Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Vegetarian cooking...controversy

I've loved Deborah Madison's "Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone" since I discovered it a couple of years ago.  And now, thanks to the Seattle Public Library I've got this veritable encyclopedia of vegetarian cooking in my grips....until September 30th.  Great. 

A Google search of "Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone" yielded not the copious accolades I was expecting alongside links to booksellers offering to sell me this gem for a screamin' deal.  Rather, I found loads of *gasp* detractors!  "Foodies", or so they call themselves, stating that they weren't "inspired" by the recipes in VCFE (this short-hand is thanks to these commenters, who I can only imagine are pulling from loads of experience crafting Kraft Mac n' Cheese).  Many commenters claim that Mark Bittman's "How to Cook Everything - Vegetarian" is a better cookbook.  I'll wait for you to catch your breath.  Ready?  Ok.  Whatever, I'm going to buy it from Amazon from a used bookseller in Spokane, so you self-righteous jack-asses can suck it.

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