Vegetarian
Vegetarian cook books
From the rows of cook books on the shelves, we've selected our ten favourite vegetarian tomes to inspire your cooking.
Whether you're looking for a meal in minutes or planning to prepare a restaurant style extravaganza, there's something here to suit every taste. Happy cooking!
Ever-reliable cook, Madhur Jaffrey provides a selection of recipes, not just from India but across the globe, reflecting her varied life and love of food.
They are great for entertaining and helpful when you want to know how to make the most of vegetarian flavours all year round.
He fuses different cuisines to create unusual and inspiring combinations. No holds barred cooking for the culinary adventurer!
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Leiths Vegetarian Bible
Clear and very comprehensive, Leiths Vegetarian Bible has over 1000 recipes broken down into easy sections categorised by food type. A mixture of classic and modern, this is an indispensable reference book for family meals and entertaining.
Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian
If ever there was a book that showed doubting carnivores that vegetarian food can rival the flavour of any meat dish, then Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian is the one.Ever-reliable cook, Madhur Jaffrey provides a selection of recipes, not just from India but across the globe, reflecting her varied life and love of food.
New Vegetarian - Celia Brooks Brown
With glorious glossy photographs for each recipe, the New Vegetarian can't fail to tempt you. Celia's dishes show a true appreciation of the variety of flavours and textures that make up good vegetarian cuisine. Information on key flavours, equipment and ingredients are extremely helpful for gaining a solid base for your vegetarian cooking. Recipes are broken down into courses and occasions, ensuring you'll always have a few good recipes up your sleeve.
Delia's Vegetarian Collection - Delia Smith
No cook book list would be complete without an entry from Delia. Delia's Vegetarian Collection is packed with tempting recipes, mouth-watering photographs and a simple easy-to-follow layout. Fantastic, fool-proof ideas for veggie and meat-eater alike, definitely one for the shelf if you have a vegetarian in the family.
River Cafe Cook Book Green - Rose Rogers and Ruth Grey
The River Cafe duo thankfully provided a vegetarian successor to their hugely popular range of books: The River Cafe Cook Book Green. Italian-inspired dishes for each month celebrate the freshest ingredients through simple combinations that allow flavours to shine.
A Paradiso Year - Denis Cotter
We've cheated on this entry, as it's actually two books. From Denis Cotter of Cork's Cafe Paradiso restaurant, comes A Paradiso Year: Spring and Summer Cooking and A Paradiso Year: Autumn and Winter Cooking. The books combine his signature flair with a strong emphasis on seasonality.They are great for entertaining and helpful when you want to know how to make the most of vegetarian flavours all year round.
Pure Vegetarian - Paul Gayler
A book of restaurant-style dishes from the executive chef at The Lanesborough. Paul Gayler's Pure Vegetarian is ideal if you're planning a dinner party and you want to impress. These are dishes to take your time over, but the results will definitely be worth it.
Veg: The Greengrocer's Cookbook - Gregg Wallace
Gregg Wallace, vegetable expert and presenter of Radio 4's Veg Talk, provides a complete guide to British vegetables. As well as information on varieties and seasons, he also tells you what you should look for when buying, how to store and prepare your vegetables. And of course, Veg: The Greengrocer's Cookbook is packed with recipes too.
The Accidental Vegetarian - Simon Rimmer
Meat-loving chef Simon Rimmer bought a vegetarian restaurant and had to learn quickly, and so The Accidental Vegetarian came about.He fuses different cuisines to create unusual and inspiring combinations. No holds barred cooking for the culinary adventurer!
Rose Elliot's Vegetarian Meals in Minutes
More fantastic ideas from this much-loved veggie chef. Rose Elliot's Meals in Minutes is packed with delicious recipes but the real glory of this book is in the timing. Every dish can be made in under half an hour, whether as snack for yourself or for a full-blown inpromptu supper with friends.Want to read more?
More vegetarian ideas
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Celia Brooks Brown's secret to tasty vegetarian meals
Vegetarian menus for all occasions
