578773 Tue Dec 09 16:02:43 -0800 2008 8 31 Home Cooking 0 4233796 Would like to purchase one or more for veg friend -- believe she has D. Madison's and a Moosewood -- anything else that is essential? Prefer cookbook rather than a collection of recipes. Tue Dec 09 16:02:44 -0800 2008 10877 Sarah 1 4233836 I love Madhur Jafrrey's "World Vegetarian". It's organized by food type-- specific veggies, grains, etc. Good read. Tue Dec 09 16:16:53 -0800 2008 4233796 42033 GrillNextDoor 2 4237491 Second vote for Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian here! I have many others, but I often reach for that one and I've made more recipes from it than all my other veghead cookbooks. EDIT: it occurs to me that Mark Bittman's got a pretty good vegetarian cookbook too... something like How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. I don't have it but I do want it. Wed Dec 10 19:37:25 -0800 2008 4233836 203842 TheSnowpea 1 4234048 My husband and I are long-time vegans (30+ and 15+ years). Our cookbook collection includes: Simply Vegan by Debra Wasserman The Vegan Epicure by Hermine Freed Sinfully Vegan by Lois Dieterly My Sweet Vegan by Hannah Kaminsky Spicy Vegan by Sudha Raina The Gluten-Free Vegan by Susan O'Brien The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen by Donna Klein Everyday Vegan by Jeani-Rose Atchinson Tue Dec 09 17:41:10 -0800 2008 4233796 169792 lgss 2 4234154 I'm not a vegan but appreciate vegan food and recently purchased VEGANOMICON. I haven't made anything just yet but the recipes sound GREAT! WON ------- http://whatsonmyplate.wordpress.com Tue Dec 09 18:25:44 -0800 2008 4234048 92591 wontonfm 3 4234682 While it's not "vegetarian" it is vegetarian friendly, and opens the doors to whole grains. Robin Asbell's Whole Grains cookbook published by Chronicle is a great book. It will open your mind to working with whole grains, which supplements a vegetarian diet well. Wed Dec 10 01:43:26 -0800 2008 4234154 11720 Yukari 1 4235280 The Essential Vegetarian by Diana Shaw. I used to be a vegatarian, but nolonger am, and this is still one of the most dog-eared books in my collection. Wed Dec 10 08:14:25 -0800 2008 4233796 88792 jazzy77 1 4235487 I got my mother Veganomican last year for Christmas- she returned it and got "How to Cook Everything- Vegetarian" by Mark Bittman, said that there were more general recipes for everything in it. The original HTCE is really a fabulous all-purpose, and she's loved the veg version this year- I'd like a copy myself. Wed Dec 10 09:15:08 -0800 2008 4233796 62469 happybellynh 2 4237446 I have HTCE Vegetarian and use it more as a reference for dishes than for actual recipes. It's a good all-around book WON Wed Dec 10 19:13:40 -0800 2008 4235487 92591 wontonfm