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

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Title		Tags	Ratings & Reviews
	Asian Tofu: Discover the Best, Make Your Own, and Cook It at Home By Andrea Nguyen Ten Speed Press - 2012		(0 recipe reviews) 5 0
	Nonna's Italian Kitchen: Delicious Home-Style Vegetarian Cuisine (Healthy World Cuisine) By Bryanna Clark Grogan Book Publishing Company (TN) - 1998		(0 recipe reviews) 9 0
	Professional Vegetarian Cooking By Ken Bergeron Wiley - 1999		(0 recipe reviews) 4 0
	Vegan with a Vengeance : Over 150 Delicious, Cheap, Animal-Free Recipes That Rock By Isa Chandra Moskowitz Da Capo Press - 2005		(17 recipe reviews) 55 0
	Chinese Vegetarian Cooking By Kenneth H.C. Lo Pantheon - 1974		(0 recipe reviews) 2 0
	From the Earth: Chinese Vegetarian Cooking By Eileen Yin-Fei Lo MacMillan Publishing Company - 1995		(1 recipe review) 5 0
	Florence Lin's Chinese Vegetarian Cookbook By Florence Lin, Nao Gi Shambhala Publications Inc - 1984		(0 recipe reviews) 1 0
	Authentic Chinese Cuisine By Bryanna Clark Grogan Book Publishing Company (TN) - 2001		(0 recipe reviews) 7 0
	Asian Dumplings: Mastering Gyoza, Spring Rolls, Samosas, and More By Andrea Nguyen Ten Speed Press - 2009		(0 recipe reviews) 24 0
	Chinese Village Cookbook: A Practical Guide to Cantonese Country Cooking By Rhoda Yee Yerba Buena Press - 1975		(0 recipe reviews) 2 0
	Dim Sum: The Delicious Secrets of Home-Cooked Chinese Tea Lunch By Rhoda Yee Random House Inc (P) - 1978		(0 recipe reviews) 2 0
	1,000 Vegan Recipes By Robin Robertson Wiley - 2009		(6 recipe reviews) 40 0
	Vegan Brunch: Homestyle Recipes Worth Waking Up For--From Asparagus Omelets to Pumpkin Pancakes By Isa Chandra Moskowitz Da Capo Lifelong Books - 2009		(17 recipe reviews) 32 0
	Simply Heavenly!: The Monastery Vegetarian Cookbook By Abbot George Burke MacMillan Publishing Company - 1997		(0 recipe reviews) 4 0
	Baking with Julia Savor the Joys of Baking with America's Best Bakers By Dorie Greenspan William Morrow Cookbooks - 1996		(13 recipe reviews) 76 0
	Buddha's Table: Thai Feasting Vegetarian Style By Chat Mingkwan Book Pub Co - 2005		(0 recipe reviews) 3 0
	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		(0 recipe reviews) 13 0
	Chinese Meatless Cooking (A Plume book) By Stella Lau Fessler Plume - 1980		(0 recipe reviews) 1 0
	Candle 79 Cookbook: Modern Vegan Classics from New York's Premier Sustainable Restaurant By Joy Pierson, Angel Ramos, Jorge Pineda Ten Speed Press - 2011		(0 recipe reviews) 5 0
	Real Vegetarian Thai By Nancie McDermott Chronicle Books - 1997		(1 recipe review) 13 0
	BabyCakes Covers the Classics: Gluten-Free Vegan Recipes from Donuts to Snickerdoodles By Erin McKenna, Tara Donne Clarkson Potter - 2011		(0 recipe reviews) 5 0
	Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy: A Feast of 175 Regional Recipes By Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Tanya Bastianich Manuali Knopf - 2009		(5 recipe reviews) 19 0
	Molto Gusto: Easy Italian Cooking By Mario Batali Ecco - 2010		(10 recipe reviews) 21 0
	Biba's Northern Italian Cooking By Biba Caggiano HP Trade - 2002		(2 recipe reviews) 4 0
	Bottega By Michael Chiarello Chronicle Books - 2010		(0 recipe reviews) 4 0
	Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes By Giada De Laurentiis Clarkson Potter - 2005		(46 recipe reviews) 110 0
