- Paperback: 273 pages
- Publisher: Pythagorean Books (December 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0962616915
- ISBN-13: 978-0962616914
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.3 x 2.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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#711,788 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #36 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( B ) > Buddha
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Short bios and favorite recipes (some of them vegan) from people who are or were vegetarians at some point in their lives. Try Ghandi's Spicy Chapatis and Gujarati-Style carrot salad.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining vegetarian history,
By Cristina (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Famous Vegetarians & Their Favorite Recipes: Lives & Lore from Buddha to the Beatles (Paperback)
The author has come up with authentic recipes(or reasonable fac-similes thereof) reflecting the tastes of famous vegetarians throughout the ages. Anecdotal sketches give life to each of the 32 celebrities from Plato and Pythagoras to Tolstoi, Gandhi and George Bernard Shaw along with "contemporaries" like Paul McCartney and Isaac Bashevis Singer. Mr.Berry writes gracefully, and the 80 recipes are not only fascinating, but have been kitchen tested tested by the author for "savoriness." Many recipes are unfired. The book is fully referenced with footnotes(in the back). This is a superb book!
2.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting,
This review is from: Famous Vegetarians & Their Favorite Recipes: Lives & Lore from Buddha to the Beatles (Paperback)
Rynn Berry's "Famous Vegetarians and their favorite recipes" presents an overview of famous vegetarians in history. Each biography of the 30 famous vegetarians is about 3-6 pages long. It is by no means a comprehensive nor referenced work (not that I'm questioning his sources, but that being that this book features short pieces of fascinating individuals, it only makes sense to provide a "works cited" list or a reference list for those who are interested to pursue their research). If you are looking for great vegan/vegetarian recipes, you are at the wrong place. Most of the recipes are not too appetizing.
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4.2 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining vegetarian history,
By Cristina - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Famous Vegetarians & Their Favorite Recipes: Lives & Lore from Buddha to the Beatles (Paperback)
The author has come up with authentic recipes(or reasonable fac-similes thereof) reflecting the tastes of famous vegetarians throughout the ages. Anecdotal sketches give life to each of the 32 celebrities from Plato and Pythagoras to Tolstoi, Gandhi and George Bernard Shaw along with "contemporaries" like Paul McCartney and Isaac Bashevis Singer. Mr.Berry writes gracefully, and the 80 recipes are not only fascinating, but have been kitchen tested tested by the author for "savoriness." Many recipes are unfired. The book is fully referenced with footnotes(in the back). This is a superb book!
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting,
By Patrick Kwan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Famous Vegetarians & Their Favorite Recipes: Lives & Lore from Buddha to the Beatles (Paperback)
Rynn Berry's "Famous Vegetarians and their favorite recipes" presents an overview of famous vegetarians in history. Each biography of the 30 famous vegetarians is about 3-6 pages long. It is by no means a comprehensive nor referenced work (not that I'm questioning his sources, but that being that this book features short pieces of fascinating individuals, it only makes sense to provide a "works cited" list or a reference list for those who are interested to pursue their research). If you are looking for great vegan/vegetarian recipes, you are at the wrong place. Most of the recipes are not too appetizing.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
For charm & a trip to...,
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This review is from: Famous Vegetarians & Their Favorite Recipes: Lives & Lore from Buddha to the Beatles (Paperback)
a time or feeling fast fading from the landscape. The earnest pen-and-ink drawings of famous vegetarians, the surprisingly fresh biographical sketches, and a general feeling of creativity and gentility all call forth an era for which the word "nostalgia" may too soon apply. As you may gather, the recipes are just part of the appeal, although many (have even vegetarians become so jaded?) seem to have forgotten the homely joys of well-prepared grains and vegetables. Cloris Leachman's baked potato recipe sounds good & I'll probably get a charge from eating asparagas a la Plutarch. But it's Berry's fine sensibility, along with a delighful expansiveness (exemplified by the inclusion of early transcendentalist philosopher Bronson Alcott), that earns this book a place on my shelf, where it would make sense between a John Muir or Emily Dickinson collection and "Walden."
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