Diet for a Small Planet (20th Anniversary Edition) Mass Market Paperback – November 1, 1991

I HAVEN'T ONLY BUT REVIEWED IT WITH A QUICK GLANCE AND STOPPED IN PARTS THAT REALLY INTERESTED ME BUT THIS BOOK HAS A LOT OF JEWELS TO OFFER AS WELL AS ALL THE RAW BOOKS AND MY FORAGING BOOKS SO GET THIS ONE TOO IT IS REALLY A TERRIFIC BOOK FROM WHAT I READ AND THIS ONE I NEED TO TO READ MORE WITH THE OTHER FEW I HAVE YET TO FULLY READTHX AGAIN MEDICINEP.S.DON'T THINK THAT JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET TO READ OR TRY A CD THAT I AN NOT INTERESTED BECAUSE WHEN I GET CHANCE I WILL READ AND TRY SEWING AND SO ON IT IS JUST THAT I HAVE SO MUCH TO PREPARE FOR THE SPRING AND FALL PLANTING AND HARVEST AS WELL AS OUR SON GRADUATINGNEXT YEAR AND OUR 19TH ANNIVERSARY COMING UP AND THEN THE GARDEN BUT RIGT NOW SEEDS I NEED TO PLANT SOON AND SO I NEED TO GATHER ALL THE IMFO I NEED TO ACCOMPLISH THIS AT THE RIGHT TIME OF THE SEED PLANTINGGLAD YOU UNDERSTANDTHX AGAIN MEDICINE

Many "vegetarian" or "vegan" cookbooks teach in terms of substitute proteins -- what I call the "tofurkey" approach that focuses on replacing animal meats with imitations and analogs. It was Frances Moore Lappe's great gift to us to throw out the concept that something called an "entree" must center the dinner table, whether or not said entree consisted of meat, fish, molded lentils or whatever. Instead, she focuses on protein complementarities, the technique of melding vegetable sources with incomplete amino acids into full proteins (for example, corn and legume beans; milk and peanuts).It's a wonderful way to think, plan, and cook; as a result this wonderful little book has braved the test of time and is now in its third decade. And may I say -- the recipes are very tasty indeed. Cheers!

I bought this book years ago, and my daughter asked me for the Roman Rice and Beans recipe so I sent her a picture of it and ordered her a copy of the book. When I began to avoid eating meat I bought this book, read it and tried various recipes. I always have it in my kitchen. I just think it’s a great book to have. I obviously never met the author but I like to think of Frances Moore Lappe’ as an old friend. Thank you to her for writing this book.

This is an awesome resource. I originally got it from the library, but couldn't finish it in time and wanted it as a future reference anyways. I'm still reading it and am learning so much about world hunger, my role in it, complete protein combinations, and everything in between. With that said, I haven't read the original version, but it seems as though the 20th anniversary edition has a bit too much editorializing for my taste. I would rather the book be written more "professionally" without all of the background information about what Frances Moore Lappe was thinking when she wrote each chapter and what was going on in her personal life. Just the same, I love this book and can't wait to finish it.

I ordered this book expecting a colourful book full of recipes. Not what I got

Unfortunately the copy of this book that a bought I the seventies ( yes, really!) went missing. It was in pretty bad shape anyhow, I HAD to have the wonderful tomato rice soup one day so I went ahead and bought an e- copy.I am not a vegetarian but try to eat healthy and I have enjoyed many of the recipes through the years. If you make nothing else make the tomato rice soup (like Campbell's never dreamed of). You probably have most, if not all the ingredients in you kitchen, and there is nothing better on a cold winter day than a hearty soup that you didn't have to go out in the cold to shop for.The first part of the book makes a good argument for going vegetarian.

To be clear, this review is for the book, NOT the bookseller. The book is fantastic, it's one of the classics of vegetarian cooking and teaches you how to combine foods to get enough protein. I highly recommend this and it's companion book, Recipes for a Small Planet. The bookseller is advertising this book as having a spiral binding, which I prefer, but the book is regular binding, so don't buy from this bookseller. They never returned my email asking for the book I ordered, and then had the audacity to ask me to give them a better review.

Very disappointed with this book. It doesnt mention very much about what foods to combine for a complete protein, and recipies are hard find. When I do find them, it looks like I wont be able to afford to make them anyway with so many different ingredients in them. Also lots of research looks convincing, till you notice the dates, dont see any from the year 2000 or after. Are any of them still true? Like my old paperback edition better.