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Mediterranean Harvest: Vegetarian Recipes from the World's Healthiest Cuisine: member book reviews (Single Review Display)

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This cookbook has lots of recipes! Chapters are centered around meal courses, such as "little foods: starters, snacks, meze and more", "pasta", "savory pies and gratins" and what is missing from Shulman's big book - "sweets and desserts". This cookbook lacks color pictures, but Martha Rose Shulman's written descriptions describe both the look of the dish and how its prepared. She is a fairly no-nonsense writer, and I liked the focus.

What makes this a good cookbook (lots of recipes) also makes it a bit overwhelming. I would find myself reading and reading, but then being fairly indecisive on recipe selection.

In addition to the recipes, there are green pages and green boxes that focus on either an ingredient (e.g. parsley, p.96) or a type of dish (ratatouille & company, p. 295). These sections give both preparation advice (parsley) and both historical and regional information about the food (ratatouille).

There are lots of Mediterranean cookbooks. This one is special in that it is vegetarian, and it covers a wide breadth of recipes.

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