COOKBOOKS--adult (cont.)

***specifically vegetarian***

The 15-Minute Vegetarian Gourmet--Mitchell
Synopsis: Mitchell proves that in addition to being delicious and healthful, vegetarian cooking can be simple, too. She offers a tempting array of 100 recipes, any one of which can be prepared in just fifteen minutes. Mitchell's ten techniques for quick cooking, as well as tips on stocking the kitchen, make low-calorie, low-sodium,low-cholesterol meal preparation easy enough for everyone.

30-Minute Vegetarian Indian Cookbook --Baljekar
Customer Comment (rating=*****): For vegetarians with limited time, this book is tops! My family and I became vegetarians recently. We had already decided that indian cuisine was not only very tasty by also very healthy. I ran across this book purely by accident and have been giving it and recommending it to friends ever since.

30-Minute Vegetarian Mexican Cookbook--Beattie

30-Minute Vegetarian Thai Cookbook
Synopsis: Beattie introduces us to the sweet, sour, salty and spicy flavors of Thai cooking. Thai food has never been so simple! Using ingredients such as hot chilies, cooling coconut, zesty lime, piquant ginger, and fragrant lemongrass, Beattie offers tasty Thai dishes that are simple enough for the everyday chef and all ready to serve in 30 minutes or less.

The Bold Vegetarian: 150 Innovative International Recipes (paperback)--Kirchner
Synopsis: This is true fusion cooking, mixing elements of Vietnamese, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian, French, Chinese, Indian, and American cuisines.

A Good Cook...Ten Talents--Hurd, F. & R.

The Almost No-Fat Cookbook : Everyday Vegetarian Recipes--Clark-Grogan

Arrowhead Mills Cookbook--Chelf
Synopsis: What do you get when you combine one of America’s top vegetarian chefs with one of the premier U.S. health food companies? You get delicious taste, high nutrition, and wholesome, quality meals. Beautifully illustrated, the Arrowhead Mills Cookbook presents a wide variety of natural fare, bound to please even the most demanding tastes with dishes that are rich in flavor, visually appealing, and utterly satisfying.

The Book of Whole Meals: A Seasonal Guide to Assembling Balanced Vegetarian Breakfasts, Lunches and Dinners--Colbin

Chinese Vegetarian Cookery--Santa Maria

Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking--Sahni

Synopsis: A masterful selection of India's vegetarian cuisine--from delicate curries to fiery hot dals--all healthful and delicious. Includes 200 recipes.

The Cookbook for People Who Love Animals--Klaper

Cooking With the Right Side of the Brain : Creative Vegetarian Cooking--Chelf, Hudon
Synopsis: Features wonderfully imaginative meals with more than 500 easy-to-follow, mouthwatering recipes. Vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike will love the creative breakfasts, lunches and dinners that abound in this delightful book. More than 20,000 sold.

The Enchanted Broccoli Forest--Katzen
Customer Comment (rating=*****): an excellent, satisfying collection I love this book. It's full of mouth watering & healthy tucker ... special stuff like ...poppy seed and cheese pastry...sweet potato pie YUM YUM!! and ...eggplant roulade...mushroom& tahini sauce...yum yummmmmmmmmmm'

Flavors of Korea: Delicious Vegetarian Cuisine--Coultrip-Davis, Ramsay
Customer Comment (rating=*****): Flavors of Korea is a gem of a cookbook! As a vegetarian going through a bit of "menu bordom", I wanted to try Korean food to spice up my palette. I could not have made a better choice and for such a great price. Everything is explained in the book from buying Korean spices, to wonderful menus. The author has done a good job of keeping things simple for those of us who might be a bit intimidated.

France: The Vegetarian Table--Brennan

The Garden of Earthly Delights Cookbook: Gourmet Vegetarian Cooking--MacKenzie
Synopsis: This collection of recipes marries the natural tastes of foods with the artistic presentation of the finest gourmet restaurants. Delectable soups, salads, hors d’oeuvres, fresh breads, entrees, and desserts are some of the inviting dishes you can create from the detailed instructions.

The Greek Vegetarian: More Than 100 Recipes Inspired by the Traditional Dishes and Flavors of Greece--Kochilas
Synopsis: Greek cooking offers a dazzling array of greens, beans, and other vegetables--a vibrant, flavorful table that celebrates the seasons and regional specialties like none other. In this authoritative, exuberant cookbook, renowned culinary expert Diane Kochilas shares recipes for cold and warm mezes, salads, pastas and grains, stews and one-pot dishes, baked vegetable and bean specialties, stuffed vegetables, soups, savory pies and basic breads, and dishes that feature eggs. Brimming with classic dishes, regional favorites, and inspired innovations, The Greek Vegetarian pays tribute to one of the world's most venerable and healthful cuisines.

