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New Farm Vegetarian Cookbook

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Fist of all, skimming through this book is really a trip...I love the sort of "70's hippie layout" and hope they never change this!
As far as content, I have to echo others...a great book, chock full of great, simple recipes! My version is a little older, but I think that little has been changed over the years. It's a bit of a time capsule. It's just a wealth of great, basic vegetarian info. How to make your own tofu, tempeh, etc. In fact, you can still buy tempeh starter from the Mail Order Catalog (based at the Farm), follow the recipe here and you can't go wrong.
Most of the recipes are for family friendly, down home kinds of meals, just adapted to the veggie palate. One really gets the impression that many of the Farm folks, having presumably grown up on a sort of 50's homestyle cooking, reworked a lot of this into real family-type, comfort foods. My personal favorite recipe is the Soft Sandwich buns!
Speaking of family, there is a great deal of info here about vegetarian nutrition for pregnant and nursing women, and children.
The Farm has been around for decades, and is still going...they must be doing something right!

I love cookbooks and I have quite a collection, but this one is the one I keep going back to. It is literally falling apart because I use it so much. There are a few recipes that might seem intimidating, and a few ingredients that might seem odd to a new vegan/vegetarian, but over all it is accessible. It has a great nutrition section in the back, too. The macaroni and "cheese" recipe is by far my favorite vegan dish.

Like something out of a time capsule from the early-70s hippie back-to-the-land movement, this cookbook combines a wholesome, innocent sweetness with floral-psychedelic layout and graphics, and the best do-it-from-scratch soybean recipes anywhere. When this was written, tofu and tempeh and soymilk were not off-the-shelf supermarket items. But if you think you'll skip those recipes, be advised that fresh-made tofu has a subtle but amazing texture and flavor that beats the pants off anything you'll get out of a package! Based on the diet described in this book, and on studies of the people living on The Farm, the American Dietetic Association gave vegan-ism their stamp of approval, even for kids (ref: www.eatright.org). Buy this book, and see why the Sixties had such a major influence on food as we know it! And check out the subsequent cookbooks written by Hagler and Bates.

I have lots of vegan cookbooks, but this one's the best all around. It has easy, "normal" recipes, like pancakes, banana bread, and french toast. All the foods I thought I'd never be able to eat again.

I love cooking with this book! It has everything from soy yogurt, milk to (my fav) spaghetti balls! The recipes are easy and very delicious. I just ordered another one because mine is falling apart from using it so much! I wish they'd make a spiral bound hard copy! :) The Cooks that contributed the recipes are awesome and I'd love to go down to the FARM to take cooking lessons. The BEST book if you're just turning vegitarian and are looking for different soy choices for variety. I LOVE IT!

I LOVE this cookbook. Everything from making soy yogurt, to soy milk and my favorite, soy spaghetti balls! I had no idea the things you could do with soy until I found this little book! It's priceless if you are just turning vegitarian and want to cook soy different ways for variety! The Cooks that volunteered the recipes are incredible. I'd love to go down to the "Farm" and take some cooking lessons. THE BEST SOY COOKBOOK!

Yummy!!!! Loads of really tasty recipes.Try the okara fritters and don't forget the vegan tartar sauce,with which to dip them in.Okara is pulp from the soymilk making process.

I have a BIG collection of cookbooks, most of them vegan, and this is simply the BEST vegan cookbook I own! =) Every item I have made from it - was easy to make and tasted fantastic! Their "mock meat" recipes taste great to vegans and meateaters alike! The recipes are simple, usually with only a few ingredients (which you can easily change a little if you feel like it), the "steps" to make the recipes are so easy to follow I can easily let my husband cook every once in a while and most important the food always tastes great! (I have made about 20 of the recipes.) They even give you instructions on how to make your own soy milk, tofu, tempeh...!

I must admit that just 6 months ago there was no way I could fathom the thought of eating vegan meals on a daily basis, until I tasted a recipe out of this book. Not only was I astounded but I was also insulted. Insulted because one of my own famous recipes that I had made for years (with meat), was "up-staged" by the vegan recipe I had tasted in the New Farm Cookbook. And to add insult to injury, it took only a fraction of the time to make it! One of the main things I like about the book is that the recipes are absolutely delicious, simple, and most of the ingrediants can be found in just about anybodies cupboard. From gluten roast to non-dairy cheesecake you just can't beat it. Anyone who wants to change their diet and are skeptical would do themselves a tremendous service to get this book. I have since bought another one in case something happens to my first one. It has changed my life and I can honestly say that it is truly worth its weight in gold. This is why I call it my Vegan Bible.

My husband has had this book for 15 years. It has the best recipes! A must!