July Cookbook of the Month is VEG. COOKING FOR EVERYONE

[oakjoan]

In a very tight race, Deborah Madison's Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone came out 4, count em, 4 votes ahead of The Glorious Foods of Greece (13-9)

I'll be posting the threads at the very end of June so that we can get started right away.

I've found a number of Madison recipes online and will also post those. Any help the usual suspects can provide in the realm of links would be gladly accepted.

[MMRuth]

A bunch of recipes here:

http://www.gourmet.com/cookbookclub/2...

You have to register with the site to access them, but it's very quick.

I've not checked for overlap with the recipes links already posted but these are the ones available:

Bread Pudding with Corn
Three Bean Salad
Romaine and Cucumber Salad with Garlic Vinaigrette
Grilled Lemon Chicken
Praline Ice Cream Sandwiches

Sugar Snap Pea Tempura
Chilled Mung Bean Noodles with Dulse and Crushed Peanuts
Miso-Glazed Tuna Kebabs
Honeydew Melon in Coconut Milk

Chilled Radish Buttermilk Soup
Fresh Herb Tart
Summer Tomatoes
Mixed Berry and Cassis Sundaes

[greedygirl]

Thanks MMRuth. Although I'm struggling to see how Lemon Chicken and Tuna Kebabs are vegetarian!

[MMRuth]

Hmm - that's a good point!

[foxy fairy]

To organize:

I am glancing at her contents. How about this, combining a few of her chapters and breaking up the VEGETABLES section (p 327-442), which she so cleverly organizes by ingredient:

Sauces, Condiments, Appetizers & First Courses
Sandwiches & Salads
Soups & Stews and Stir-Fries
Gratins and Casseroles & Beans
Vegetables: A -G
Vegetables: H-M
Vegetables: N-S
Vegetables: T-Z
Pasta, Noodles, Dumplings
Tarts, Pies, Turnovers, Pizzas
Grains
Eggs and Cheese & The Soy Pantry
Breakfast
Breads & Desserts

[JackieChiles]

Hi All, can anyone play? Is this a closed group? Are there rules? I don't see a sticky post? I've read some of the threads and can't get the gist of participate yet? Every day, every week? One dish, two, a whole meal?

Thanks for the info.
Jackie

[MMRuth]

Of course you can play! The basic idea is that posters who want to cook from the book(s) chosen during a month - as much or little as they like - and post about the recipes on the various threads. Have to run - but do a search on Site Talk about COTM and you'll find more information.

[oakjoan]

Well, Jackie, if you have enough time to cook when you are not too busy bringing Kramer's hot coffee suit, we'd love to have you participate!

As you can see when you read some of the posts in the previous months' threads, substitutions, mistakes, bad photos, and much more occur in the COTM posts. No registration is necessary, as MMRuth says, just cook and post. Well, first you need to have the book.... We've found that our local libraries are great sources if you don't want to or cannot buy the book.

If you want to post photos of your efforts, please do.

Everyone's welcome.

[JackieChiles]

Awesome, stupendous...amazing.

My local library does not have this book. I checked. Imagine that in San Diego? I'm going there tomorrow to see if they can order it from another.

When I participate this month it may be late because of that. Next month, I want to be a fully prepared contributing member.

A great idea, on a great website. Look forward to it.

[MMRuth]

Also, a number of posters try, at the beginning of each month, to post online links to recipes included in COTM for that month on the "mother thread', which I hope helps those who can't get a copy of the book.

[JackieChiles]

I saw that MMRuth, and I loved that opportunity. It excited me until I looked at the links. How do you cite the page number in that case? The web links don't usually do that. Just asking.

[MMRuth]

In that case, ignore the "rule". I do when I'm too lazy to go get the book and no one's shot me yet. Really - this is completely relaxed - I promise!

[JackieChiles]

Cool, I'm in then!

[MMRuth]

Now that I'm back from movie and dinner (see Fred and Elsa if you can), here's the link to the most recent COTM discussion thread:

http://www.chowhound.com/topics/529619

and I link to the prior one in it.

[DanaB]

No rules, really. It's a voluntary group effort -- we pick a book every month, and then cook out of it, as much or as little as people have time for, and then post about the results. Welcome aboard!

[Gio]

Hey Jacikie - yes anyone can play. There are no rules that I have ever seen although when you report on a recipe you have made, it's advisable to cite chapter and page....just so the rest of us can look at the original recipe. It's been so much fun and although I've been cooking for more years than I want to remember, there's always something to learn and experience.

Jump in and have fun. Your family will thank you.

[foxy fairy]

Oh! I'm so excited. I wasn't even in the voting and just tuned back in... a cookbook I own this time! I can't wait. I will cook from it tonight to get a head start. Thanks for organizing. What a perfect month for this.

How are you thinking of organizing the threads?

