Make vegetables the star of the show this summer with this quartet of inspiring veg-based recipe books, authored by writers all with slightly different approaches, but all united by a love of good food. This is the kind of vegetarian cuisine everyone will love.
Prue Leith and niece Peta (a longtime vegetarian) have written a user-friendly book filled with gorgeous recipes. Cooks new to meat-free eating, who need advice on how to plan a meal without a meaty centerpiece, or how to use vegan ingredients, will find its approach particularly useful. Peta trained as a patisserie chef, and the cakes and puddings are a highlight, yet pleasingly ‘uncheffy’ to make.
By Jack Monroe
Jack Monroe is an outspoken advocate of good, nourishing, affordable food for all, and writes sensibly and approachably on vegan food and diets, covering everything from ingredients and nutrition to essential kitchen equipment. Her no-nonsense approach extends to her recipes too. Based on inexpensive, easy-to-find ingredients, they have enough creative flair to enthuse and entice.
The Almost Vegetarian Cookbook is for the food lover who enjoys making the most of vegetables without excluding meat from the table. Josceline Dimbleby provides veggie-heavy recipes with the occasional fish and chicken meal, offering the best of both worlds so that you can enjoy the nutritious benefits of a diet lacking in animal fat and share easy, worry-free meals.
By Erin Gleeson
The California-based author, a creator of magical feasts, took herself and her family on an extended journey around the coastal cities of France, Italy, Spain, and Portgual, seeking culinary inspiration. Her colorful, creative (but disarmingly simple) veggie recipes are redolent of summer in the Med. Evocative location photography and artful watercolor drawings complete the package.
Curated collections from ckbk's editors
Fred Plotkin’s Recipes From Paradise: Life and Food on the Italian Riviera is a love letter to Liguria, which he says “may be as close to paradise as one can find on this earth”. Plotkin tells ckbk why Liguria is the part of Italy that will always hold the most fascination for him.
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