Veggie Burgers Every Which Way

I have been making my own meat-free burgers for over ten years now, and, whilst I have a great many (50+) vegetarian/vegan cookbooks, recipes for veggie burgers are fairly hard to come by. Very quickly, I had tried every recipe in my posession, and wanted to try something new. I saw this, and several other veggie burger cookbooks on Amazon, and chose to buy this one as it was the cheapest, and I was prompted by the positive reviews customers had given it.This is the sort of cookbook that makes you want to try the recipes it contains; it is well-illustrated, and the title of many of the recipes sound interesting, which always wins me over!! However, I was disappointed with a few things; first, the book is American. I suspected that it would be (a bit too specialised for the UK market!!), and US cup measurements are not a problem for me, but there are a number of ingredients mentioned that I doubt very much one can purchase in the UK; vital wheat gluten, anyone? Secondly, I am a vegan, and was surprised by how many of the recipes in this book are not vegan; most contain eggs (some also include cheese). To be fair, the author does suggest vegan alternatives for eggs to bind the mixture together. However, as a well-experienced veggie burger chef, I knew that generally the egg can be omitted, with no detrimental effect on the burgers.I have so far only made one of the recipes from this book (Tuscan Bean Burgers - minus egg!), and the taste was very nice. However, the recommended quantities would yield very small burgers, so I doubled them. Looking through the recipes, many of them sound a bit "stingy", so they would all need to be multiplied. Similarly, the author suggests frying a number of the burgers; I personally have never had sucess with this (veggie burgers have an unfortunate tendency to disintegrate!), so I would recommend baking them. Overall, this is an attractive book that I would recommend to any vegetarian/vegan, but with the proviso that the recipes are used more as an inspiration and a rough guide, rather than being followed to the letter.

We are not vegetarians, just very gradually moving in that direction. We bought this on strong recommendations from gourmet vegetarians who cook from scratch, as we do. While I see no reason to have "fake" meat, just good vegetarian meals, I see good value in this little book. It delivers excellent options, great variety, available ingredients, clear instruction, and sensible advice about preparing food. My only quibble is the format. I like a recipe book that lays flat all by itself.

You don't need to be a vegetarian to enjoy this book. It has recipes for delicious patties, buns, sides and condiments. You won't miss the beef!

Excellent book, publication well done. Will get my wife to be the Veggie Burger Queen!Guy H and Suzanna M

Nice book, lots of tasty ideas for members of family who no longer eat meat.