Best New Vegetable Cookbooks
The best new vegetable cookbooks focus on whole grains, homey vegetarian recipes and feature parts of vegetables that would usually be thrown away.—Kristin Donnelly
Vegetable Literacy
In this gorgeous reference book, Deborah Madison groups recipes by plant family. $40; amazon.com.
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Vegetarian Everyday
The Sweden-based bloggers behind Green Kitchen Stories focus on whole grains and healthy dishes like beet bourguignon. $35; amazon.com.
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Food
Photographer Mary McCartney (daughter of Paul) shares her homey vegetarian recipes, like corn fritters. $29.95; amazon.com.
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The Glorious Vegetables of Italy
Domenica Marchetti mixes classic dishes (Tuscan kale frittata) with modern updates (green minestrone). $30; amazon.com.
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Mr. Wilkinson's Vegetables
Australia-based chef Matt Wilkinson includes meat in his vegetable-focused recipes. $27.95; amazon.com.
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The French Market Cookbook
Clotilde Dusoulier shares appealing recipes like a vegetable bouillabaisse. $22.50; amazon.com.
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Vedge
Philadelphia chefs Richard Landau and Kate Jacoby simplify the stunning dishes at their restaurant. $24.95; amazon.com.
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Eat Your Vegetables
Washington Post writer Joe Yonan applies his cooking-for-one approach to vegetarian food. $24.99; amazon.com.
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Root-to-Stalk Cooking
San Francisco Chronicle journalist Tara Duggan uses parts of vegetables other cooks might throw away, like corn husks. $22; amazon.com.
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Plum
Makini Howell shares recipes from Seattle's Plum Bistro, like chimichurri seitan steaks and kale-pesto pizza. $29.95; amazon.com.
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River Cottage Veg
British superstar chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, a notorious carnivore, makes a surprising case for vegetables. $35; amazon.com.
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The Heart of the Plate
Mollie Katzen's new recipes are lighter than those in her seminal '70s Moosewood Cookbook. $34.99; amazon.com.