I think we can all agree this is one of the dumbest
names for a cookbook. I almost feel like
she lost a bet. Maybe The Turd-town U.S.A Guide to Cooking
would be worse. Despite the awful name,
this cookbook is fantastic. I
mean 95% of the recipes I’ve tried, and it is close to half, are gold. Gold!
I tell you. Here’s the thing, I’ve been
a vegetarian for many years and let me just say the vegans have really stepped
it up. This one is not preachy it’s just
easy and the recipes make really good food.
I’ve made these recipes for my mother-in-law, my father-in-law, and even my family (who are notoriously hyper critical of my cooking) and
everyone is like, this tastes….awesome.
And when I tell them --ha-ha that's vegan! They say “Whaaaaat?” “You crazy.” I
don’t think my mother-in-law said, “You crazy,” verbatim but you get the
picture.
If
you have a decent natural foods pantry and even basic cooking skills you are
good to go. This book is written for the
home cook and you can tell. Like a lot of bloggers, these recipes have been tested.
When you get those fancy restaurant/café cookbooks, you need watch
out. Those editors are converting chef’s
guesses and restaurant measurements and the editors occasionally (and inevitably)
fall asleep at the wheel.
The
copy is fine, she seems like a perfectly nice Canadian girl, super cheery and someone I probably wouldn’t be friends with in real life. Hey, maybe she has this super dark humor and
she hides it really well. If that’s
true, Bravo, Angela, Bravo. It doesn’t
really matter as the food is great and her photos are as good as any professional food stylist. No, you do not
have to be a vegan to enjoy this cookbook, so don't be all weird about using this cookbook.
This is a part of the hungry narrator series so instead of a drink why not try the tomato soup recipe? It's stupidly easy (shhh...I won't tell).
