Mine is Vegetarian Express by Nava Atlas and ?. Since I work long hours I'm always interested in recipes that are easy and quick to cook with easy to use ingredients. I try to keep dinner preparation down to 30 minutes during the week.

What are your favorite cook books and why?

I love Sunday at the Moosewood, and Moosewood's Lowfat Favorites. Sunday at the Moosewood is wonderful because it has ethnic menus from places all over the world, and each chapter tells a little about the country the recipes came from. The Moosewood Low Fat Favorites has delicious, low fat, easy to prepare recipes, and gives menu suggestions with each one.

I love all of the Moosewood books! There are at least 4 of them. The older two have wonderful hand lettering and art work, to add to the ambiance while I cook. Just makes me feel food to use them!

I have lots of tofu and veggie cookbooks, but I especially like "The Meatless Gourmet, favorite recipes from around the world." My daughter HAD to have one and I've also given one to my niece...both really enjoy their copies.

Oh, Yes! Any of the "Moosewood" cookbooks. In fact, when I first read one, that's when I realized I didn't have to have meat as the main course in a meal! Duh! I've also found any pasta cookbook, or any vegetable cookbook usually has tons of great recipes as well. I'm not loyal to any one author...I will take what I can and adapt it to our needs at home. Diana ;D

Yes, any of the Moosewood Cookbooks are wonderful. I also love Mollie Katzen's (the original Moosewood Cookbook author) Vegetable Heaven. It is wonderful!

All the Moosewood books are great, easy to follow, fun to read. I like them.
The first Vegetarian cook book I ever used was 'The complete Vegetarian Cuisine' by Rose Elliot. I have had that one for over 10 years and I still refer to it often. Great pictures and 'how to's'
I also use and love 'The Greens'. It's the cookbook from that GREAT vegetarian restraunt in San Francisco, by the same name...worth the trip if you ever happen to be in that city.
No vegetarian cook or kitchen should be without
'Diet For A New World' by John Robbins. I call that one, my cookbook with a conscience. If you don't already have it, RUN, don't walk to your local bookstore. It's oh-so-much-more then 'just' a cookbook. It's a MUST READ!
One of my daughters just gave me a new one that I really like a lot. It's 'Claire's Corner Copia Cookbook' by Claire Criscuolo. Claire has an almost world famous vegetarian restraunt in New Haven CT, which is not far from where I live, called 'Claire's Corner Copia'. I've only made some of the soups so far, but they have all been great.

Now and Zen Epicure by Miyoko Nishimoto

Gourmet, extraordinair -- combines japanese and French cuisine to create outstanding and creative dishes....for someone who loves to cook. Egg and Dairy free too.

The Uncheese Cookbook by Joanne Stepaniak

Incredibly creative! Everything cheesey and milkish and rich and luscious and its all totally cholesterol free! Most recipes are pretty quick and easy -- once you learn about a few new ingredients.

The High Road to Health by Lindsay Wagner

Ever wonder how the Bionic Women jumped so high? She's vegan!! Her cookbook is great for beginners. A wide variety of recipes to make "normal" types of foods. Low fat too.

And for you dessert lovers:

Great Good Desserts Naturally by Fran Costigan

Never feel deprived again!! Entirely egg and dairy and refined ingredient free....this stuff is really wholesome -- but you'd never guess and neither will your guests!

I really liked Mollie Katzen's The Enchanted Broccoli Forest - lots of simple, filling food. And although it isn't vegetarian, I like Whole Foods for the Whole Family by La Leche League - it does have a lot of meatless meal ideas. This is the cookbook my mom used the most when I was growing up.

I used the Tassajara Cookbook a lot as a teen, too, since mom refused to cook special meals for my benefit (not that I blame her - who would?).

My very favorite book is "World Food Cafe global vegetarian cooking" by Chris & Carolyn Caldicott. All the other cookbooks I have contain mostly the same stuff, this one is fabulously different!

Vegetarian Express by Nava Atlas
The High Road to Health by Lindsay Wagner
How it all Vegan

Vegetarian Times' "Low Fat and Fast" is THE BEST!
Recipes are easy and yummy, always easy to make with common ingredients, and nutritional information is included with each recipe.

My all time favorite is Vegetarian Planet by Didi Emmons. The recipes are great and not too weird...it isn't a vegan book though.

Out of all the veggie/natural foods cookbooks I have, I think I use Moosewood the most.

The other I use most frequently isn't veggie - Joy of Cooking.

However - I have quite a collection of recipes in 2 notebooks & I use them more than the others.Do they count as cookbooks? ; J

One of my relatively new favorites is Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison. This is particularly strong for suggestions on how to cook vegetables (as opposed to grains or protein sources like tofu, etc.). In addition to full-blown recipes, she does a nice job of giving, for instance, a basic overview of how to cook different greens, or what you can do with squash.

Verdura: Vegetables Italian Style by Viana La Place is another favorite. I have gotten some really wonderful recipes from there. Lots of pasta recipes, not surprisingly. Also, some really interesting soups (including one for red lentils, fennel, and winter squash).

I tend to take a little from here and a little from there and not rely on any one particular cookbook. Often the same cookbook will have really disappointing recipes and really amazing recipes. The High Road to Good Health has some pretty ho-hum tempeh and tofu recipes, in my opinion, but I tried a mushroom gravy recipe from that book that was just delicious. So, like a lot of other cookbooks, it's worth having for the good recipes.

I have just gotten some wonderful reviews on new books I need. This is GREAT !!! Although I have a ton of cookbooks, I always "need" just one more. Thanks guys, for the info.....wow, I love reading this stuff

My favorite, my only, veg. cookbook is "1,000 Vegetarian Recipes" by Carol Gelles. (almost 600 pgs.) It has Carribbean-Spanish-African, Chinese, Eastern European, French, Greek, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Mexican & Southwest, and Middle eastern Cuisine. I love variety and this book certainly has that. It also explains Vegetarianism. The different degrees of vegetarianism. What staples to stock in your pantry, etc... Great for the beginner. Check it out!

Regards,
Shan

"Cooking From An Italian Garden" by Paola Scaravelli and Jon Cohen (ISBN 0-15-622592-1) has tons of incredible, mouth-watering recipes!!!

I also like "Low-Fat Ways To Cook Vegetarian" by Susan M. McIntosh ((ISBN 0-8487-2206-X) for a variety of ideas.

Here is a link that might be useful: Madhur Jaffrey