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Enjoy vegetarian meal-making at its best with 500+ recipes that showcase a wide variety of …
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I just got this from the library and made "creamy white bean soup with herb oil and crispy capers" -- extremely good, would make again. Promising start!
Heritage and food have always been linked for Hetty Lui McKinnon. Tenderheart is a loving …
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So far I've tried:
Ann Leckie returns to the world of the Imperial Radch in this standalone.
The Temporal …
A chance for the author to channel Elliot or a Brontë sister for a society drama for an ice planet. I was endeared by the use of the narrator, and the whole setup of the book. The worldbuilding was fun and interesting, and I liked just being there as I read it. I must admit though, it wasn't all that gripping, I only really felt invested in Jonr's storyline, and if you want a strong narrative drive, you may be disappointed. But I'd give it a shot.
"Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story by Herman Melville. …
huh.
This has been unrelentingly great.
Bestselling author Meera Sodha brings us a fresh and joyful celebration of the most important …
I checked this out from the library while cookbook hunting hungry and bookmarked about half the recipes to try
In ...and forgive them their debts, renowned economist Michael Hudson - one of the …
I might pick this back up again some day but I found it hard to get into. That said, I think the thesis is super interesting and I learned something just from the introduction and first chapter.
This is GREAT so far
Sonia Wilson is a talented scientific illustrator—but she is only able to follow her dream …
I'm still collecting my thoughts but I think this was quite good
A collection of eighteen illustrated poems about a variety of animals with some particularly human …
My nephew (3) was appalled at the lack of interesting books to read in my apartment, so I picked up a stack of classics at the library. I couldn't leave without this because contains what I think is the greatest poem of all time (The Common Cormorant).
However, I don't think my sister will appreciate having to explain to her child was "penal servitude" is, so this will be for me to enjoy.
A New Way to Bake reinvents and reimagines cakes, bakes and desserts, using plant-based ingredients …
The premise of this book is vegan baking without any specialty substitutions. I don't love some of the "health" vibes the author brings, but it's an incredibly useful approach to vegan baking. I have no qualms to using vegan butter and egg replacers, and I think they are necessary for some recipes, but I don't always have access to them -- this cookbook augments the repertoire rather than replacing it.
From what I baked from this book, I would say it isn't perfect, but a couple of the recipes alone are so good that I consider it a hit. There are a few misses here and there, but main weakness is the cake section -- without anything to replace the eggs, the texture is just not right. There are a few editing mistakes (a missing word, a intro section referring to a different version of the recipe, for example) that …
The premise of this book is vegan baking without any specialty substitutions. I don't love some of the "health" vibes the author brings, but it's an incredibly useful approach to vegan baking. I have no qualms to using vegan butter and egg replacers, and I think they are necessary for some recipes, but I don't always have access to them -- this cookbook augments the repertoire rather than replacing it.
From what I baked from this book, I would say it isn't perfect, but a couple of the recipes alone are so good that I consider it a hit. There are a few misses here and there, but main weakness is the cake section -- without anything to replace the eggs, the texture is just not right. There are a few editing mistakes (a missing word, a intro section referring to a different version of the recipe, for example) that are frustrating to see in such an otherwise well-produced (not to mention expensive) book.
But I would make the vrioche and the nut shortbread any day of the year, and despite my complaints above, the recipes are clear, well tested, and easy to follow. I will absolutely refer back to this book in the future when I want vegan recipes (besides cake).
A New Way to Bake reinvents and reimagines cakes, bakes and desserts, using plant-based ingredients …
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The lemon loaf cake suffers the same basic textural problem as the apple cake -- there's nothing replacing the structural function of the protein in the egg, so the crumb ends up kind of gummy. The taste is very nice but without the other textural components for variety, this didn't cover up its downsides.
And like all the other cakes, for some reason there's no salt, and it's MUCH better with a half teaspoon or so added in.
Also there was a missing word in the instructions. Why is the copy editing on cookbooks so sloppy??
A New Way to Bake reinvents and reimagines cakes, bakes and desserts, using plant-based ingredients …
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My first disappointment: the creme pat recipe calls for custard powder. It seems weirdly out of line of the philosophy of the book! Also I have never seen custard powder ever in my life -- I get that this is probably a cross-cultural difference, but the book is usually written with clarifications for non-UK readers
A New Way to Bake reinvents and reimagines cakes, bakes and desserts, using plant-based ingredients …
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The nut shortbread recipe is off-the-hook good, I would make it in any context in which a cookie would be welcome
A New Way to Bake reinvents and reimagines cakes, bakes and desserts, using plant-based ingredients …
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The apple cake recipe was good! I don't know if I'd make it if I wasn't specifically baking for vegans, but I also don't think a non-vegan would be put off at all (or necessarily notice it doesn't have eggs and butter)