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Mollie Katzen 4 out of 5
Taking a look at the photos of the small restaurant in a converted gymnasium of a closed down school in Ithaca, New York back in 1977 it’s hard to believe that the food from such a humble venue would generate such an influential cookbook for vegetarians world wide.Although it looks like a “hippy” cook book, with it’s rough cream paper and “charming”, hand-written text and drawn illustrations, the content of this book is a long way from the over-cooked under-seasoned “brown” food so often found in vegetarian cafes in the eighties…..I’ve often thought that the problem with many vegetarian eateries is that the primary motivation of the proprietors was the concept of vegetarianism and not how good the food tasted….and it’s strange to think that some of those dull café proprietors may have been inspired by this book which is full of fresh ingredients and flavours.
With many international inspirations from Italian, Indian, Mexican and Chinese cuisines, which lend themselves well to vegetarianism, there are also many influences from all corners of the globe. Not a single recipe from this book has disappointed me and my particular favourite is the Lemon Mousse, which cleverly uses cornflour as the gelling agent instead of the more usual and animal derived gelatine. The perfect present for someone choosing to become a vegetarian for the first time as there is so much variety within the pages of this veggie classic!
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