Cookbooks for sale
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rootofnewtI'm getting rid of some cookbooks so thought I'd offer them for sale here before taking them to a local used bookstore. I'll ship whatever method one prefers, via USPS (media mail, priority, etc). Obviously, local people need not worry about shipping, provided you pick them up within two weeks. First come, first served.
Most were bought from bargain bookstores and the like. Some of them might have slight spindling or loose glue in the binding, some were quite obviously used, but I'll say that. Some have notes in them jotted down by me or former roomies.
There's nothing inherently bad about any of them. Some are very soy or gluten-heavy, so I can't use them. Some are too basic for me or rely on flavors I don't care for.
Betty Crocker's Great Main Dishes Without Meat Hardback, 138 pages. Includes USDA basic nutritional information for each recipe. Random color pictures, information sections about basic cooking, etc. $4 + shipping
Betty Crocker's Vegetarian Cooking Softcover, 96 pages. Similar to the other book, though this one has more pictures and is slightly smaller. $3 + shipping
In The Kitchen With America's Favorite Brand Name Recipes Hardback, 384 pages. Never used. Full color pictures. Full of lots of recipes for things most any grocery store would carry. Not vegetarian. $5 + shipping.
Favorite Brand Name Great Vegetarian Meals Hardback, 93 pages. Good recipes for someone who doesn't cook on the fly well and it has great full-color pictures for many dishes. I really don't need recipes for French Lentil Salad, Manicotti, or any casserole, so this cookbook is just languishing on my shelf. It had a few post-its marking pages, but I don't think they were mine. Looks unused. $4 + shipping
Favorite Brand Name Vegetarian Cooking Hardback, 384 pages. Lots of full color pictures for most of the recipes. Again, a great cookbook for someone who needs ideas for tasty recipes with easy-to-find ingredients.
Chinese Vegetarian Cooking, published by Tiger Books International, PLC, London. Hardcover, 64 pages. Gorgeous full-color photographs for all the recipes. Wonderful flavors. I truly loved this cookbook. Some watermarking from cooking, some notes, but still in good condition. $3 + shipping
The New Farm Vegetarian Cookbook Softcover, 223 pages. I don't think I ever used it. B/W. Wonderful, informative cookbook if you are into things with soy and gluten. Seeing as how I can use neither of those things, it's not such a good cookbook for me. Tiny enyclopedic volume of vegan basics. Sells for about $10 new. $4.50 + shipping
The Vegetarian Lunchbasket, Linda Haynes. Softcover, 198 pages. Fairly simple recipes for packed lunches. Some require reheating or thermoses. Not a bad cookbook, just not something I ended up needing after I quit working. Looks untouched. $3 + shipping
Cooking With Seitan, Barbara Jacobs and Leonard Jacobs. Softcover, 185 pages. The glue in the binding was defective, but all the pages are there. slightly spindled, fair/used condition. I loved all the recipes I tried from this book, especially the Hot and Sour Cabbage Soup. This is as close to a Seitanic Bible as you'll get without giving LaVey money. ;) $3 + shipping
Most were bought from bargain bookstores and the like. Some of them might have slight spindling or loose glue in the binding, some were quite obviously used, but I'll say that. Some have notes in them jotted down by me or former roomies.
There's nothing inherently bad about any of them. Some are very soy or gluten-heavy, so I can't use them. Some are too basic for me or rely on flavors I don't care for.
Betty Crocker's Great Main Dishes Without Meat Hardback, 138 pages. Includes USDA basic nutritional information for each recipe. Random color pictures, information sections about basic cooking, etc. $4 + shipping
Betty Crocker's Vegetarian Cooking Softcover, 96 pages. Similar to the other book, though this one has more pictures and is slightly smaller. $3 + shipping
In The Kitchen With America's Favorite Brand Name Recipes Hardback, 384 pages. Never used. Full color pictures. Full of lots of recipes for things most any grocery store would carry. Not vegetarian. $5 + shipping.
