Miso Cookery. - Review - book review

Vegetarian Journal, Jan, 2001 by Debra Wasserman

Miso is a traditional Asian soy food found in natural foods stores and Asian markets. It comes in the form of a paste or puree, ranging from beige to dark chocolate brown in color. Different varieties range from sweet to savory. Miso is salty and used to flavor soups and can be used to enhance sauces, marinades, dressings, stews, roasts, and other items.

Miso Cookery offers 70 recipes using miso. Amongst the dishes are Miso Kombu Soup, Cilantro Miso Pesto, Cabbage Peanut Slaw, Apricot-Lime BBQ Sauce, Sweet Pepper Onion Quiche, Thai Green Curry, and Peach Soy Frogurt.

Louise Hagler is also author of Tofu Cookery, Soyfoods Cookery, Meatless Burgers, and others. This new book includes a few color photos.

Miso Cookery (ISBN 1-57067-102-8) is published by the Book Publishing Company. It retails for $10.95 and is 96 pages. Look for this book in bookstores. Reviewed by Debra Wasserman.