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Love Soup by Anna Thomas - Cookbook Review
Susan Helene Kramer
Anna
Thomas is an Ojai, California author. I have all her cookbooks to date
including The Vegetarian Epicure, The Vegetarian Epicure II, and now Love Soup. I consider myself fortunate
to have bought them as they came out beginning with the first one in 1975.
The
story was, in 1975 I joined a meat boycott that was at the time to last 2
weeks, so I went to my local library and checked out The Vegetarian Epicure. I loved the recipes so much that my cousin
bought me a copy for Christmas. Then as the next two were published I bought
them for myself. When Love Soup came
out I really liked the recipes and ideas and ending up buying copies for my
four adult daughters, too.
Love Soup is divided into seventeen
chapters with160 vegetarian recipes, including may vegan recipes – denoted to
easily stand out in the contents with a bold letter V next to their listing.
Ms.
Thomas has arranged the soups in groups by seasons of the year and a section
for holidays. There are hearty soups and cold soups. Then come
chapters of breads, hummus and company, salads, and sweets, to finish off the
meals.
I
like the fact that all her recipes are easy to follow, both in the style she
writes and the font used in the book. I can lay the cookbook open on my kitchen
table and standing next to it I can see the type easily. Two colors of font are
used in the recipes, black for the ingredients and rusty red to set off special
notes. So your eye is drawn to the red upon first reading the recipe, which is
good, because you get an overview of what’s involved.
If
I had to change one item it would be to spread my crusty bread with real butter
instead of olive oil, which doesn’t sit well in my digestive system - but that
might be a personal anomaly.
I
love this cookbook and the whole series, for that matter, and I think you will
find some special favorites for yourself.
Highest recommendation.
Details: 528
page paperback; W. W. Norton and Company Publisher (First Edition September 21,
2009); ISBN: 10- 0393332578 ISBN: 13- 978-0393332575
Link to Love
Soup Cookbook by Anna Thomas at Amazon.com
Review
by Susan Helene Kramer. I am an Amazon.com associate.
Copyright 2012-2014 Susan Helene Kramer
Santa Barbara, California USA
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Published by Creations in Consciousness
email susan@susankramer.com
web site http://www.susankramer.com