The Best Ever Vegetarian Cookbook

Vegetarian cuisine is widely recognized as innovative, exciting and appetizing as well as healthy. With the increasing interest in healthier eating, as well as ethical concerns about animals products, more and more people are discovering that there is life after meat. In grocery stores and greenmarkets everywhere the selection of fresh fruits and vegetables has never been so impressive. This book assembles over 200 of the world's best vegetarian dishes from all over the world to celebrate the diversity of choice in a vegetarian diet. Divided into seven sections: Soups, Appetizers, Salads, Side Dishes, Light Lunches, Suppers and Special Occasions, the book explores the various tastes and textures of vegetarian cuisines. From old-fashioned hearty soups such as Wild Mushroom or Classic French Onion to the more exotic Mushroom Caviar, Grilled Vegetable Terrine, Gado Gado or Rice Noodles with Chili Vegetable Sauce, this book takes the vegetarian cook through every preparation stage to the delicious final result. All of the recipes are illustrated with over 800 clear photographs illustrating each step to finished dish to guarantee perfect and delicious results each time. There is also a comprehensive introduction with suggestions for stocking the pantry, advice on buying and storing dry goods and fresh produce and recommendations for essential equipment.