The Healing Power of Foods Cookbook: Over 150 Delicious Meat-Free Recipes for Vibrant Health--Murray
Synopsis: The bestselling author of The Complete Book of Juicing and Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine has written a delicious vegetarian companion to his newest book, The Healing Power of Foods. Here he reveals how to design daily menus and cook in a healthful way. Includes complete nutritional analyses.

The Indian Vegetarian--Batra
Synopsis: Native Indian Neelam Batra translates India's wide range of vegetarian dishes for American cooks, combining authentic Indian spices with American produce and simple cooking techniques to create exciting, satisfying, healthful dishes, ranging from classic to new originals. 130 recipes.

Japanese Vegetarian Cooking: From Simple Soups to Sushi--Richfield
Synopsis: Filled with more than 100 recipes for healthful Japanese food that can be prepared in Western kitchens with no special skills, this book also includes information on techniques as well as a glossary of Japanese ingredients and utensils. The recipes range from simple, flavorful soups, rice, tofu, and soybean dishes to drinks and elegant vegetarian sushi.

Mexican Vegetarian Cooking--De Plata

Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home: Fast and Easy Recipes for Any Day--Moosewood Collective
Amazon.com Books: The Moosewood Collective has had big vegetarian cookbook success with other collections. The main aim of this addition to their list is to offer much-needed help to those who need recipes for speedy preparation. Most take less than 30 minutes preparation. Recipes include stir-fries, salads, sandwiches, bean dips, soups, scones, pancakes and desserts. Almost all are vegan, with dairy products offered only as optional extras, though there is a separate section on fish and eggs. Winner of the 1995 James Beard Award for vegetarian cookbooks.

Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites: Flavorful Recipes for Healthful Meals--Moosewood Collective

The Natural Gourmet: Delicious Recipes for Healthy, Balanced Eating --Colbin
Synopsis: Anyone who thinks vegetarian cooking (and eating) is dull fare hasn't tasted Annemarie Colbin's delectable concoctions. Colbin has culled a creative compendium of sophisticated recipes to tempt even the staunchest meat-eater. "Fresh, light, and uncomplicated . . . these are special recipes."--Vegetarian Times.

The New Laurel's Kitchen : A Handbook for Vegetarian Cookery and Nutrition--Robertson, et al.

New Recipes from Moosewood Restaurant--Moosewood Collective

Nikki & David Goldbeck's American Wholefoods Cuisine: Over 1300 Meatless, Wholesome Recipes from Short Order to Gourmet--Goldbeck
Synopsis: The Goldbecks have been fixtures in the American whole-foods movement for more than a decade, and here they have thoroughly succeeded with their goal of creating "mouth-watering food that tastes great and happens to be healthful."

Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Cookbook: A Complete Vegetarian Cookbook Using Nature's Most Economical Foods--Cottrell
Synopsis: A comprehensive vegetarian cookbook with nutritional tables for each recipe. Balanced nutrients from simple, inexpensive natural food sources. More than 450 recipes, 100 main dishes, breads as protein food, high-protein waffles with as much protein as an 8-ounce steak, "meat-and-dairy-like" products from soybeans. Desserts without sugar, vegetables, food preservation, nutritional guidance.

Soup Alive!--Rosenast

Total Health and Food Power: Principles of Healthful Living and Outstanding Vegetarian Recipes from Glendale Adventist Medical Center--Ludlow

Sproutman's Kitchen Garden Cookbook: 250 flourless, Dairyless, Low Temperature, Low Fat, Low Salt, Living Food Vegetarian Recipes (paperback)--Meyerowitz
Synopsis: This is a collection of over 250 raw, flourless, dairyless, low-temperature, low-fat, low-salt, vegetarian recipes. Turn nuts, vegetable seeds, grains and beans into gourmet food. Includes recipes for sprout breads, cookies, crackers, soups, pizza, bagels, dressings, dips, spreads, sauts, and non-dairy milks and ice creams. Chapters explain food dehydrating, juicing, natural sodas, alternatives to dairy and salt, and smart vegetarianism. Glossary of healthful foods included.

Vegetable Heaven: Over 200 Recipes for Uncommon Soups, Tasty Bites, Side-By-Side Dishes, and Too Many Desserts--Katzen
Customer Comment (rating=*****): My new favorite Mollie Katzen cookbook! I love this book! Mollie's recipes are easy to follow, and just as easy to alter in personal ways. Her ideas are great for using as a base for your own experimentation. The three layer Persian rice pilaf is a must try. It's a beautiful dish when baked as a mold...your guests will bow down at your feet! Try using chopped apricots instead of golden raisins in the carrot-cumin rice mixture. Mollie is a food goddess!

Vegetarian Christmas: Festive Feasts for All the Family--Elliot
Synopsis: Even committed meat-eaters will find that the recipes given within are delicious enough to make them forget the turkey and bacon rolls.

