High-Flavor, Low-Fat Vegetarian Cooking

Some of these recipes have become family favorites. With only a few unusual ingredients, this cookbook is more about preparation, using heat in creative ways to bring out the flavor. The best greens recipe I have ever used.

I have been a vegetarian for more than 25 years, and this is my favorite cookbook of the dozens I have acquired. The recipes are varied and come out very well -- the Veggie Paella (pictured on the cover), made with the Mediterranean stock (recipe is also in the book), is out of this world! There are also wonderful recipes with quinoa and other grains and beans that aren't found in most cookbooks (try the quinoa tabouli or quinoa caviar for a treat!). I recommend this book for anyone who enjoys good meatless meals!

This books and all of Deborah Madisons' cookbooks are the standards in our household. If you only purchase it for two recipes the Paella and the Lasagna, you will have added great dishes to your menus. Your friends will love them too. They have flavor, texture, are visually impressive and fun to plan a meal around.

This is an excellent cookbook, vegetarian or otherwise. I have made several of the recipes and each has turned out very well. The directions are clear and precise. I particularly recommend the Lentil Soup - even my "this isn't healthy is it?" son and husband loved it!

As a long-time vegan, I own 30+ vegetarian/vegan cookbooks. This is without a doubt my favorite. I have made about 30-40 of the recipes and each have turned out exceptionally. Most recipes are either vegan or easily adaptible. I constantly recommend this to my meat-eating friends to show them that ommiting flesh from a diet need not be boring