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The Food Matters Cook Book (2000)

by Mark Bittman(Favorite Author)
4.03 of 5 Votes: 1
ISBN
1611295947 (ISBN13: 9781611295948)
languge
English
review 1: I love his Washington Post column, so I figured this cookbook would be worth a look. Bittman, like a lot of recent cookbook authors, encourages the reader to eat more fruit/veg/whole grains, and rely less on red meat and processed food. I think it is a great plan, though one that a lot of Americans may have a hard time adjusting to, simply because of the ease and simplicity that processed foods allow them. I loved that his recipes were easy and could be easily changed to add more ingredients. I will end up copying about 12 pages of recipes from the cookbook, including a Mashed Cannellini/Potatoes with Gorgonzola, homemade Whole Wheat Chapatis/Tortillas, and Noodles with Gingered Carrots and Miso. 5 stars.
review 2: This is a useful and interesting cookbook, and
... more it's given me lots of ideas for reducing our consumption of animal products. My biggest peeve about it is that it has no pictures; I really like a cookbook to have pictures, partly because it's hard for me to imagine what a finished dish is like without a photo. It also doesn't have nutrition information, which is unsurprising: Bittman advocates changing the way you think about food, and he's not a portion-counter, plus these recipes are mostly a bit loose, with lots of flexibility for changing ingredients or proportions. So it's not that I think the book NEEDS nutrition information, or that the audience of it is really looking for that info, but I personally would love to have it. The recipes are generally easy to cook and useful, though, and I expect to make many meals from this book. I have already used the recipes in the back of "Food Matters" a lot, and I think this will expand my repertoire. I also appreciate the basic directions on cooking beans and whole grains, both of which can be a bit mysterious for most home cooks (including me). less
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mandee3194
Love this book, and will go back to it in the future. Hope to buy it sometime.
krishnapv
Lots of recipes. Lots! No pictures. None! Good only for instruction. Mah.
Laurenjeffer
another great cookbook for the library!
gento227
GREAT book! Delicious recipes.
blisz
Bittman does it again.
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