meritra's Profile

From: Tucson, AZ USA

Joined: May 24th, 2012

About me: I've been vegetarian (~95% vegan) for over forty years. I love to make foods from scratch, including tempeh, tofu, seitan, wine, pickles, sourdough, pasta etc. and prefer such experimentation to actually putting a meal together. Having grown up sixty miles north of the US/Mexico border, I have a long and affectionate history with Mexican food. I love Indian and Caribbean flavors, but am somewhat daunted by the complexity of the spicing. Asian cuisines, particularly Chinese, hold sway over me because of their versatility, variety and exquisite flavors — there is always more to discover. I'm focusing primarily on Italian cooking lately, and playing with various ravioli fillings.

Favorite cookbook: Changes almost daily


Latest review:

May 25th, 2012

Dong Chimi - White Radish Water Kimchee from Madhur Jaffrey's World-of-the-East Vegetarian Cooking

The first lacto-fermented vegetables I ever made were from this recipe. On the first try, I halved the quantities in this recipe, since I wasn't sure it would be successful, not knowing how easy fermentation... read more >


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meritra's Bookshelf

82 book(s). Click the title of a book to start adding your recipe and book reviews.

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The Dumpling

By Wai Hon Chu, Connie Lovatt
HarperCollins e-books - 2009


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Florence Lin's Chinese Vegetarian Cookbook

By Florence Lin, Nao Gi
Shambhala Publications Inc - 1984


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owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

The Fragrant Vegetable

By Martin Stidham
Tarcher - 1986


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owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Friendly Foods (Gourmet Vegetarian Cuisine)

By Ron Picarski
Ten Speed Press - 1991


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owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

Great Chefs Cook Vegan

By Linda Long
Gibbs Smith - 2008


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owned by 9 my recipe reviews 0

Japanese Cooking - Contemporary & Traditional

By Miyoko Nishimoto Schinner
Book Publishing Company (TN) - 2009


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Japanese Vegetarian Cooking

By Lesley Downer
Pantheon - 1987


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The Joy of Pickling, Revised Edition: 250 Flavor-Packed Flavor-Packed Recipes for Vegetables and More from Garden or Market

By Linda Ziedrich
Harvard Common Press - 2009


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Kneadlessly Simple: Fabulous, Fuss-Free, No-Knead Breads

By Nancy Baggett
Wiley - 2009


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The Meat Lover's Meatless Cookbook: Vegetarian Recipes Carnivores Will Devour

By Kim O'Donnel, Myra Kohn
Da Capo Lifelong Books - 2010


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Mission: Cook!

By Robert Irvine, Brian O'Reilly, G.P. Television Food Network
HarperCollins e-books - 2009


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Moosewood Restaurant Simple Suppers: Fresh Ideas for the Weeknight Table

By The Moosewood Collective
Clarkson Potter - 2010


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The New Book of Middle Eastern Food

By Claudia Roden
Knopf - 2000


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The New Farm Vegetarian Cookbook

By Louise Hagler, Dorothy R. Bates
Book Publishing Company (TN) - 1988


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The New Making of a Cook: The Art, Techniques, And Science Of Good Cooking

By Madeleine Kamman
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1997


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New Vegetarian

By Robin Asbell
Chronicle Books - 2009


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Nonna's Italian Kitchen: Delicious Home-Style Vegetarian Cuisine (Healthy World Cuisine)

By Bryanna Clark Grogan
Book Publishing Company (TN) - 1998


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Peter Reinhart's Whole Grain Breads: New Techniques, Extraordinary Flavor

By Peter Reinhart, Ron Manville
Ten Speed Press - 2011


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Professional Vegetarian Cooking

By Ken Bergeron
Wiley - 1999


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Quick & Easy Chinese: 70 Everyday Recipes

By Nancie McDermott, Maren Caruso
Chronicle Books - 2008


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Recipes from an Ecological Kitchen

By Lorna J. Sass
William Morrow&Co - 1992


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reFresh: Contemporary Vegan Recipes From the Award Winning Fresh Restaurants

By Ruth Tal, Jennifer Houston
Wiley - 2007


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The Shun Lee Cookbook

By Michael Tong
Cookbooks - 2007


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Simply Heavenly!: The Monastery Vegetarian Cookbook

By Abbot George Burke
MacMillan Publishing Company - 1997


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Simply Vegetarian

By Wang-Chuan Chen, Lee H. Lin, Lee Hwa Lin, Connie Wolhardt
Wei-Chuan Publishing - 1998


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The Tassajara Bread Book: Revised and Updated Edition

By Edward Espe Brown
Shambhala - 1986


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The Tempeh Cookbook

By Dorothy R. Bates
Book Publishing Company (TN) - 1989


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Thai Vegetarian Cooking

By Vatcharin Bhumichitr
Pavilion Books - 2003


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The Ultimate Cook Book

By Bruce Weinstein, Mark Scarbrough
HarperCollins e-books - 2009


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Veganize This!: From Surf & Turf to Ice-Cream Pie--200 Animal-Free Recipes for People Who Love to Eat

By Jenn Shagrin
Da Capo Lifelong Books - 2011


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The Vegetarian Compass: New Directions in Vegetarian Cooking

By Karen Hubert Allison, Len Allison
Little, Brown and Company - 1998


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Vegetarian Cooking

By Elizabeth L. Huang
Wei-Chuan Publishing - 1989


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