Over the years the creative chefs of the Moosewood Collective have introduced literally thousands of new soups and as many salads, all devised to showcase the fresh seasonal produce, vibrant ethnic flavors, and meatless food products that form the core of their cuisine. Now, for the first time, they have gathered the very best offerings from their vast soup and salad repertoire, as well as the ingenious extras that transform these simple dishes into world-class meals. Here are classics like Very Creamy Vegetable Chowder and Tuscan Bean Soup, as well as intriguing new creations like Caribbean Sweet Potato Coconut Soup, Golden Gazpacho, and Fennel Vichyssoise. Salads range from straightforward choices that are easy to mix and match, such as Spinach with Cilantro Cashew Dressing, Mexican Chickpea Salad, or Tunisian Carrot Salad, to satisfying one-dish meals like Broiled Tofu & Sugar Snap Peas or Persian Rice & Pistachio Salad. Each recipe is followed by helpful suggestions for selecting dishes so that creating well-balanced combo plates at home is a snap.There are easy-to-use indexes of recipes by categories including children's favorites, quickly made, low-fat, low-carbohydrate, and vegan dishes. And each recipe has a complete nutritional breakdown, so it's simple to create menus for those with special health or dietary concerns. The section on transforming leftovers into sprightly new dishes also makes Moosewood Restaurant Daily Special a practical primer for those who want to make the most of seasonal bounty.Few foods are more comforting--or satisfying--than a good soup and a well-made salad, and because many can be made ahead and served on demand, they are perfectly suited to the way we eat and live today. With more than 275 kitchen-tested recipes to fit any occasion, Moosewood Restaurant Daily Special offers years' worth of inspiration for Daily Specials every cook will be delighted to serve.Moosewood Inc. and the authors of this book have donated 1 percent of their royalties from Moosewood Restaurant Daily Special to the community food and nutrition programs of the Greater Ithaca Activities Center (G.I.A.C.) in Ithaca, New York.

    Each section includes an introduction to the region's cuisine, food customs, and preparation style based on the authors' firsthand experience. Next comes a generous selection of recipes, with suggestions for variations, and advice on combining dishes.Some of the recipes are reassuringly familiar; others are more innovative, such as Red Jungle Curry of Vegetables in Fresh Ginger (Thailand) and Spicy Vegetable, Potato, and Cheese Empanadas (Peru). Emphasizing freshness and low-fat cooking methods such as stir-frying and steaming, these recipes will satisfy cooks who crave vegetarian fare that's both healthy and flavorful.

    Café Paradiso is an unassuming little restaurant in the heart of Cork City in Ireland yet it has been hailed far and wide as "the best vegetarian restaurant in Europe" and so is a contender for best vegetarian restaurant in the world. Fodors claims it "serves Mediterranean-style food, which is so tasty that even dedicated meat-eaters forget it's vegetarian". The reason for all this praise is the owner and chef, Denis Cotter, a quiet unassuming man, not unlike his restaurant, who, like all great chefs, is an obsessive. His obsession is to create the most exciting vegetarian dishes possible with the freshest possible produce, an ambition he has realized with remarkable success. In this book he serves up 140 recipes that make the very best of whatever vegetables are freshest at any given time of the year. Cotter's The Café Paradiso Cookbook has been hailed, in the Bridgestone Guide to Ireland, as "the best cookbook ever written by a working chef."Winner of the Gourmand World Cookbooks Award for Best Vegetarian Cookbook

    Using fresh fruit, whole-grain flours, natural sweeteners, and light vegetable oils, the recipes range from home-spun classics to spectacular newcomers, including blackberry cobbler, chocolate-pecan bourbon bundt cake, peach and cherry pie, lemon-walnut tea cake, fresh plum galette, raspberry sorbet, orange-ginger oatmeal crunch cookies, fresh strawberry compote with orange-ginger syrup, and many more.Sweet and Natural is a must-have resource for anyone who wants or needs to eliminate unwanted fat, refined sugar, and cholesterol-and celebrate good health with great desserts.

    

    This gift book collects wise words by Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Alice Walker, Candice Bergen, Rachel Carson, Gandhi, and other notable vegetarians.

    John McDougall. founder of the McDougall Program and a longtime advocate of women's health rights, arms women with the facts they need to achieve a lifetime of good health. Based on a unique low-fat, low-protein, high carbohydrate diet, The McDougall Program for Women combines sound nutrition with sensible exercise in a complete and natural lifestyle plan that covers every aspect of women's wellness This comprehensive volume includes information on topics like: -- Eating right to feel great at any age-- How to have a healthy pregnancy-- Ten ways to prevent breast cancer-- Considering hormone replacement therapy-- What to do about osteoporosis-- How to protect yourself against heart diseaseThrough his live-in program at St. Helena's Hospital in Napa Valley, California, regular radio and television appearances newsletter, and extensive speaking engagements, Dr. McDougall has earned a reputation as one of the most trusted figures in the field of women's health, helping thousands of women overcome health and fitness problems. The McDougall Program for Women is an important resource for every woman's bookshelf.

    Increasing health and ethical concerns-and an appetite for adventure-have sparked a growing demand for attractive, appetizing, and creative vegetarian dishes that hold their own with any meat choice on the menu. This book shows how to harness traditional cooking methods and techniques to produce exciting, elegant meatless creations bursting with freshness and flavor. Moving from appetizers and side dishes to delicious entrees, breads, and desserts, Professional Vegetarian Cooking is filled with dynamic ideas for building flavor with the help of vegetable stocks and a global array of herbs, spices, oils, condiments, and more. A far cry from the rough-hewn, grain-heavy approach that once typified standard vegetarian fare, it shares recipes and tips that open up a whole new world of taste for the vegetarian palate-complete with instructions that are clearly written and easy to follow.* Explains how to integrate vegetarian dishes into every phase of a meal* Includes 200 ready-to-use recipes* Lists best sources of purveyors and mail order products