Moosewood Restaurant Daily Special: More Than 275 Recipes for Soups, Stews, Salads and Extras

And that saying something, because we have a bookcase full of cookbooks. My favorite of all the moosewood cookbooks, along with the original one by Mollie Katzen.

The Moosewood Restaurant is very special, boundless creativity rendered in food. The daily special is a nice warm bowl of soup, a salad that's a work of art and a delicious freshly made slice of bread. This cook book focuses on soups and salads from the daily specials. A favorite goto from fall to spring. Also has refreshing, light cold soups for summer!!!

My opinion is slightly biased and the rating should probably be a 5. Years ago Moosewood Restaurant published a cookbook specifically for its fabulous soups. Unfortunately that cookbook is no longer in print and I have had no luck in finding a copy on eBay or Craig's List. I have several recipes from that cookbook which are not included in this one. This cookbook looks wonderful, but (as is true in many cookbooks), there is much I cannot use or adapt to a vegetarian recipe (I'm the vegetarian). However, I am very happy to have this and will use and find new favorites and my carnivore husband will be happy as well. I am quite pleased to have stumbled across this from Amazon postings. Thank you.

Sure, there are two tiny chapters of recipes including seafood, which I never use, not being a seafood lover, and there are recipes that include clam juice or whatever, but I find that those are so easily substituted or simply left out that it doesn't make a difference. This is one of the cookbooks I use most on the fly, when I haven't thought out the menu in advance. Many of the recipes can be prepared without a dash to the store, with just stuff I have in the cupboards. There are many good pairing suggestions, and lots of the recipes go over well with my 4 and 2 year olds. We love the Baked Bean soup, Vegetable Pistou, Artichoke Avgolemono (this is a big hit with everone I've ever made it for), Classic Sichuan noodles, Persian Rice and Pistachio salad, Nepalese Egg salad, North African Roasted Cauliflower, I could go on. My kids favorite snack is the Baked seasoned tofu, we love the spiced paneer, and the shortening-free biscuits are great. This is a good cookbook to have.

I enjoy the Moosewood Restaurant cookbooks! For me they read like I'm right there with the cook watching what they do! It feels more and more like an experience and not just another cookbook. There are a few (but very few that I've come across so far!) recipes that may get copied into another book; but for the most part all of them are "new". The additional info they add to the cookbook as far as allergens - the little things that are in the care or detail to the entree you are trying to recreate are fantastic. I so far have collected 5 Moosewood cookbook and we just keep waiting for the next one!

This is an awesome cookbook with easy to follow instructions and ingredients!

Absolutely every recipe in this book I would consider gold! Great combinations, healthy alternatives, and warming winter soups and stews! This book was recommended to me by a chef in town and boy am I glad! Ordering was a breeze, the book came in 2 days! couldn't ask for a better experience!

The vendors review reflected the condition of the book perfectly.... GREAT BUY!

A lovely recipe book and a good go to “fridge clearing” ideas

Love the recipes very interesting and flavourful recipes

As always with Moosewood, I have been inspired to make many delicious and healthy recipes from this book. Many of the recipes have become regulars in my kitchen!

Moosewood always delivers the goods. Not tried anything yet but certainly on my list of to do soon

This is an amazing cookbook and was so pleased to have found a copy for so cheap! It contains many simple standards and complex favourites. Amazing how the flavour seems to jump off the page.