The Angelica Home Kitchen.By Leslie McEachern Angelica Kitchen is a down-to-earth vegetarian restaurant that has long existed in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City's East Village. Its informal atmosphere is a pleasant find in a crowded city. The Angelica Home Kitchen is a vegan vegan /veg·an/ (ve´gan) (vej´an) a vegetarian whose diet excludes all food of animal origin. ve·gan n. cookbook offering some of the best recipes prepared by this establishment. A few of the featured dishes include Three-Bean Chili with Seitan sei·tan n. A chewy, protein-rich food made from wheat gluten and used as a meat substitute. , Mushroom Phyllo phyl·lo also fi·lo n. A pastry dough layered in very thin sheets that become flaky when baked, used especially in Greek and Middle Eastern dishes. Turnovers, Pumpkin Pate, Wild Rice Salad, Five-Grain Croquettes, and Date-Pecan Coffee Cake. As expressed in this book, Angelica Kitchen has always strived to be a socially conscious business, going out of its way to support organic farmers. My only disappointment with this book is that its author, the restaurant's owner Leslie McEachern, states that she personally does not follow a strict vegan lifestyle. In fact, she feels that she has to eat some animal products to feel well. I found it rather odd that her business goes out of its way to be ethical, yet she feels she must consume animal products. Despite this fact, this cookbook offers a terrific selection of vegan recipes that readers would enjoy. The Angelica Home Kitchen (ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 158008-503-2) is published by Ten Speed Press. This 268-page book retails for $27.95 in bookstores. Reviewed by Debra Wasserman. |
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