Favorite Brand Name Great Vegetarian Meals Hardback, 93 pages. Good recipes for someone who doesn't cook on the fly well and it has great full-color pictures for many dishes. I really don't need recipes for French Lentil Salad, Manicotti, or any casserole, so this cookbook is just languishing on my shelf. It had a few post-its marking pages, but I don't think they were mine. Looks unused. $4 + shipping
Favorite Brand Name Vegetarian Cooking Hardback, 384 pages. Lots of full color pictures for most of the recipes. Again, a great cookbook for someone who needs ideas for tasty recipes with easy-to-find ingredients.
Chinese Vegetarian Cooking, published by Tiger Books International, PLC, London. Hardcover, 64 pages. Gorgeous full-color photographs for all the recipes. Wonderful flavors. I truly loved this cookbook. Some watermarking from cooking, some notes, but still in good condition. $3 + shipping
The New Farm Vegetarian Cookbook Softcover, 223 pages. I don't think I ever used it. B/W. Wonderful, informative cookbook if you are into things with soy and gluten. Seeing as how I can use neither of those things, it's not such a good cookbook for me. Tiny enyclopedic volume of vegan basics. Sells for about $10 new. $4.50 + shipping
The Vegetarian Lunchbasket, Linda Haynes. Softcover, 198 pages. Fairly simple recipes for packed lunches. Some require reheating or thermoses. Not a bad cookbook, just not something I ended up needing after I quit working. Looks untouched. $3 + shipping
Cooking With Seitan, Barbara Jacobs and Leonard Jacobs. Softcover, 185 pages. The glue in the binding was defective, but all the pages are there. slightly spindled, fair/used condition. I loved all the recipes I tried from this book, especially the Hot and Sour Cabbage Soup. This is as close to a Seitanic Bible as you'll get without giving LaVey money. ;) $3 + shipping
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Date: 2004-10-04 02:35 pm (UTC)- donna
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Date: 2004-10-04 02:43 pm (UTC)Honestly, the best way I ever made tofu was by abandoning the aseptic packages of japanese silken tofu and going for the chinese-style water-packed tofu. I learned to drain it and press it and fry it up in peanut oil, then make lovely sauces for it. Looking for recipes that are made by Asian monks and that do things like "home style bean curd" or "bean curd in black bean orange sauce" is the best way to find those. I don't have any of those cookbooks, because my soy allergy was discovered around the time I discovered the best way to make it. If I weren't allergic to soy, I'd be using the New Farm cookbook and recipes from Buddhist monks, without a doubt. I bought the New Farm cookbook right before the soy allergy hit. I was bereft. The recipes all look pretty good and substantial and informative. It's very much a hippie book. (The Farm is an intentional community.)
Silken tofu is good for miso soup and blended tofu recipes. If you want *substance*, go for really firm non-silken tofu.
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Date: 2004-10-04 02:48 pm (UTC)Email me at prizmatic at gmail dot com with the purchasing particulars.
And if you ever feel up to sharing your own recipes using tofu, from back when you could eat it, I'd love it.
- donna
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Date: 2004-10-04 02:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-04 03:30 pm (UTC)coffee or walk this week?
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Date: 2004-10-04 07:07 pm (UTC)hmmm.... hows about coffee then a walk? (let's be honest, i can't function without my caffeine!)
you game?
me free wed afternoon and all day on friday.
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Date: 2004-10-04 07:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-04 09:59 pm (UTC)however... just realized that i'm not going to richmond on thursday (decided to go on friday so i can watch the debate), so thursday would be quite doable, if you're up for it.
we're rarely out of the house -- or dressed for that matter -- before noon. :-)
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Date: 2004-10-04 11:58 pm (UTC)and "in the kitchen with favourite brand name...." both sound intriguing. Lemme know total with shipping or if you're coming up to dc any time soon and might want to stop off in alexandria to drop em? :)
*HUGS*
-d