Rebar Modern Food Cookbook

This is a great vegetarian cookbook. The recipes are almost universally good (maybe a couple duds, but we've made a lot from this book). This isn't a 'dinner in 20 minutes' book, but most recipes can be prepared in 20 minutes to one hour. For the most part, doesn't require a ton of unique ingredients. Some of the ingredients you may not already own, but are often used in multiple recipes so you don't end up with a bunch of ingredients that sit around to be used once a year. There are a few ingredients we have had trouble finding, but we just substitute those and they still turn out great.My only gripe, which doesn't affect whether you should buy the book or not, is that it can be difficult to locate recipes you are looking for. The index is not done well; for example there is a recipe called "Smokey green split pea", which cannot be found in the index under peas, green peas, split peas, soup, or even smokey green split pea. Also, there is no table of contents that lists individual recipes and page numbers- the table of contents page only lists what page each section starts on (e.g. Soup, pasta, drinks). When you flip to that section, the recipes are listed in order but without page numbers, so you still end up flipping around to find it. So that can be a little annoying, but really just shows how often we use this book.This is our favorite cookbook, with many recipes that have become staples. We've probably given this book as a gift 10 times.

We recently ate at rebar and loved it! Neither my wife nor I are vegetarians, but we do enjoy vegetarian dishes. After dinner I bought a copy of the book for our daughter in law at a local bookstore in Victoria. After leaving Victoria we decided we wanted one of our own, plus one for a friend so I ordered from Amazon. We've made a few dishes and they are fantastic. Other reviews complain about hard to find ingredients, too many steps, etc. All of these are somewhat accurate, but as active home chefs, we are used to this. My complaint with the book occurred about a month after receiving. I discovered that pages 181 - 196 are duplicated and pages 197 - 212 are missing completely!! Contacted Amazon and being as efficient as they are they immediately sent me a new book, only for me to discover the same error. My friend checked their book and same thing. Telephoned by daughter in law in BC asking her to check the book we bought in Canada, and surprise, the book we bought in Canada is correct! I'm currently attempting to contact Amazon to see if I can get a book with all of the pages. Thus, I've give the complete cookbook 5 stars, but my 3 copies 1 star!

This is one of my all time fave cookbooks. It has inspired me to cook from scratch and to use fresh herbs and spices. Everything in here is so flavorful. It came out way before the "whole food" trend came... These ladies were way ahead of that game, and for good reason... the food is better, it's better for us and the environment. The recipes have been well tested and every one that I have tried (most) have come out just great. The only one I've had trouble with is the blintz, and perhaps that was user error. This may be the best vegetarian cookbook out there, if not best cookbook of all that I have seen or tried. You can easily add meat to these meals if you prefer, but you may find the food is so good, you won't miss meat at all. This cookbook is from a restaurant in Victoria, B.C., which is also one of my very favorite restaurants too. :) I think this book is out of print now, so get it while you can still find it at a decent price! You won't be dissappointed.

I went to a work function where we all brought a dish and someone brought a salad dish from this book, which we all gobbled up. I purchased the cookbook shortly after tasting a soup she brought to another function and have never regretted it. I've owned this book for 2 years now and LOVE it. In fact, every person who has tasted one of the dishes from this book has gone out and bought it right after (even non-vegetarians). It's the wonderful combination of fresh ingredients and herbs that makes it. You can not fail with the recipes in this book. I have bought this book as gifts for close friends who always thank me afterwards. I could not live without the recipes in this book. I particularly like the Rustic Bread Salad, the lotusland linguine and the tofu chocolate (vegan) cheesecake. I have many cookbooks on my shelves, but this is the one I turn to first. I highly recommend it!!!!! I only wish I could visit the restaurant myself, but maybe one day l will.

I borrowed this book from the library and liked it enough to buy a copy for my kitchen. Great restaurant recipes that translate well to the home kitchen and cook. Easy to follow and fun to read.

Ive been stuck in a cooking rut for a while before purchasing this cookbook and let me tell you, this baby kicked things up a few notches in my kitchen!All the recipes are so full of flavor and depth, providing unique ingredient combinations and thorough step-by-step instructions. Ranging from Mexican to Asian to Italian, there is quite literally something for every craving.Also, as a meat-eater, this vegetarian cookbook left no room to be missing meats in the dishes–it's just that good!

Call me childish, but I find it much easier to feel confident about tackling a new recipe if there's pictures of the final product to compare to... or live up to. There are none in this book. a little dissapointing and maybe a bit overpriced.

Highly recommend this book to anyone that is looking for a way to incorporate more healthy options at meal time. You dont need to vegetarian to enjoy these recipes! So good

I also bought this book after experiencing rebar in canada. I spent some time trying all these interesting recipes many of which have ingredients i would not normally use and was very surprised at how much this book opens up new flavours and textures for me to enjoy. I loved it especially the pancake recipes !! Awesome!

Exciting recipes - a bit more prep work than I usually have time to do.Both books arrived in 1 (which I appreciate) oversized box with no internal cushioning, and the corners were slightly damaged in transport. A bit of crumpled paper would probably be all that's needed.

I bought this cookbook as we were entertaining Vegan friends, and I wanted some fresh ideas.Boy was this the right choice!I've already tried a number of recipes, which all tasted great... I think I might just work my way through the whole book!

Excellent recipes.