Celebrate the new season's crop of vegetables and greens and pick up one of these classic vegetarian cookbooks
Cooking for Kids Honest Pretzels
by Mollie Katzen (Tricycle Press, $20).
It sounds like a baking book, but it’s way more than that. This playful cookbook for cooks ages 8 and up combines fun recipes like Gingerbread French Toast and Torn Tortilla Casserole with step-by-step illustrated instructions.
Meatless Must-Have Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone
by Deborah Madison (Broadway, $40).
If you’re new to vegetarian cooking or are looking for a classic to round out your collection, this cookbook is for you. With 1,400 deliciously simple recipes, Madison offers a clear path to an abundance of meatless meals.
Amaranth to Zucchini Chez Panisse Vegetables
by Alice Waters (William Morrow, $35).
From the mother of seasonal cuisine, this A-to-Z vegetable bible is an appealing combination of lovely botanical illustrations, ingenious recipes (try the Roasted Wild Mushroom Salad with Parmesan or the Spinach Roman Style with Raisins and Pine Nuts) and serving and storing information.
Foodie Fixture Fields of Greens
by Annie Somerville (Bantam, $33).
Greens restaurant has been a San Francisco food institution since 1979. This cookbook by the restaurant’s current executive chef emphasizes fresh produce and also gives gardening advice. With such recipes as Couscous Salad with Apricots; Pine Nuts and Ginger; and Pizza with Onion Confit, Walnuts and Gorgonzola Cheese, this collection lets you taste the best of California—wherever you live.
Have Apron, Will Travel Madhur Jaffrey’s World Vegetarian
(Clarkson Potter, $26).
Globe-trotting might not be in your budget, but trying some of the more than 650 recipes in Jaffrey’s cookbook is. She plays with familiar ingredients, like potatoes, to show a regional range. For example, potatoes in a spicy cheese sauce are Papas a la Huancaina from Peru, and potato cakes with onion and egg are an Iranian dish called Kookoo Seeb Zameeni.
Beyond the Basics The Real Food Daily Cookbook
by Ann Gentry (Ten Speed Press, $25).
This collection of inventive recipes from the founder of the Real Food Daily restaurants in California offers a way out of the vegetarian comfort zone. Learn to cook with unusual ingredients, like shiso (an aromatic herb available in Asian markets), or find new uses for pantry staples—like pureeing cashews to form the base for a rich mac and cheese.
What is your favorite vegetarian cookbook?
Posted By: JANEBOYA14
7/18/2008 4:12:17 PM
I have never really used a vegetarian cookbook but, when I get the chance I would use the book Have Apron, Will Travel. (Madhur Jaffrey’s World Vegetarian) This book looks really interesting. I really enjoy international foods and would one day hope to buy this book.
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