Meatless Monday: Books for the Cook On Your List
Cover of Simple Vegetarian Pleasures
Ever since I started my weekly meatless feature 15 months ago, I’ve wanted to compile a resource list of titles that encompass the diverse and wide-ranging meatless recipe world.
With the holiday season in full swing, the requests for kitchen-specific gift ideas have been trickling in, an impetus if there was ever one to finish what I had started.
It’s extensive all right, a testament to how far the meatless cookbook world has gone from lentil loaf extravaganzas. Is it definitive? Not by a long shot. But I’d plunk my money down for any of these titles. And feel free to add to the list if you see something missing.
P.S. As I mentioned last week, Culinate is donating commission revenue to Feeding America for online purchases made through Amazon and Powell’s.
All-Purpose Tomes
Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison
How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman
The Passionate Vegetarian by Crescent Dragonwagon
Global Perspective
World Vegetarian by Madhur Jaffrey
World Vegetarian Classics by Celia Brooks Brown
Getting Ethnic
Olive Trees and Honey: A Treasury of Jewish Recipes from Jewish Communities Around the World by Gil Marks
The Greek Vegetarian by Diane Kochilas
Mediterranean Harvest by Martha Rose Shulman
Putting on the Pressure (Cooker)
Cooking Under Pressure by Lorna Sass (20th anniversary edition released this year)
Pressure Cooking: A Fresh Look, a DVD by nutritionist Jill Nussinow
Just The Basics, Please
Simple Vegetarian Pleasures by Jeanne Lemlin
Seasonally Focused
Fast Food Fresh by Peter Berley
Vegetarian Suppers by Deborah Madison
A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen by Jack Bishop
Vegetarian Without Mention of the Word
Super Natural Cooking by Heidi Swanson
Vegetable Cookery 411
Mediterranean Vegetables by Clifford A. Wright
Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini by Elizabeth Schneider
Vegetables Every Day by Jack Bishop
No Dairy or Eggs (aka Vegan)
Veganomicon by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero
Vegan Soul Kitchen by Bryant Terry
Vegan Express by Nava Atlas
For “Mixed” Company
Almost Meatless by Joy Manning and Tara Mataraza Desmond
Adaptable Feast by Ivy Manning
Happy Endings
More Great Good Dairy Free Desserts Naturally by Fran Costigan
Vegan Cupcakes Rule the World by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero
New on the Shelves
Lucid Food by Louisa Shafia
The New Vegetarian by Robin Asbell
get cooking. by Mollie Katzen
For next year’s holiday gift list
Licking Your Chops, a meat-less guide for meat lovers, by yours truly (Da Capo/Fall 2010)
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Wow, what a great list! Thanks for sharing it, I just ordered the Shulman book from your list.
Todd, if you have specific questions about any of the titles, feel free to ask. I realize it’s a long list to comb through. Cheers.
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Hi Kim, I found this list via the wonderful Fran Costigan, and am honored to be part of it! I just wanted to let you know that Mollie Katzen’s new book, Get Cooking, has plenty of meat dishes in it. A curious turn of events from the woman who brought vegetarianism to the mainstream . . .
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There’s a few interesting finds. I enjoy Jack Bishop’s work on ATK (sadly, couldn’t make it to his book signing in DC). Though a fan of Indian cooking, I don’t have any of Jaffrey’s book and definitely have to add her to the library. I’ll have to check these out.
BB
Thanks for the list. Mt family is not vegetarian (my husband is a meat lover, wish your book was out now). However meat is expensive. I need quick easy meals (still high in protein), that are easy on the budget.