San Francisco'¬?s Millennium restaurant is renowned for its elegant, intriguing, and delicious vegetarian fare. Very low-fat, this sophisticated and inviting food draws from a world of culinary influences. With full-color photographs, an ingredient glossary, and an introduction to the techniques of dairy- and egg-free cooking.
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Millennium, arguably the best vegetarian restaurant in San Francisco, finally shares its secrets. If you've never been to Millennium, forget the stereotype of a vegetarian restaurant serving bean sprouts, brown rice, and seaweed. Millennium, a true gourmet restaurant, presents elegant, innovative, inspired cuisine that happens to be as healthy as it is delicious. This book entices the accomplished cook to explore exquisite dishes that will surprise and delight any dinner party--even if your guests are not vegetarians. Try appetizers like Cabbage and Shiitake-Filled Spring Rolls with Plum Sauce, or Grilled Portobellos with Herb-Tofu Aioli and Red Onion Marmalade. Experience the Indian-inspired Baked Madras-Glazed Tofu with Saffron Basmati Pilaf and Peach-Lime Chutney, or the Curry-Crusted Tempeh with Pomegranate Sauce. You won't want to skip dessert: Chocolate-Almond Midnight will indulge even the most finicky chocoholic.
Some of the dishes are simple to prepare, but most are intricate and time consuming and include subrecipes, making this book best for artistic cooks who revel in new, inventive recipes. For example, the recipe for luscious Moroccan Filo Crescents with Curried Golden Tomato Sauce (only 21 percent fat, despite the filo) takes more than a page, and references three other recipes. All recipes are vegan--no meat, eggs, or dairy--and most are very low in fat. Nutritional breakdown is provided for each recipe, and the food photos are gorgeous. The Millennium Cookbook is an impeccable gift for the inspired cook in your life. --Joan Price
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No, this isn't a cookbook for those expecting the imminent end of the world. Its name comes from San Francisco's popular vegan restaurant, Millennium. As more people follow vegetarian regimes for the health benefits of low-fat cooking, an upscale restaurant catering to their needs is a welcome phenomenon. Millennium takes food very seriously, and it raises vegan cuisine to new levels. Although tempeh substitutes for meat in a number of recipes, there's a welcome absence of vegetarian chilis and lasagnas. Instead, chefs make use of both ordinary and uncommon grains and flavor them with lots of lively seasonings, such as chipotle peppers. In conformance with vegan rules, dairy products are taboo, so the dessert recipes make use of milk substitutes. Serious vegetarians looking for diet variety will eagerly welcome the new horizons this cookbook opens, but reproducing these vegan recipes successfully at home demands no little kitchen savvy. Mark Knoblauch
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This book is not for beginners, or the faint of heart. I own both this and its follow-up The Artful Vegan and both are filled with mouth watering recipes (but only for those with the skill and time to pull them off). This book is filled with showy recipes and would be overwhelming for the beginner cook (each recipe contains many sub recipes). Many ingredients called for are expensive or hard to find, but an experienced cook can make substitutions. The flavour combinations are intense :)
I like how the book has nutritional information for every recipe and is filled with beautiful photographs. Warning - Portion sizes are huge. Unless you are feeding a large number of ppl I would recommend cutting recipes in half.
I wish I had more time to cook from this - until then it is a book for special occasions.
I like how the book has nutritional information for every recipe and is filled with beautiful photographs. Warning - Portion sizes are huge. Unless you are feeding a large number of ppl I would recommend cutting recipes in half.
I wish I had more time to cook from this - until then it is a book for special occasions.
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Several months ago, I purchased this cookbook to expand my collection of vegetarian cookbooks and reference. Although I am an avid cook, I have not tried a single recipe. They look interesting, but in order to actually prepare them, you would have to hire a prep team. Each recipe requires the preparation of about six OTHER recipes... Just looking at the recipes makes me tired.
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These recipes are really complicated & time-consuming & the results aren't worth all the effort. I spent the weekend making stuff from this book. On Saturday I made the dessert napoleans with hazelnut filo & caramelized lemon cream & kiwis. The lemon cream is basically sugar, tofu & soymilk & tastes like, well, tofu; the napoleans tasted better without it. On Sunday I made the cabbage & shitake spring rolls with plum sauce. The plum sauce came out tasting like ketchup & the red cabbage stuffing in the spring roles completely overpowered the taste of the shitakes & dyed everything a weird purple color. This is a beautiful-looking book & the recipes certainly sounded intriguing, but the ones I tried turned out to be an over-produced mishmash of flavors that didn't really work together. I'm sure they're good for your karma but they just didn't taste very good to me. I'm going back to traditional Japanese & Mideastern cuisine to find vegan recipes based on long-established combinations of flavors that are healthful & taste good too.
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Best vegan cookbook ever!
I have owned this cookbook for a number of years now and have yet to make anything I didn't absolutely love. Read more
Published on Sep 20 2004
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Looks pretty, but do we really have the time?
Several months ago, I purchased this cookbook to expand my collection of vegetarian cookbooks and reference. Although I am an avid cook, I have not tried a single recipe. Read more
Published on Aug 5 2003 by Kristen Wicklund
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Self-flagellations of the Vegetarian Orthodox
I have a vegan friend, who likes this restaurant, which I have never been to. Knowing I'm a near-pro cook, she asked if I had this cookbook, so I went out and bought it and... Read more
Published on July 26 2002
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Gourmet Cuisine
Vegan or carnivore, people are impressed with and love food prepared from these recipes. Sophisticated and complex, the dishes cover the globe in style. Read more
Published on Aug 1 2001 by disco75
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Carnivore Eats Green
I am amazed by this book. My wife raved about the restaurant, and brought back the book for me when she returned from vacation. You never miss the dairy. You never miss the meat. Read more
Published on July 17 2001 by Allen Keller
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For everyone, vegans and non-vegans, who loves good food.
The biggest impediment to the acceptance of veganism is the stereotype that exists concerning the taste of vegetarian cuisine. Read more
Published on Mar 16 2001 by Pumpkin King
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Gourmet vegan - but not for those in a hurry!
This is a wonderful cookbook for the experienced cook. The recipes are complex and use unusual ingredients but it is worth the effort. Read more
Published on Dec 28 2000
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Taking vegetarian dishes to new heights...
I happened upon this book during one of my cookbook browsing moments. I was immediately struck by the visual beauty of the dishes presented in the photos. Read more
Published on July 2 2000 by Barbara A Johnson
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Delicious Gourmet Vegan fare but not for the average cook
The layout of the book was lovely and crisp -- nice photos,roomy margins for notes.
The recipes are delicious and since thereare few vegan cookbook collections out there,... Read more
Published on April 5 2000 by C. Rigby
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A milestone in vegan cuisine
Overall, this is one of the best cookbooks I own, and I make that claim as a former meat-eater and a recent most-of-the-time vegan. Read more
Published on Aug 3 1999
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