As You Like It Cookbook Imaginative Gourmet Dishes With Exciting Vegetarian Options Ron Pickarski

ISBN: 0-7570-0013-4 Length: 216 Pages Size: 7.5 X9-inch Format: Quality Paperback Category: Cooking Price: $16.95 Availability: In Print   Contents Reviews

"Dressing on the side, please." "Hold the onions." "I'd like that medium-rare."
"Can I get that with feta instead of goat cheese?"
"Please use very little oil." "No anchovies!"

When it comes to food, we certainly like to have it our way. However, catering to individual tastes can pose quite a challenge for the cook. Have you ever prepared a wonderful dish, but because it contained beef or chicken, your daughter-in-law, the vegetarian, wouldn't go near it? To meet the challenge of cooking for both vegetarians and nonvegetarians alike, celebrated chef Ron Pickarski has written the As You Like It Cookbook.

Designed to help you find the perfect meals for today's contemporary lifestyles, the As You Like It Cookbook offers over 170 great-tasting dishes that cater to a broad range of tastes. Many of the easy-to-follow recipes are already vegetarian--and offer ingredient alternatives for meat eaters. Conversely, recipes that include meat, poultry, or fish offer nonmeat ingredient options. Furthermore, if the recipe includes eggs or dairy products, a vegan alternative is given for those who follow a strictly plant-based diet. This book has it all--delicious breakfast favorites, satisfying soups and sandwiches, mouth-watering entrées and side dishes, and delectable desserts.

With one or two simple ingredient substitutions, the As You Like It Cookbook will show you how easy it is to transform satisfying meat dishes into delectable meatless fare, and vegetarian dishes into meat-lover's choices. It will guide you in making culinary decisions that result in meals that are gratifying and delicious, and cooked exactly "as you (and your family) like them."

Ron Pickarski is the first professional vegetarian chef to be certified as an Executive Chef (CEC) by the American Culinary Federation. A recognized expert in the preparation of both traditional and vegetarian cuisine, Mr. Pickarski, also known as Chef Ron, is the president and the executive research and development chef of Eco-Cuisine, Inc., a food technology consulting service He also gives educational demonstrations and food seminars for foodservice professionals, and is the author of Friendly Foods and Eco-Cuisine: An Ecological Approach to Gourmet Vegetarian Cooking.

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