The Big Book of Vegetarian: More Than 225 Recipes for Breakfasts, Appetizers, Soups, Salads, Sandwiches, Main Dishes, Sides, Breads, and Desserts Paperback – December 30, 2004

Lots of good recipes but no pictures unfortunately.

I have only used a few recipes (Eggplant and Polenta Lasagne was to die for!!) but I plan to make more recipes from this. I'm very happy I got it. The recipes are good-sounding and don't have a lot of bizarre ingredients that aren't in my pantry already. Except for the liquid smoke, which I can't use anyway (migraines). A good starter book but just a really wonderful veg comfort food book, too. There is a section for vegan foods but ALL recipes can be easily adapted.

I received this book as a present, and I am very pleasantly surprised by this book. This book contains modern and creative twists on traditional American dishes as well as other food of ethnic origin making its way into mainstream. All the dishes I've made from it have turned out to be very delicious, the steps are simple to follow, and most of the ingredients are available at well-stocked supermakets. I was surprised how many things I used to have to buy can be made so easy with so little time or effort. This was what I had hoped my Moosewood cookbook would be, but this book actually succeeds because of it is more focused, placing emphasis on beauty through simplicity rather than purely just inventiveness.Another part I really like about this book is that it actually contain a decent breakfast section. From now on I no longer have to rely on omlettes or toast for breakfast, but instead I can have banana french toast, different muffins, etc.The recipes here are very straightforward, so they are suitable for most levels of cooks. The only possible drawback is that there are no pictures (though you won't need them), and there are no directions on preparation techniques, so I would suggest this book for those with at least some rudimentary kitchen skills.

We used this cookbook for a while when we first got it to try some things out, but we rarely use it now. When I look at it I think, "unimaginative". I honestly think my biggest hangup is the fact that there are no pictures of the food. This is probably silly but for me the way the food looks is important. My husband is much more accepting of "basic" food than I am and he likes it more than me.Overall I think it was a bit disappointing.

This is one of my favorite cookbooks. I have been vegetarian for many years and I am an avid cook, and this book has provided nothing but perfect food, without meat, every time I have used it. The salads are great, the breakfast foods are great, the entrees are great. You name it, in this book, it's all good.The recipes are well-tested and well-written recipes. A must have.

This really is a great cookbook. Easy to follow recipes (although some ingredients are hard to find in a small town in the middle of nowhere, where we live), and everything tastes good. I'd highly recommend it to anyone wanting to expand their cooking.

i like this book..i'm a student so i don't have much time to cook and although all these seem simple I really don't have time to actually cook all that much from, the book but the book does have yummy recepies

Great cookbook, has trendy new way to look at origional ingredients.Made Tomato Bisque today.... Yumm..