Passionate Vegetarian

Oh my, this lady can cook. And here, Ms. Dragonwagon has a thousand pages of recipes to prove it. Just spend a couple of minutes flipping through the pages of whimsically-titled and often highly inventive dishes, and you might be tempted to pack up, open a B&B in the Ozarks, and spend three decades becoming a master chef (as she did). Her writing is so alive and playful; you won’t be surprised to learn that she’s also penned several books for children.

Fun to read and fun to eat.
I got this book as a wedding present six years ago. I enjoy the stories with different recipes. I also like how I can flip to a certain section, like quinoa, and learn information about the ingredient and basic cooking technique and then see related recipes. I often open this one up when I have a vegetable or grain and no idea what to do with it. I hardly ever stick to her recipes exactly but use them as a jumping off place.

Fun to read and fun to eat.
I got this book as a wedding present six years ago. I enjoy the stories with different recipes. I also like how I can flip to a certain section, like quinoa, and learn information about the ingredient and basic cooking technique and then see related recipes. I often open this one up when I have a vegetable or grain and no idea what to do with it. I hardly ever stick to her recipes exactly but use them as a jumping off place.

Fun to read and fun to eat.
I got this book as a wedding present six years ago. I enjoy the stories with different recipes. I also like how I can flip to a certain section, like quinoa, and learn information about the ingredient and basic cooking technique and then see related recipes. I often open this one up when I have a vegetable or grain and no idea what to do with it. I hardly ever stick to her recipes exactly but use them as a jumping off place.

For such a huge book I am shocked at how few things I find appetizing. I greatly prefer Deborah Madison's vegetarian cookbook to this one. This book has too many veggie-meats and strange protein additives. I prefer the style of vegetarian of cooking that does not include fake meat, but instead uses eggs, beans, and other more natural sources of protein.

Great book for a meat-eating family! From a first reading of the author's name, my children were hooked and loved each installment of life in a veggie household. Lovely recipes - an obvious winner from the library, as so many pages had evidence of use!

Every recipe I have tried in this book is a winner! Not only are the recipes great, but the book is fun to just read as well.