The New Chicago Diner Cookbook: Meat-Free Recipes from America's Veggie Diner Author: Jo A. Kaucher | Language: English | ISBN:
B00G1SRDS2 | Format: EPUB
The New Chicago Diner Cookbook: Meat-Free Recipes from America's Veggie Diner Description
Thirty years after opening, the Chicago Diner is still the Windy City's premier vegetarian eatery, now with two locations and a national fan base. In honor of this momentous anniversary, the Chicago Diner is releasing this new cookbook, reflecting the wealth of new recipes, vegetarian and vegan dining sensibilities, and anecdotes from the kitchen of this award-winning foodie favorite. In an attempt to eat healthier, Mickey Hornick became a regular at a local hippie haunt, the Breadshop Kitchen, where Jo Kaucher baked bread. One day, Hornick quit his job and took a position in Kaucher's kitchen as a dishwasher, despite his rudimentary knowledge of vegetables and warnings that the restaurant would soon go under. While Hornick and Kaucher were unable to save the Breadshop, they reunited to found the Chicago Diner. Predating the exponential growth of veggie-friendly dining in the 1990s and 2000s, the Chicago Diner set an example of how a successful vegetarian restaurant could thrive, even in meat-and-potatoes cities like Chicago. The Chicago Diner is a staple of the city's culinary scene, earning a Michelin Guide recommendation as well as numerous local and national accolades.
- File Size: 9891 KB
- Print Length: 180 pages
- Publisher: Agate Midway (December 10, 2013)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00G1SRDS2
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,713 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Travel > Food & Lodging > Dining - #23
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in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Natural Foods
This book combines a chef's touch with a comfort food palate and acceptance of pre-made convenience alongside do-it-yourself options. "Everything in moderation" -- this stuff tastes really good! Written with a can-do spirit, it's fun too. The recipes make selective use of imitation meat and dairy ingredient suggestions, neither relying on those nor avoiding them. There are plenty of decide-for-yourself elements like vegetable choices for stock. If you are watching your salt, sugar, and fat for health, this cookbook is not for the purist, but it is not gluttonous either -- again, it's a middle-way menu. Some recipes are quick, others elaborate, and others up the middle.
I've never been to the Chicago Diner, but you can be sure, next time I am in Chicago I'll go. Meanwhile I have enjoyed making the following recipes so far:
Tofu Scramble (the best I ever have eaten!)
Sweet Potato Quesadilla
Veggie Polenta with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Veggie Stock
Curried Cauliflower Soup
Flashed Greens
By GskFn
Newly vegan, I'd heard about The Chicago Diner through the vegan online grapevine. One trip there and I was hooked! I already had the first cookbook, so I anxiously awaited this second cookbook. I was not disappointed. There are some Diner classics (the Radical Rueben, for example) and some new ones I'd never seen on the menu. Just made the Pasta Carbonara last night as a matter of fact. Oh, and did I mention the Ranch Dressing recipe? OMG, to die for! Better than any Ranch I've eaten in my pre-vegan days! That's not because I'm a good cook, it's because the recipe is outstanding. Anyway, I recommend this to anyone considering or having adopted a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle. Or for anyone, for that matter. Good stuff.
By Cindy L. Schwermer
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