Vegan Barbecues and Buffets
Author: Linda Majzlik
This collection of recipes provides a variety of summer outdoor feasts suitable for vegetarians and vegans.
Having a barbecue on a hot summer's day? Laying on a buffet for a crowded event? The vegan choice is simply great!
From mushroom and pine kernel sausages and smoked tofu and mushroom medallions, a sunflower and soya loaf and aubergine and brazil nut pate to a tempting assortment of salads, spreads and dips, and an array of sumptuous desserts, Linda Majzlik takes you on a festive journey of vegan delights that will appeal to every palate, yet remains completely wholesome and cruelty-free from beginning to end.
A lot of the preparation can be done in advance: many of the recipes are suitable for freezing, while others can be kept in the fridge. So the cook can enjoy the day as much as the guests!
New Good Cake Book: Over 125 Delicious Recipes That Can Be Prepared in 30 Minutes or Less
Author: Diana Dalsass
Cookbook Large Print Edition Home cooks should find these cakes as gratifying to make as they are to munch. Publishers Weekly Diana Dalsass s new guide to baking made easy contains more than 125 no-nonsense recipes for cakes that need no enhancement to make them delicious and appealing. She takes you from the basics to simple shortcuts and tricks of the trade. Throughout, Dalsass delivers innovation and simplicity with rich and hearty cakes as well as reduced fat cakes to please even the most reluctantly health-conscious.
Publishers Weekly
Dalsass claims that she has yet to receive a reader complaint about any of the recipes in The Good Cake Book, published 10 years ago. Simple recipes, highly flavored ingredients (e.g., real butter, buttermilk and Hawaiian Vintage Chocolate), notes on pan size and hints for the proper combining of ingredients for each kind of cake help to account for the author's successful record. Organized by cake type (e.g., butter, fruit, reduced fat, biscotti), the recipes include variations on classics (e.g., Bourbon Pound Cake, Spiced Carrot Cake, Butter Pecan Coffee Cake). Some old favorites are also reinvented: Greek Honey Cake, Linzer Cake, Brownie Macaroon "Pie." Crowd- and child-pleasers include a Pizza Cake, topped with Tootsie Rolls and melted white chocolate, and a Flowerpot cake, fashioned from a pot-shaped cake, crumbled Oreo cookies and store-bought chocolate roses. Sauces, frostings and glazes finish the cookbook, though many cakes stand alone without adornment. Home cooks should find these cakes as gratifying to make as they are to munch; if not, Dalsass promises to answer any reader who writes her about a problem with a recipe. (Nov.)
Library Journal
In addition to Orange Syrup Cake and Sour Cream-Fig Cake, Dalsass (The Good Cake Book, 1982) includes recipes for "bar cakes" such as Fudge-Filled Blondies and for biscotti. She likes plain, easy cakes, but many of these are rich and indulgent as well, and there is a separate chapter of luscious Special-Occasion Cakes (there's one of Reduced-Fat Cakes, too). With its simple but mouth-watering recipes, this book is recommended for most collections.
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