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Title: The Rancho La Puerta Cookbook : 175 Bold Vegetarian Recipes from America's Premier Fitness Spa by Bill Wavrin ISBN: 0-7679-0163-0 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 15 June, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Elegant, if slightly bland, healthy vegetarian fare
Comment: The recipes in this book definitely lean toward the elegant side. It's hard to go wrong with something like Curried Mango-Peanut Yogurt Dip or Carrot-Ginger Salad with Pineapple. The recipes tend toward the exotic and the healthful, including things like Vegetable Barley Soup, Garden Sweet Breakfast Bread, Chinese Dumplings with Chives and Ginger, and Mango Tomatillo Salsa. This book stresses fresh vegetables and salads, and the recipes tend to be fairly light fare in general. You probably won't get a lot of use out of this cookbook if your grocery store doesn't carry good produce; plan these recipes for just after your grocery shopping so that produce is in the best possible condition.
There are some ingredients that might be a little difficult to find depending on where you live. I have trouble finding tomatillos, for example. Most ingredients are fairly common, however. The book's layout is fantastic. Commentary is very easy to tell apart from ingredients are very easy to tell apart from instructions, and instructions are nicely numbered.
While many of the tastes are a touch exotic, to my taste buds they don't take things far enough sometimes and end up tasting a bit bland. Of course I love strong flavors, so to some people this may be a plus; you can always adjust seasoning to taste if you want more flavor. These recipes are vegetarian but not vegan--you will find dairy and eggs in here.
Certainly if you're on a diet this is a fantastic way to serve elegant, impressive dishes that won't pile on the pounds.
Rating: 4
Summary: Healthy food to get you going for the day
Comment: Rancho La Puerta's food is really good! If you're vegetarian like I am you'll especially appreciate the great recipes! The only thing I didn't like about this cookbook was the lack of photos. It would have been helpful to see photos of the recipes prepared & also nice to have more color photos of beautiful Rancho La Puerta. My family spent our first Thanksgiving at the ranch last year and it was really wonderful!
Rating: 4
Summary: A Charming Look at Spa Cooking
Comment: After reading this book, I thought how nice it must be to stay at the Rancho La Puerta and eat Bill Wavrin's food. I have made several of the recipes and the results were highly successful, although some of the combinations seemed a little odd in print. Mr. Wavrin likes to use lots of ingredients in his cooking, so it helps to have a well-stocked kitchen, but it is worth the effort. His comments in the book show a sensitive approach to vegetarianism and I was struck by his confession that even experience in Mexican and Nouvelle California cuisine did not really prepare him for meatless cooking. If you can't go to a spa, my advice is to pamper yourself for a weekend, with a good workout, a massage from someone you like, some time in the sauna and two days' worth of cooking from recipes in this book, with the best ingredients you can find. The low-fat, low-calorie thing is just a nice bonus.
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Title: Healthy Spa Cuisine: 400 Signature Recipes from the World's Top Spas by Lynn Nicholson, Adams Media Corporation, Tracy A. Smith ISBN: 158062779X Publisher: Adams Media Corporation Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Golden Door Cooks Light & Easy: Delicious Recipes from America's Premier Spa by Michel Stroot ISBN: 158685254X Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publisher Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Canyon Ranch Cooking : Bringing the Spa Home by Jeanne Jones ISBN: 0060187182 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 29 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $42.50 |
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Title: Canyon Ranch Cooks by Barry Correia, Scott Uehlein ISBN: 1579548474 Publisher: Rodale Press Pub. Date: 10 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Conscious Cuisine: A New Style of Cooking from the Kitchens of Chef Cary Neff by Cary Neff ISBN: 1570719268 Publisher: Sourcebooks Trade Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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