	Cooking with My Sisters: One Hundred Years of Family Recipes, from Bari to Big Stone Gap By Adriana Trigiani, Mary Trigiani, Lucia Anna Trigiani, Antonia Trigiani, Francesca Trigiani Random House Trade Paperbacks - 2005		(0 recipe reviews) 2 0
	Great Chefs Cook Vegan By Linda Long Gibbs Smith - 2008		(0 recipe reviews) 9 0
	Appetite for Reduction: 125 Fast and Filling Low-Fat Vegan Recipes By Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Matthew Ruscigno Da Capo Lifelong Books - 2010		(0 recipe reviews) 1 0
	Quick-Fix Vegetarian: Healthy Home-Cooked Meals in 30 Minutes or Less By Robin Robertson Andrews McMeel Publishing - 2007		(7 recipe reviews) 16 0
	The Dumpling By Wai Hon Chu, Connie Lovatt HarperCollins e-books - 2009		(0 recipe reviews) 4 0
	Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill Cookbook: Explosive Flavors from the Southwestern Kitchen By Bobby Flay Clarkson Potter - 2007		(2 recipe reviews) 28 0
	Vegetarian Cooking By Elizabeth L. Huang Wei-Chuan Publishing - 1989		(0 recipe reviews) 1 0
	The Vegetarian Compass: New Directions in Vegetarian Cooking By Karen Hubert Allison, Len Allison Little, Brown and Company - 1998		(0 recipe reviews) 2 0
	The Tempeh Cookbook By Dorothy R. Bates Book Publishing Company (TN) - 1989		(0 recipe reviews) 3 0
	Tofu Cookery By Louise Hagler Book Publishing Company (TN) - 1991		(14 recipe reviews) 6 0
	Asian Vegetarian Feast By Ken Hom William Morrow & Co - 1988		(0 recipe reviews) 1 0
	Vegan on the Cheap: Great Recipes and Simple Strategies that Save You Time and Money By Robin Robertson Wiley - 2010		(4 recipe reviews) 18 0
	reFresh: Contemporary Vegan Recipes From the Award Winning Fresh Restaurants By Ruth Tal, Jennifer Houston Wiley - 2007		(0 recipe reviews) 12 0
	The New Book of Middle Eastern Food By Claudia Roden Knopf - 2000		(0 recipe reviews) 30 0
	The Shun Lee Cookbook By Michael Tong Cookbooks - 2007		(0 recipe reviews) 4 0
	The Union Square Cafe Cookbook: 160 Favorite Recipes from New York's Acclaimed Restaurant By Danny Meyer, Michael Romano William Morrow Cookbooks - 1994		(11 recipe reviews) 24 0
	Quick & Easy Chinese: 70 Everyday Recipes By Nancie McDermott, Maren Caruso Chronicle Books - 2008		(0 recipe reviews) 8 0
	Momofuku By David Chang, Peter Meehan Clarkson Potter - 2009		(2 recipe reviews) 59 0
	New Vegetarian By Robin Asbell Chronicle Books - 2009		(0 recipe reviews) 6 0
	The Meat Lover's Meatless Cookbook: Vegetarian Recipes Carnivores Will Devour By Kim O'Donnel, Myra Kohn Da Capo Lifelong Books - 2010		(0 recipe reviews) 1 0
	Mission: Cook! By Robert Irvine, Brian O'Reilly, G.P. Television Food Network HarperCollins e-books - 2009		(0 recipe reviews) 1 0
	Cookwise: The Secrets of Cooking Revealed By Shirley O. Corriher William Morrow Cookbooks - 1997		(10 recipe reviews) 65 0
	Skinny Bitch: Ultimate Everyday Cookbook: Crazy Delicious Recipes that Are Good to the Earth and Great for Your Bod By Kim Barnouin Running Press - 2010		(3 recipe reviews) 8 0
	The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper: Recipes, Stories, and Opinions from Public Radio's Award-Winning Food Show By Lynne Rossetto Kasper, Sally Swift Clarkson Potter - 2008		(32 recipe reviews) 43 0

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