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Cookbook Reviews
How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food
By Mark Bittman, Alan Witschonke
Wiley - 2007
This book is a great reference for the basics. If I want a straight-forward recipe for pizza crust, pasta sauce, or whatever vegetable is cheap at the grocery store, this is where I look first. Bittman provides thousands of recipes, and walks you through fundamental techniques. The recipes aren't fancy, but are great for daily meals. Most recipes rely on easy-to-find ingredients, and symbols denote recipes that are fast or can be made in advance.
Cooks looking for recipes to impress may be disappointed, but for me, this is one of the most consulted cookbooks on my bookshelf.