Comments on: Tofu Cheesecake, not a recipe http://blog.fabulousfoodie.com/tofu-cheesecake-not-a-recipe/ food and food culture a la carte Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:40:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Deb http://blog.fabulousfoodie.com/tofu-cheesecake-not-a-recipe/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Deb Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:19:51 +0000 http://blog.fabulousfoodie.com/tofu-cheesecake-not-a-recipe/#comment-35 <i>Is it really so difficult for trained cooks to come up with a starter, main course, or dessert that does not involve animal products in any way? Must it always be roasted vegetables and or/pasta or polenta with lashings of cream and eggs and cheese?</i> You know, that's interesting because I was having a not dissimilar discussion with someone the other day. Why is is always roasted vegetables? They seem to manage quite a vegetarian variety it in other regional and ethnic cuisines - notably the discussion I had touched on the Asian and Middle Eastern cuisines. I imagine some of which are also vegan appropriate. Otherwise you're right - it seems a failure of imagination - or narrow experience. Is it really so difficult for trained cooks to come up with a starter, main course, or dessert that does not involve animal products in any way? Must it always be roasted vegetables and or/pasta or polenta with lashings of cream and eggs and cheese?

You know, that’s interesting because I was having a not dissimilar discussion with someone the other day. Why is is always roasted vegetables? They seem to manage quite a vegetarian variety it in other regional and ethnic cuisines – notably the discussion I had touched on the Asian and Middle Eastern cuisines. I imagine some of which are also vegan appropriate.

Otherwise you’re right – it seems a failure of imagination – or narrow experience.

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