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Product Reviews:
Vegetarian Times (1-year) |
Rating: 3 (out of 5)
Summary: Way over the Top
Comments: I ordered this magazine because I wanted great vegitarian recipes to try out. I was not prepared for all the anti-meat, anti-killing animals, and anti-anything except for vegitarianism. The recipes are great, the content and editorial junk is not. |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: Vegetarian Times is really lame and not vegan friendly...
Comments: Vegetarian Times is pretty lame. It is not vegan friendly, take no issues on vegetarian issues and many of the recipes are so filled with dairy or eggs that they are unhealthful....
VegNews is a much better magazine as is Vegetarian Journal. I have subscribed to Vegetarian Times since 1984 and I am letting my subscription lapse this year. I find nothing in the magazine interesting...and I am also annoyed that many of the ads in the magazine are for non-vegetarian products.... |
Rating: 3 (out of 5)
Summary: great diversity
Comments: well i am excited to start experimenting in the kitchen. however i havent gotten my 1st magazine yet so im just waiting for it. |
Rating: 3 (out of 5)
Summary: Something of a disappointment
Comments: 1st, the disclaimer. I am not a vegetarian. I have, however, planned many vegetarian menus and cooked thousands of vegetarian meals, both professionally and at home.
This magazine has a rather quaint approach to cover art and illustrations that reminds me of magazines that my mom read in the sixties. Apart from its appearance, the recipes are wildly inconsistent. Some are great, quick, and easy to prepare. Others are bland and lifeless, reinforcing the misconception that vegetarian food is uninteresting and "healthy tasting." Some of the recipes contain obvious errors and omissions or call for such odd proportions that1wonders if they were tested prior to publication.
Vegetarian Times seems to try reasonably hard to avoid the sanctimony and self-righteousness that afflicts many publications in this genre. Nonetheless, there is enough polemicizing to annoy when it intrudes on the culinary purposes of the magazine.
My final observation is that this magazine has1of the worst advertisement-to-content ratios that I have ever seen. In a couple of recent issues, the ratio of ads to recipes is nearly1to one. I do not mind paying a reasonable price for a useful publication however I do object to paying for the privilege of reading marketing hype.
Bottom line? There are better vegetarian cookbooks readily available through Amazon or other dealers. Robin Robertson and Madhur Jaffrey both offer superior alternatives. |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: Inspiration for a healthier lifestyle
Comments: The October issue of Vegetarian Times arrived yesterday and its already in use in the kitchen!! Were they reading my mind? Opening the magazine and automatically inspired I quickly regretted not putting beans out to soak the night before. No problem!! A handy little article by Mary Margaret Chappell - "Bean Basics" with4nicely illustrated simple recipes with shorter soaking times took me immediately to the kitchen. There were many useful articles I can not wait to prepare and share: bistro-saavy gluten-free recipes to delight my friend with Celiac Disease who always has to drag baggies of alternative foods to dinner parties and Morrocan vegetarian recipes to surprise my friend traveling there next month. I carefully studied an insightful piece on headaches including foods that may trigger migraines along with a plan to test reactions. I was dazzled by the menu creativity in a piece about a vegetarian cruise. Wow!! This is just what I was hoping for. I am an accomplished cook and know the health food territory - however I like gorgeous and tasty food. I am not a vegetarian now, however evolving naturally more and more in that direction. The food styling and photography is 1st rate - and yes, sexy!! You would have to stretch your mind to notice the meat wasn't there. The text is meaningful and supplies just exactly what I want to know. The recipes are accessible and perfectly express my wish for healthy art from my kitchen. |
