| Rabbit food. That's what my dad calls
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| | has meat in it. 'Meatless' lasagna
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| vegetarian cooking and cuisine. Salads
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| | suggests that something is missing from
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| and vegetables - can't be anything more
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| | the recipe. Anyone who has dined on
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| to it, can there? Oh, but there is.
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| | spinach lasagna knows that there's
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| Vegetarian cooking is at least as varied
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| | nothing missing - the blend of creamy
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| as 'regular' cooking - and in some cases,
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| | cheese and spinach and spices is perfect
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| far more imaginative.
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| | in and of itself. Polenta with spicy
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| Nearly thirty years ago, Diet for a Small
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| | black bean sauce has no need of meat to
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| Planet, and the follow-up cookbook,
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| | make it more complete - made right it
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| Recipes for a Small Planet hit the
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| | melts on the tongue AND sticks to the
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| bookstore shelves with a resounding thud
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| | ribs at the same time.
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| that still echoes. While many of the
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| | Even within the overall umbrella of
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| theories of protein complementarily that
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| | 'vegetarian cuisine' there are
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| Frances Moore Lappe presented have been
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| | variations. Outside Western culture, most
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| proven to be naïve by further research,
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| | meals have little or not meat at all - so
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| the basic theories of eating and the
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| | it is not surprising to find vegetarian
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| wonderful meatless - and truly vegetarian
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| | main dishes in Indian and Chinese
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| - recipes endure. The Moosewood Cookbook
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| | cuisine, nor in Russian cooking and
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| and The Enchanted Broccoli Forest
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| | African regional cuisines. Many base main
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| followed, and then an avalanche of
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| | dish meals on legumes and nuts. Peanut
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| cookbooks devoted to the vegetarian
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| | and cashew soups, humus with spices and
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| gourmet.
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| | lemon, fermented black bean sauces ladled
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| Vegetarian cooking is more than just
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| | over bread and pasta and rice and
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| 'meatless'. There's an art to mixing
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| | couscous - Middle Eastern and African
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| flavors and textures in just the right
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| | cooking offers all of those and more.
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| combinations to create masterpieces that
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| | If one approaches vegetarian cuisine as a
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| are as appealing to carnivores as to
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| | 'substitute' for cooking with meat, one
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| those who've eschewed meat. For Hindi
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| | is sure to be disappointed. It is a way
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| chefs who practice Ayurvedic cooking,
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| | of eating and cooking, of spices and
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| food is more than nutrition - it is a
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| | combinations that can be as light and
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| meditation, a gateway to the higher
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| | fluffy as a meringue or as dense and
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| consciousness. There are three major
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| | chewy as the best seven grain bread. If
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| components and six tastes (sweet, salty,
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| | you've never tried a real vegetarian meal
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| sour, bitter, pungent and astringent) to
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| | - as opposed to a 'meatless' or 'meat
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| be considered in the preparation of every
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| | substitute' - the very best place to
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| dish, and a meal prepared according to
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| | start is at your nearest Indian or Middle
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| the Ayurveda is a feast for the eyes, the
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| | Eastern restaurant. You'll be amazed at
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| nose, the mouth and the mind.
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| | the flavors and textures - and you won't
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| The very best vegetarian meals are not
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| | even notice that there's no meat.
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| 'meatless' versions of dish that usually
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