Gorgeous Vegetables
A bit of bacon sneaks into a recipe or two, and there are eggs and cheese aplenty, but meat and fish are not missed in the bright, well-composed and mostly uncomplicated recipes in the aptly titled "Gorgeous Vegetables" by Annie Bell, an English writer.Right now, revel in eggplants in honey, a tomato and goat cheese gratin or a clafoutis made of zucchini, bacon and rosemary. The warm green pepper and peach salad may be the most surprising combination in the book. A slaw made with savoy cabbage is another successful touch among the salads, casseroles, gratins, roasted vegetable dishes and grain-based recipes. The recipes (more than 100) benefit from pinup photographs.--Florence Fabricant --New York Times, August 24, 2010