The Best of Rose Elliot: The Ultimate Vegetarian Collection

Elliot here combines her favorite recipes from Veggie Chic and the now out-of-print Vegetarian Supercook into a single hardcover volume. The nine chapters offer an alternative to the traditional soup-to-nuts organization commonly found in many cookbooks, with sections such as "Classics with a Twist," "Dinners To Impress" and "Alfresco Dining." All of the sections feature recipes from around the world, with an emphasis on food from India, China, Japan, and the Mediterranean. Vegetarians wishing to expand their midweek menus beyond tofu scrambles can try Indonesian savory stuffed pineapples, banana curry with cashew rice, or sweet potato and coconut dahl with cilantro. Vegan dishes are marked with a "V," and a perfunctory segment on vegan substitutions is included at the end, along with definitions of some of the more esoteric ingredients.