[oakjoan]

Dear ff:

I haven't really decided yet. The book doesn't have the usual breakdown of sections but I don't want to make too many categories. I'm thinking of Appetizers and Sandwiches, Main Courses (including casseroles, grains, beans, stews, pasta, savory tarts, etc.), Soups and Salads, Breakfast Dishes, Breads and Desserts.

The Main Course section would admittedly be huge, since there are so many sub categories - pastas, savory tarts, stews, pizzas, veggie stews, casseroles and gratins, beans, etc. However, to divide them into individual threads would be, imnsho, just too overwhelming.

What are your thoughts and anybody else's? Suggestions happily received!

[JasmineG]

I might split up Main Courses a bit, maybe grouping together stews/gratins/savory tarts, beans/grains/pasta and then give vegetables their own section?

[ArikaDawn]

Spring Vegetable Stew
http://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_6/2008/APR/2340.html

Quinoa Chowder with Spinach, Feta, and Scallions
http://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_6/2006/DEC/2098.html

Picnic Potato Salad with Marjoram and Pickled Onions
http://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_8/1998/SEP/1406.html

Sweet Potato Muffins with Candied Ginger
http://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_31/2007/JUL/44568.html

Mushroom and Spinach Bruschetta
http://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_8/1998/NOV/1953.html

Blueberry Custard Tart
http://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_31/2007/JUL/44464.html

Winter Squash Soup with Lemongrass and Coconut Milk
http://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_31/2004/JUN/24734.html

Arika
http://rawforamonth.blogspot.com

[The Dairy Queen]

A couple more:

Artichoke, Leek, Fennel Pie with White Beans and a Phyllo Crust
http://bodytales.blogspot.com/2007/04/recipe-time-creamy-artichoke-leek.html

Roasted Harvest Vegetables in a Baked Pumpkin
http://www.recipezaar.com/13504

Butternut Squash Gallette
http://nerdsoup.com/RECIPES/squash_ga...

~TDQ

[ArikaDawn]

Zucchini with Corn and Squash Filing
http://www.diabetic-lifestyle.com/books/otherbook8.htm

Cobbler Topping and Blueberry Cobbler
http://community.cookinglight.com/showthread.php?referrerid=17575&t=27833

Cooked Amaranth
http://www.ivu.org/recipes/extras/amaranth-j.html

Hearty Lentil Soup
http://www.recipelink.com/mf/6/1560

Red Peppers Stuffed with Corn and Fresh Mozzarella
http://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_8/2007/JUL/18469.html

Vegetarian Nuoc Mam
http://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_3/1999/OCT/3568.html

Migas
http://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_14/2000/MAY/4932.html

Polenta Gratin with Mushrooms and Tomato
Spicy Quinoa & Potato Croquettes
http://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_8/2000/MAR/5386.html

MUSHROOM ENCHILADAS WITH EPAZOTE AND GREEN CHILE
http://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/boar...

[The Dairy Queen]

Thank you, oakjoan. Here are some links that I grabbed from the first four pages of results by googling on

“vegetarian cooking for everyone” recipe

Deborah Madison’s Random House “blog” with some very old entries--don't know if there are any recipes buried in there...
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/deborahmadison/blog/

Global Gourmet cookbook profile
http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/egg/egg1097/vegecook.html
Lentil Minestrone
Chard & Onion Omelet (Trouchia
)Prune Tart in Almond Custard
Tart Pastry

Epicurious
Quince applesauce
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/QUINCE-APPLESAUCE-102623
Yeasted sugarcake
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/YEASTED-SUGAR-CAKE-14995
Yeasted Buckwheat waffles
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/YEASTED-SUGAR-CAKE-14995

Rosemary Holiday Bread
http://community.cookinglight.com/archive/index.php/t-12842.html

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:_jd_X9sV_R0J:www.nytimes.com/books/97/12/28/daily/vegetarian-book-review.html+%22vegetarian+cooking+for+everyone%22+recipe&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=20&gl=us&client=safari
SPICY CHICKPEAS WITH GINGER

Here’s Rebecca Blood’s (whoever that is) “recipe notes”, though, no recipes
http://www.rebeccablood.net/domestic/...

I’ll try to add more later.

~TDQ

[Gio]

In light of an interesting article in this morning's Boston Globe about rising meat and dairy prices, July's COTM now seems more timely than ever.

Here's an exerpt:
"In the latest bout of food inflation, beef, pork, poultry, and even eggs, cheese, and milk are expected to get more expensive as livestock owners go out of business or are forced to slaughter more cattle, hogs, turkeys, and chickens to cope with rocketing costs for corn-based animal feed."

The entire article is here:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/art...

[oakjoan]

Yeah, a lot of the corn now grown in the States is for ethanol now instead of animal feed. Well, since reading the Omnivore's Dilemma on how cows are actually allergic to corn, being grass-eating animals, and have to be fed all sorts of other stuff so that their bodies will accept it....