Written not only for vegetarians but for those who-like Bittman himself-are omnivores striving for a more health-conscious, planet-friendly diet, it provides everything you need to build meals around delicious meatless recipes. Like his bestselling, award-winning How to Cook Everything, this masterwork is comprehensive, authoritative, contemporary, and approachable-a book that sets a new standard and finally makes vegetarian food accessible to every home cook. Now, with How to Cook Everything Vegetarian, he delivers the ultimate guide to meatless meals. Known for simple recipes, great-tasting food, and straight-shooting advice, Mark Bittman has inspired a whole new generation of cooks. Bittman is also the author of How to Cook Everything: Bittman Takes on America's Chefs (0-7645-7014-5) and The Best Recipes in the World (0-7679-0672-1), both of which have companion public television series starring the author.

With How to Cook Everything, he has rekindled enthusiasm for cooking in a new generation of Americans, and his weekly New York Times column, 'The Minimalist,' has had similar impact. Mark Bittman is one of the country's best-known and most widely respected food writers. Illustrated throughout with handsome line illustrations and brimming with Bittman's lucid, opinionated advice on everything from selecting vegetables to preparing pad Thai, How to Cook Everything Vegetarian truly makes meatless cooking more accessible than ever. Special icons identify recipes that can be made in 30 minutes or less and in advance, as well as those that are vegan.

The book covers the whole spectrum of meatless cooking-including salads, soups, eggs and dairy, vegetables and fruit, pasta, grains, legumes, tofu and other meat substitutes, breads, condiments, desserts, and beverages. As always, Bittman's recipes are refreshingly straightforward, resolutely unfussy, and unfailingly delicious-producing dishes that home cooks can prepare with ease and serve with confidence. How to Cook Everything Vegetarian includes more than 2,000 recipes and variations-far more than any other vegetarian cookbook.

Now, with How to Cook Everything: Vegetarian, Bittman has written the definitive guide to meatless meals-a book that will appeal to everyone who wants to cook simple but delicious meatless dishes, from health-conscious omnivores to passionate vegetarians. Hailed as 'a more hip Joy of Cooking' by the Washington Post, Mark Bittman's award-winning book How to Cook Everything has become the bible for a new generation of home cooks, and the series has more than 1 million copies in print.

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