May 2nd, 2009
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Vegetarian food can be elegant and visually alluring as well as taste great. Join Megan as she cooks every recipe from Vegetarian Food for Friends by Jane Noraika. A wide range of vegetarian cookbooks are available but the benefit of this cookbook is that it is specifically designed for entertaining and special occasions. The cookbook is beautifully presented with full-colour photographs and clear instructions. The addition of less common, but still easy to find ingredients increases the ‘impressive’ factor of the recipes. Sections such as “Finger Food” and “Little Meals” encourage more innovative entertaining, away from the traditional dinner party.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Jane Noraika offers delicious vegetarian dishes for your friends and family. Fingerfood includes Wild Mushroom and Almond Moneybags and Tandoori Tofu, while Little Meals and Tapas could be Sesame Sweet Potato Wedges. The Barbecue needn’t be meaty; try Eggplant and Smoked Cheese Rolls. There are chapters on Buffets and Casual Lunches; for Formal Dinners, try a show-stopper like Moroccan Tagine with Couscous Fritters and Harissa. A delicious way to entertain, whether you’re vegetarian or not.
Food for every kind of event–from fingerfood to a formal dinner.
Follow Megan’s blog for useful tips on substituting ingredients to suit personal tastes, increasing spiciness if desired, scaling down for a couple, and integrating vegetarian cooking into your entertaining in a way that your guests won’t even notice that meat is absent. Megan believes that cooking every recipe from a book means you’re forced to cook recipes that you might not necessarily gravitate towards. This project is a great way to expand your cooking repertoire and discover new food obsessions – and potentially a few flavours you’d prefer to keep a good distance from!
