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Today's entertaining at home should be relaxed and not keep the host in the kitchen and away from the company of family and freinds. Top Sydney cook Ross Dobson's mantra is to keep it simple as this collection of fuss-free recipes demonstrates. A chapter on Grazing offers ideas for fingerfoods and drinks. Try Roast Pumpkin, Feta, and Olive Empanadas, Slow-cooked tomatoes with Goat Cheese; or a Smoked Trout, Celeriac, and Apple Salad with Rye Toasts. With the frugal cook in mind. Cheap and Cheerful has great recipes for dishes that will keep guests well-fed without breaking the bank. Try Mushroom, Spinach, and Potato Bake; Baked Thai-style Fish with Cilantro Rice; or Roast Chicken Pot Pie. When cooking for friends mid-week time is often an issue. Food in a Flash features dishes that can be thrown together with the minimum of effort. Try Pappadelle Pasta with Chicken Tabbouleh. A chapter of Chic Eats has perfect recipes for when you want to dine in style. Try Roast Turkey Breast with Green Olive Salsa or Roast Beef Rib-eye with Cafe de Paris Butter. Sweet Things are always popular and a good way to end any meal, however informal. Treat your guests to Almond, Mascarpone, and Pear Tart; White Chocolate Pots with Berries; or Cherry and Walnut Brownies.

*With the emphasis on buying good but affordable ingredients and keeping it simple, Ross Dobson's recipes make entertaining effortless.

*In tune with the current trend for affordable fuss-free entertaining at home.

*Mouth-watering photography by Kate Whitaker.
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These delicious, no-fuss recipes from top Sydney cook RossDobson take advantage of ingredients at their best and prove that vegetarian food doesn’t have to be labor-intensive or dull. Ideas for tasty Light Bites include Zucchini and Mint Fritters with Spicy Tomato Jam. Midweek Meals is full of great ideas for healthy food in a hurry; try an Asparagus, Sweetcorn, and Goat Cheese Frittata. Soups and Stews make perfect one-pot meals; enjoy Smoky Hotpot of Great Northern Beans. Saturday Night Dinnersfeatures delicious recipes for when you have more time to spend in the kitchen. Ideas for Baking includes savory pies, gratins, and bakes; try Leek and Pea Tart in Parmesan Phyllo. Finally, scrumptious Sweet Things to try include Nectarine and Pistachio Crumble and Chocolate and Raspberry Mousse Cake.• Easy organic recipes for every occasion created by a rising star of the vibrant Sydney food scene.• More than 80 ideas for vegetarian dishes—perfect for making the most of farmers’ market or veggie box produce. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

Beautiful pictures
Although it says easy recipes on the cover, most of these recipes have uncommon ingredients which means hunting down the ingredients at the market.The pictures are beautiful almost like art work which makes you very hungry.

Bland and uninspired
After reading the positive reviews for this book I decided to give this book a try. I'm newly vegetarian and the only veg. cookbook on my shelf was an old moosewood cookbook which just wasn't cutting it for me any more.
I've had really great results with Donna Hay (another Aussie chef, not vegetarian) any recipe I've made turn out fantastic! Easy recipes, beautiful photos and truly delicious. I absolutely love her books, highly recommended.

This book unfortunately has been nothing but disappointing and bland. The photos are pretty and enticing, the recipes are easy to follow but each dish I've made comes out bland. The best thing about these dishes is that it gives boyfriend and I the challenge to dissect the boring flavors and come up what we could add to make this food really pop. Oh, and another thing, there are several recipes which suffer even more by using canned ingredients. The book is called "Market Vegetarian" shouldn't we be using fresh produce?
It's given me a few okay ideas but pretty much I'm ready to toss this one in the trash.

Must buy book
This is a wonderful book. I purchased it as I have a vegetarian daughter who has lots of food allergies. Recipes are simple to follow and everything I have cooked has been delicious. I own many vegetarian books but like this the best. The sweet potato , coconut soup with Thai pesto is outstanding !

