Best-Selling vegetarian cookbook destined to become a classic. Everyone knows they should eat more vegetables and grains, but that prospect can be intimidating with recipes that are often too complicated for everyday meals or lacking in fresh appeal or flavor. For the first time ever, the test kitchen has devoted its considerable resources to creating a vegetarian cookbook for the way we want to eat today. The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook is a wide-ranging collection of boldly flavorful vegetarian recipes covering hearty vegetable mains, rice and grains, beans and soy as well as soups, appetizers, snacks, and salads. More than 300 recipes are fast (start to finish in 45 minutes or less), 500 are gluten-free, and 250 are vegan and are all highlighted with icons on the pages. The book contains stunning color photography throughout that shows the appeal of these veggie-packed dishes. In addition, almost 500 color photos illustrate vegetable prep and tricky techniques as well as key steps within recipes.

With more than 300 sophisticated, healthy, easy-to-follow recipes--including 70 that are new to this edition--this cookbook offers the best and most delicious in vegetarian fare. A photographic catalogue lists key vegetarian ingredients from around the world, with advice on selection, storage, and preparation. Color photos also illustrate the recipes.

Time to veg out! This updated and revised guide to the joys of vegetarianism features—for the first time—75 delicious recipes! You will learn how to prepare and savor main dishes and sides, smoothies, breakfasts, snacks, and more. A great introduction to the vegetarian lifestyle, this edition has tips on changing eating habits as painlessly as possible and covers the health and psychological aspects of going “veg.”

A guide to a vegetarian lifestyle explains the different types of vegetarianism and how to get essential nutrients while not eating meat, and offers substitutions for favorite meat dishes.

A comprehensive cookbook featuring the latest in vegetarian cusine includes thirty-day menu plans and 250 easy-to-prepare recipes, such as minestrone with cheese dumplings

This detailed cookbook and kitchen guide covers a comprehensive range of topics to enhance your culinary skills and knowledge. It begins with an overview of essential kitchen tools, cooking techniques, and safety practices. The book delves into understanding ingredients, measurements, and common cooking terms. Various cooking methods are explored, including roasting, grilling, and searing, along with specific instructions for preparing rice, pasta, and grains. The guide provides detailed sections on cooking different types of meat and seafood. It also offers insights into international cuisines, such as Chinese, Japanese, Italian, French, and Mexican cooking. Special sections on baking, vegetarian and vegan cooking, gluten-free and low-carb diets, and other special diets are included. The book also covers meal planning, grocery shopping, meal prep, food styling, plating, and food photography.

Featuring gourmet recipes from the renowned Zen retreat center, this vegetarian cookbook is a celebration of cooking, spirituality, and tradition California's Tassajara Zen Mountain Center has long been renowned for its gourmet vegetarian cuisine. In this comprehensive guide to the Tassajara way of cooking, the retreat center/spa's most celebrated chef, Edward Espe Brown, presents hundreds of recipes using fresh, whole foods. In addition to recipes, Brown includes detailed notes on preparing seasonal ingredients and, perhaps most important, inspiration for cooking with joyful intention and attention. Presented with humor and warmth, this book is full of insights for living a life that celebrates simple food.