon noodles with seitan, broccoli, and Napa cabbage…
     
  9. Vegetables and Grains on the Sidecauliflower millet purée, Moroccan carrots, roasted corn and mushroom salad…
     
  10. Green Salads – Bibb lettuce with tempeh croutons; chard, fennel, and red onion salad; rainbow ribbon salad…
     
  11. Just Desserts – no-bake chocolate cashew cake, crème caramel, mango-glazed lemon pie…

The Bold Vegetarian ChefAs Mr. Charney states in the introduction, "If you like to shop for fresh, organic ingredients, if you like to garnish your plates with beautiful extras that embellish your food… [i]f you like learning about foods you’ve never tried before… [i]f you like taking extra steps to give good food an extraordinary air, then this book is for you."

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