Excellent book!
I picked this cookbook up on a whim and I'm so glad I did. I've made over half of the recipes in the book, and have been very pleased with nearly all of them. Easy, fast, fresh, and healthy, plus he draws on many delicious cuisines. The photography is beautiful and the ingredients are easy to find. Great buy for a vegetarian cook! ... Read more

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Chapters: Claire Ward, Michael Bridges, John Dobson, Neil Tennant, Rod Clements, Steve Watson, Peter Weatherson, Ray Walker, Alan Young, Hilton Valentine, Myles Birkett Foster, John Chambers, William Wouldhave, Shaun Prendergast, Dennis Kirkland, Jack Colback, Jimmy Scarth, John Nichol, Adam Sadler, Ron Gray, David Dixon, Lucy Ratcliffe, Victor Noble Rainbird, Edward Jennings, J. Louis Salmond, Wesley S. B. Woolhouse, Ernie Phillips, Shaun Lowther, Willie Coulson, James Egan Moulton, James Leach, Anthony Shandran, Allan Taylor, William Harbutt, Dave Ferguson, Malcolm Gibbon, James Miller, Janet Pilgrim, Pete Rumney, Katy Cavanagh, Ken Currie, Tom Hadaway, Paul Dickenson, Michael Rodd, Iain Purdy. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 144. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Claire Margaret Ward (born 9 May 1972)) is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, she served as a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the constituency of Watford from 1997-2010, and was a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice from 2009-10. Ward was born in North Shields, Northumberland, the daughter of Frank and Cathy Ward. Both her parents were Labour Party councillors and her father stood unsuccessfully as the Labour candidate for Hertsmere in the 1987 general election. She was brought up in Elstree, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, where she attended the Loreto College, an all-girls Roman Catholic school in St Albans, and studied at the newly-created University of Hertfordshire (Hatfield Polytechnic until 1992) where she earned an LLB in Law in 1993. She then did an an MA in Britain and the European Union at Brunel University, before qualifying as a solicitor at the College of Law in London. From 1995-98, she was a trainee solicitor. Ward joined the Labour Party, the Co-operativ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=434960 ... Read more

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This season's mouthwatering selection of food and wine is bound to get you cooking and uncorking, from delicious dishes cooked with seasonal produce to indulgent chocolate treats and celebrations of everyone's favourite drinks--tea, coffee, and wine.Although we can buy most of food throughout the year, many so-called "fresh" products may have traveled thousands of airmiles to reach our shopping carts. Food produced locally and marketed in season tasts better and is likely to be at its nutritional best, too.This book offers a delightful collection of no-full recipes from top Sydney cook Ross Dobson, featuring naturally produced foods at their peak of perfection. Here are suggestions for appetizers, salads, entrees, and desserts that not only take advantage of top-quality food through the year but reflect the moods and atmosphere of the seasons. Savor the freshness of spring with Spicy Tofu and Crunchy Pickled New Vegetables; celebrate the arrival of summer with Strawberry Buttermilk Cake; take advantage of the fall's abundance and try the recipes for Wild Mushroom and Pork Pie or Pear Tiramisu; warm up with a Winter Vegetable Tagine. Ross tells you not only how to cook delicious meals but also how to find fresh produce, explaining that the healthy way to buy food is to find in-season produce in outlets such as local farmers' or growers' markets.*Fresh, easy-to-follow recipes from a rising star of the Sydney food scene.*Explains which foods are at their best at particular seasons of the year.*Gorgeous photography by award-winning photographer Richard Jung. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

so far so good
I have a tried a handful of receipes from this book and so far i have been impressed.My favorite has to be the sesame noodle salad, although i have a real nice korean market near me so some of these ingrediants might not be so easy to find for you (at your local supermarket). That said, i would recommend this book to any on looking an organic cookbook with a little flair for the exotic. ... Read more