meritra's Profile

From: Tucson, AZ USA

Joined: May 24th, 2012

About me: I've been vegetarian (~95% vegan) for over forty years. I love to make foods from scratch, including tempeh, tofu, seitan, wine, pickles, sourdough, pasta etc. and prefer such experimentation to actually putting a meal together. Having grown up sixty miles north of the US/Mexico border, I have a long and affectionate history with Mexican food. I love Indian and Caribbean flavors, but am somewhat daunted by the complexity of the spicing. Asian cuisines, particularly Chinese, hold sway over me because of their versatility, variety and exquisite flavors — there is always more to discover. I'm focusing primarily on Italian cooking lately, and playing with various ravioli fillings.

Favorite cookbook: Changes almost daily


Latest review:

May 25th, 2012

Dong Chimi - White Radish Water Kimchee from Madhur Jaffrey's World-of-the-East Vegetarian Cooking

The first lacto-fermented vegetables I ever made were from this recipe. On the first try, I halved the quantities in this recipe, since I wasn't sure it would be successful, not knowing how easy fermentation... read more >


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meritra's Bookshelf

82 book(s). Click the title of a book to start adding your recipe and book reviews.

TitleTagsRatings & Reviews

The Ultimate Cook Book

By Bruce Weinstein, Mark Scarbrough
HarperCollins e-books - 2009


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Moosewood Restaurant Simple Suppers: Fresh Ideas for the Weeknight Table

By The Moosewood Collective
Clarkson Potter - 2010


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Authentic Mexican

By Rick Bayless
Morrow - 1987


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 17 my recipe reviews 0

Farm to Fork: Cooking Local, Cooking Fresh

By Emeril Lagasse
William Morrow Cookbooks - 2010


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 12 my recipe reviews 0

Fresh Mexico: 100 Simple Recipes for True Mexican Flavor

By Marcela Valladolid
Clarkson Potter - 2009


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 0

Crust and Crumb: Master Formulas for Serious Bread Bakers

By Peter Reinhart
Ten Speed Press - 2006


(0 recipe reviews)
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52 Loaves

By William Alexander
Algonquin Books - 2011


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 0

Baking Artisan Bread: 10 Expert Formulas for Baking Better Bread at Home

By Ciril Hitz
Quarry Books - 2008


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 7 my recipe reviews 0

Peter Reinhart's Artisan Breads Every Day

By Peter Reinhart
Ten Speed Press - 2009


(164 recipe reviews)
owned by 113 my recipe reviews 0

The Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book: A Guide to Whole-Grain Breadmaking

By Laurel Robertson, Carol Flinders, Bronwen Godfrey
Random House Trade Paperbacks - 2003


(3 recipe reviews)
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Peter Reinhart's Whole Grain Breads: New Techniques, Extraordinary Flavor

By Peter Reinhart, Ron Manville
Ten Speed Press - 2011


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Kneadlessly Simple: Fabulous, Fuss-Free, No-Knead Breads

By Nancy Baggett
Wiley - 2009


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 13 my recipe reviews 0

Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking

By Yamuna Devi
Bhaktivedanta Book Trust - 1987


(5 recipe reviews)
owned by 11 my recipe reviews 0

Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking

By Julie Sahni
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1985


(1 recipe review)
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Thai Vegetarian Cooking

By Vatcharin Bhumichitr
Pavilion Books - 2003


(0 recipe reviews)
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The New Making of a Cook: The Art, Techniques, And Science Of Good Cooking

By Madeleine Kamman
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1997


(0 recipe reviews)
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Book of Tofu

By William Shurtleff
Ballantine Books - 1987


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 0

The Book of Tempeh

By William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, Akiko Aoyagi
Ten Speed Press - 2001


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0

The Book of Miso

By William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi
Ten Speed Press - 2001


(0 recipe reviews)
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The Fragrant Vegetable

By Martin Stidham
Tarcher - 1986


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Madhur Jaffrey's World-of-the-East Vegetarian Cooking

By Madhur Jaffrey
Knopf - 1981


(16 recipe reviews)
owned by 25 my recipe reviews 1

Beard On Pasta

By James Beard
Alfred A. Knopf - 1983


(1 recipe review)
owned by 6 my recipe reviews 0

Veganize This!: From Surf & Turf to Ice-Cream Pie--200 Animal-Free Recipes for People Who Love to Eat

By Jenn Shagrin
Da Capo Lifelong Books - 2011


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 0

Friendly Foods (Gourmet Vegetarian Cuisine)

By Ron Picarski
Ten Speed Press - 1991


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

Cooking with Seitan: The Delicious Natural Foods from Whole Grain

By Barbara Jacobs
Japan Publications (U. S. A.), I - 1987


(0 recipe reviews)
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The New Farm Vegetarian Cookbook

By Louise Hagler, Dorothy R. Bates
Book Publishing Company (TN) - 1988


(0 recipe reviews)
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Recipes from an Ecological Kitchen

By Lorna J. Sass
William Morrow&Co - 1992


(0 recipe reviews)
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Japanese Vegetarian Cooking

By Lesley Downer
Pantheon - 1987


(0 recipe reviews)
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Japanese Cooking - Contemporary & Traditional

By Miyoko Nishimoto Schinner
Book Publishing Company (TN) - 2009


(0 recipe reviews)
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The Tassajara Bread Book: Revised and Updated Edition

By Edward Espe Brown
Shambhala - 1986


(0 recipe reviews)
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Viva Vegan!: 200 Authentic and Fabulous Recipes for Latin Food Lovers

By Terry Hope Romero
Da Capo Lifelong Books - 2010


(2 recipe reviews)
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Simply Vegetarian

By Wang-Chuan Chen, Lee H. Lin, Lee Hwa Lin, Connie Wolhardt
Wei-Chuan Publishing - 1998


(0 recipe reviews)
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