The New Vegetarian Epicure: Menus--with 325 all-new recipes--for family and friends
Anna Thomas, author of the '70s classicThe Vegetarian Epicure, is back with a cookbook for the '90s.The New Vegetarian Epicureis another of the noteworthy titles in this summer's spate of cookbooks centered on vegetables and vegetarian cuisine (Fresh From the Garden: Cooking and Gardening Throughout the YearbyPerla MeyersandChez Panisse VegetablesbyAlice Watersare two others). There are more than 300 recipes--everything from a Relaxed Summer Dinner Party of Tapenade, Cold Melon Soup, and Risotto with Zucchini Flowers to A Rustic Autumn Dinner of Roasted Vegetables, Rice Pilaf, and Plum and Walnut Galette. Thomas' approach is healthy and light, with a distinctive Mediterranean touch based on the use of olive oil, if oil is called for at all.