Classic American meals just became healthier and more delicious with Laura Theodore's vegan twist on traditional family fare. With quick-to-prepare and gourmet-style dishes, Jazzy Vegetarian Classics features Laura's original creations, such as vegan shish kebabs and cauliflower steaks with sweet pepper sauce, and other spins on time-honored favorites, such as spaghetti and “wheatballs" and decadent chocolate-ganache cake. Filled with easy-to-follow crowd-pleasing recipes, this cookbook will make nutritionally dense and plant-based dishes your new family favorites. Fun and simple to incorporate into anyone's lifestyle, Jazzy Vegetarian Classics provides wholesome full-menu plans for everything from weekday meals to special celebrations such as parties and holiday dinners. Laura even includes suggestions on how to present appetizing, plant-based meals in unique and festive ways, with her “Jazzy Music Pick" for each menu to help set the mood. Written for everyone—from seasoned vegans looking for innovative new dishes, to casual home cooks interested in adding one or two plant-based meals a week to their repertoire—Jazzy Vegetarian Classics includes guides to the basics of vegan cooking coupled with a glossary of common ingredients. Laura also provides simple instructions on how to use a variety of substitutes for “veganizing" timeless main dishes, desserts, soups, salads, and so much more. Put on some good music and embrace a healthy, delicious, and jazzy lifestyle!

A collection of traditional favorites to suit all tastes and moods from the James Beard Cookbook Award-winning author of Quick Vegetarian Pleasures. Jeanne Lemlin sets the standard for accessible and appealing vegetarian cooking. Vegetarian Classics is Jeanne’s most useful and comprehensive book to date: an essential collection of 300 no-fail recipes for soups, salads, sandwiches, pastas, pizzas, calzones, casseroles, stir-fries, stove-top dishes, sides, snacks, desserts, and breakfasts. Each recipe is deeply satisfying and surprisingly simple, reflecting Jeanne’s trademark dedication to uncomplicated techniques and unparalleled flavor. “In this ideal starter book, Lemlin (Vegetarian Pleasures; Simple Vegetarian Pleasures) presents the comfort foods that have sustained the vegetarian movement for the past forty years . . . a must-have for beginning bakers and vegetarians alike.” —Publishers Weekly

To do what no other magazine does: Deliver simple, delicious food, plus expert health and lifestyle information, that's exclusively vegetarian but wrapped in a fresh, stylish mainstream package that's inviting to all. Because while vegetarians are a great, vital, passionate niche, their healthy way of eating and the earth-friendly values it inspires appeals to an increasingly large group of Americans. VT's goal: To embrace both.

There are soup books and there are soup books. Mary Taylor's approach is different. She combines the classic cooking methods and traditions of France and Asia with modern ingredients to create over 150 exquisite vegetarian soups. The soup recipes are low in fat and have explicit directions that make them easy to prepare. 16 pages of full-color photos.

Easy Meatless Dishes for Everyday Meals This irresistible little book presents 100 essential vegetarian recipes-easy, delicious, wonderfully adaptable dishes that you're guaranteed to love, from Green and White Lasagna to Indonesian Vegetable Stew. Updating dishes from the author's classic, award-winning 1,000 Vegetarian Recipes, it's a must-have kitchen companion, whether you enjoy meatless meals occasionally or you are a devoted vegetarian.

To do what no other magazine does: Deliver simple, delicious food, plus expert health and lifestyle information, that's exclusively vegetarian but wrapped in a fresh, stylish mainstream package that's inviting to all. Because while vegetarians are a great, vital, passionate niche, their healthy way of eating and the earth-friendly values it inspires appeals to an increasingly large group of Americans. VT's goal: To embrace both.