The Vegetarian Feast--Shulman (paperback)
Synopsis: Martha Shulman revises her classic vegetarian cookbook to provide 220 recipes that reflect the low-fat, healthful eating habits of today's vegetarians.

The Vegetarian Grill: 200 Recipes for Inspired Flame-Kissed Meals (hardcover)--Chesman
Customer Review (rating=*****): "This is a great book to help vegetarians get past the standard packaged meatless burgers and enjoy the grill as an everyday tool for summer meal planning. The author offers a variety of recipes which draw upon many ethnic cuisines including Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Mexican, and Italian. The section on wraps provides several ways to prepare flavorful, healthy, vegetables and beans."

Vegetarian Rice Cuisine: From Pancakes to Paella, 125 Dishes from Around the World--Solomon
Based on cooking traditions from Mexico and Korea to the Middle East and Africa, Vegetarian Rice Cuisine provides a bounty of healthful and enticing international rice dishes, including Santa Fe Posole Stew and Risi Minestrone.

Vegetarian Soup Cuisine: 125 Soups and Stews from Around the World--Solomon
Synopsis: Arranged by season, these recipes celebrate the year's various flavors and take advantage of each season's fresh vegetables.

Vegetarian Sushi Made Easy--Fukuhara, Takahata

Vegetarian Times Complete Cookbook--Vegetarian Times Editors
Customer Comments: rating=10: If you are going to buy one vegetarian cookbook, this is it! This cookbook has recipes for fancy dinners to serve the "boss" and quick 30 minute meals to throw together after work. I got it about two months ago and I am thrilled with it. All of the recipes have been yummy and easy. One 30 minute favorite, "Black Bean Polenta Pizza" is not to be missed! My son asked me to make it when a friend came over for dinner.(The ultimate compliment). The Vegetarian Times Complete Cookbook costs a few more bucks, but it's worth it. This cookbook has everything you need to make quick, lowfat vegetarian meals your family (and friends)will love.

Vegetarian Times Low-Fat & Fast: 150 Easy Meatless Recipes--Vegetarian Times Editors

Vegetarian Times Low-Fat & Fast Asian: 150 Easy Meatless Recipes--Vegetarian Times Editors
Synopsis: Asian cuisine is more popular than ever with stir-fries, noodle shops, Thai food, and sushi bars. But as several studies have shown, Chinese food is high in fat. With Vegetarian Times Low-Fat & Fast Asian, Asian food lovers can have their favorite dishes without the fat.

Vegetarian Times Low-Fat & Fast Mexican--Vegetarian Times Editors
Synopsis: "Vegetarian Times Low-Fat & Fast Mexican" allows lovers of Mexican cuisine to have their favorite dishes--without the fat and in 30 minutes or less!

Vegetarian Times Low-Fat & Fast Pasta: 175 Easy Meatless Recipes--Solomon, Levin
Customer Comment (rating=*****): SOOOO good! Wow! I LOVE this cookbook! You know how it is when you come in from work and you're dead tired and ravenous and you just don't have the energy to cook anything? Well, if you can face boiling water, you can make almost any of these dishes in the time it takes the pasta to cook. Everything is super easy, fast, and delicious, and good for you to boot.

Yamuna's Table: Healthful Vegetarian Cuisine Inspired by the Flavors of India--Devi
Synopsis: A new vegetarian cookbook from the author of the award-winning Lord Krishna's Cuisine which combines traditional Indian flavors with today's techniques and nutritional concerns. Devi uses tiny amounts of flavor-infused oils, salt-free seasonings, and spice blends for maximum flavor and minimum fat content. 200 recipes.

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Almost Vegetarian : A Primer for Cooks Who Are Eating Vegetarian Most of the Time, Chicken & Fish Some of the Time & Altogether Well All of the Time--Shaw
Synopsis: A spirited, reliable, nondogmatic primer with more than 170 recipes for the ever-growing number of people who are eating and cooking semi-vegetarian fare. Bursting with serving and menu suggestions, how-to boxes, do-ahead tips, preparation times, nutritional information, and more, here is a complete and timely guide for contemporary cooks.

The New Not-Strictly Vegetarian Cookbook--Dribin
Customer Comments: rating=10: This book is a one-of-a-kinder...everyone will love it! It has something for everyone, from wonderful vegetarian recipes as well as exciting things to do with chicken and fish. It also includes chapters on soups, salads,breakfasts, desserts, etc. It is def initely a winner!

The Occasional Vegetarian: More Than 200 Robust Dishes to Satisfy Both Full-And Part-Time Vegetarians--Lee
Synopsis: Finally, a cookbook for meat-eaters who want to reduce--not eliminate--the amount of meat in their diets. The Occassional Vegetarian offers original, naturally low-fat recipes that will entice both vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike.