[.ca] Student's Vegetarian Cookbook, Revised: Quick, Easy, ... (ISBN 0761511709)

Extremely Disappointing:
After reading all of the wonderful reviews here, I ordered this cookbook and waiting anxiously for it to arrive. I own most of the quick/easy vegetarian cookbooks available, and I thought this would also become one of my favorites. However, that is not the case. On my first read-through, I could only find one recipe that I wanted to try, and it contains a difficult-to-find ingredient. The areas I am most disappointed in are: 1. There are way too many recipes for desserts, drinks, appetizers, etc. I was expecting quick vegetarian "meals" - not recipes that I could find in almost any cookbook. 2. Several of the recipes include beer, an ingredient that I cannot cook with. 3. The abundance of recipes using garbanzo beans, zucchini, and eggplant. I suppose it's a personal prejudice, but these ingredients seem so over-used in vegetarian cooking, and I'm just not that fond of any of them! 4. The lack of convenience soy foods. I guess I was expecting more use of these and less of tofu in a "quick, easy, student" cookbook.

Great for economy, health and speed:
I'm neither a student nor a vegetarian, but I love this cookbook. I've browsed through a lot of vegetarian cookbooks before I settled on this one. Althought I admit to having a weakness for cookbooks, this is one that I actually use regularly for everyday food. It has loads of recipes with a small number of ingredients that are quick to prepare. My copy is already spattered, written in and worn from use. The Moroccan stew is good enough for company and there are loads of other recipes I enjoy, as well as some I am still looking forward to trying. This book also has some basic cooking and ingredient information which does make it an excellent book for students with little cooking experience. I plan to buy a copy for my son.

Delicious, *quick* meals:
Because I am rarely ever home before 8 p.m., I had been either ordering in or eating out for dinner generally every night. That all changed after I recieved this cookbook as a gift. I've tried other vegetarian cookbooks before, and this one has by far the most uncomplicated, quick, but still absolutely delicious, meals. And most of the recipes use some similar ingredients, so you're usually not stuck with rotting produce. My favorites are the white bean and tomato salad, Greek-style tofu scramble and black bean and yam quesadilla. This book is a must for a busy vegetarian professional.

To live for:
Positively the best vegetarian coock book I've ever encountered.

RIGHT ON TARGET:
i'm in my last year of college and have used this book over and over. i bought the revised edition for my sister who starts college this fall. the book showed me how to enjoy tasty, healthy food that's ridiculously simple to prepare, and it saved me from the freshman 15. highly recommended!