Good vegetarian cookbook?

Answer 1

There are TONS of great Vegetarian cookbooks out there. I own most of them . . . ;-)

As a good basic cookery book, I like Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison. Anything by Mollie Katzen is amazing -- she's the Moosewood Cookery lady and also has two great kids' veggie cookbooks out: Honest Pretzels and Pretend Soup. (http://www.molliekatzen.com/ )

For formal, I would recommend the cookbook from one of the premier vegetarian restaurants in the world (located in downtown San Francisco): The Millenium Cookbook. Their seitan sausage recipes are absolutely exquisite. ( http://www.millenniumrestaurant.com/restaurant/cookbook.html )

Oh, and indispensible and filled with wonderful stories is the Indian everyday-to-feast-cooking cookbook, Yamuna Devi's Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking. ( http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Krishnas-Cuisine-Vegetarian-Cooking/dp/0525245642 )

Beyond that, just look through used bookstores to stock up on your veggie library.

Answer 2

The Queen of all Vegetarian cookbooks is "Moosewood Restaurant New Classics: 350 Recipes for Homestyle Favorites and Everyday Feasts (Paperback)". Go to http://tinyurl.com/u6ku2

An Adventist friend gave me a great cookbook called "Country Life Natural Foods Something Better Nutrition Seminar Cookbook (no animal products). The recipes are simple and use stuff you generally have, or if not, is easy to pick up. It says that many of rhe recipes were created for, and are currently being used in Country Life Restaurants.

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Answer 3

My favorites that I use all the time is Candle Cafe Cookbook (New York's Renowned Vegan Restaurant) and Vegan with a Vengeance (by Post Punk Kitchen's Isa Chandra Moskowitz).

P.S. I heard Isa had a new one out called Vegan Cupcakes take over the world, and the reviews have been awesome as it has some amazing cupcake recipes in it. Never boring! (Sorry, but in my opinion Moosewood is boring, and Millenium has way too complicated recipes for everyday food-but awesome to impress friends at a dinner party!).

Answer 4

Passionate Vegetarian By Crescent Dragonwagon or Moosewood Resturant Kow-Fat by The Moosewood Collective

Answer 5

I'm not a fan of Moosewood, but I LOVE the Rebar Modern Food Cookbook. 95% of recipes are vegetarian (three or four include seafood) and most can be adapted to accomodate vegan diets. No franken-foods or artificial meats, just healthy fresh ingredients and lots of flavours!

Answer 6

check out Deborah Madison cookbooks. She's very time-honored. I gave one as a birthday present to a vegetarian chum and he enjoyed it! i think of the Moosewood cookbooks are additionally vegetarian. a minimum of a few of them.

Answer 7

I really like Deborah Madison's cookbooks because she uses great ingredients, and it's obvious that she's a real "foodie"

Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone
Vegetarian Suppers from Deborah Madison's Kitchen

Answer 8

Diet for a Small Planet - an oldie but goody

Answer 9

There are tones out there. I could give you a one page long list. If I have to offer one to a friend, it would be this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Juice-Life-Modern-Food-Luscious/dp/0771576900/sr=8-1/qid=1165415986/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-3576253-7320631?ie=UTF8&s=books

Answer 10

Apart from the classics, "The Cranks Bible" is worth a look.

http://www.nadineabensur.com/cookery_books/the_cranks_bible.html