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Title: This Can't Be Tofu: 75 Recipes to Cook Something You Never Thought You Would--And Love Every Bite by Deborah Madison ISBN: 0767904192 Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub (Trd Pap) Pub. Date: 18 April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67
Rating: 4
Summary: A nice little meat-free book!
Comment: I started eating tofu as a way to avoid the high saturated fat content of meat and dairy products -- but at first I had very little idea what to buy or how to prepare it. This is a very useful guide.
The section on the types of tofu, how they are packaged, and how to prepare them for cooking will be very useful for first-time tofu chefs. The sidebar/page on Asian markets and foods is also helpful for those who haven't yet experienced the wonder of shopping for items in a language other than your own!
Since I consider cookbooks to be rough guides rather than "cook-it-this-way-or-you-will-die" instructions, I didn't run into many of the problems/objections other reviewers have noted. If you don't want to fry tofu in oil, use a spray product (0 calories, 0 fat) and/or a nonstick pan. If you don't have mushroom soy sauce, use regular, or low-sodium, or something else. Don't want to add sugar to the smoothies? Use Equal or Splenda instead. I found the book very useful as a way to inspire ideas on how to prepare tofu in creative and appetizing ways -- if I deviate from the author's recipes to fit my own diet or budget, it doesn't detract from the utility of the book.
The only thing I really would like to have seen is a per-serving breakdown of calories, fat, and saturated fat. Since many people are eating more tofu (and soy products in general) as a way to improve their diet, it would be helpful to have a rough guide to these numbers at a glance.
Overall, I enjoy the book, find the recipes interesting and inspiring, and am glad this one sits on the kitchen shelf.
Rating: 5
Summary: This Can't Be Tofu!
Comment: I bought this book after reading a review in the San Francisco Chronicle. It is fabulous! I've made 4 of the recipes and I've only had it for a week. Each one has been so good I just can't wait to try the next one. I'm vegetarian but my husband isn't and I've always wanted to use tofu but had no idea how to make it appealing to him. So far he's loved everything I've made from this book and so have I. Thank you Deborah.
Rating: 5
Summary: A tiny classic
Comment: I have to respond to some of the negative criticism of Deborah Madison's tofu book.
Too many ingredients? Well, let's look at "Bachelor Tofu Sandwiches": tofu, onion, mushrooms, worcestershire sauce and bread. Yes, there are elaborate recipes too, but nobody with access to oriental markets should be put off. She does use mushroom soy sauce, but she uses it often.
Too much fried stuff? I hate fried food, and it's trivial to avoid it in using this book: most of her "fried" concoctions involve browning tofu in a nonstick pan filmed lightly with oil.
This book is singlehandedly responsible for giving tofu a weekly place at my table, and I have two thirteen-year-olds to speak for the results. DM has one of the most wonderful palates in the USA and a graceful and eloquent way of talking about food. This book is a tiny classic.
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Title: Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison ISBN: 0767900146 Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: 1997 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: The Art of Tofu by Akasha Richmond ISBN: 0966454308 Publisher: Book Pub Co Pub. Date: 15 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Greens Cookbook by Deborah Madison, Edward Espe Brown, Marion Cunningham, David Bullen ISBN: 0767908236 Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: 17 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Everyday Tofu: From Pancakes to Pizza by Gary Landgrebe ISBN: 1580910475 Publisher: Crossing Press Pub. Date: 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Whole Soy Cookbook, 175 delicious, nutritious, easy-to-prepare Recipes featuring tofu, tempeh, and various forms of nature's healthiest Bean by Patricia Greenberg, Helen Newton Hartung ISBN: 0517888130 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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