With more than 250 recipes from Italy's nineteen distinct regions, Italian Vegetarian Cooking makes that coutry's vegetarian cuisine available to American cooks. Complete with recommendations for Italian wines and a region-by-region guide to local specialties. Illustrated.

This stunning book is a collection of over 200 tasty recipes featuring the marvelously varied vegetarian cuisine of France. Represented within are French provincial, regional and local specialties from Flanders to Provence that showcase the vast range of flavors to be found in French cuisine. Vegetarian food is nothing new to France where vegetables have always been treated with great respect. In the Middle Ages, after France suffered many famines; cereals, dried beans, roots, and herbs formed the basis of the peasant diet. French cooking as we know it today did not evolve until after Catherine de Medici married the Dauphin and brought her Italian chefs to France. This book is a personal collection of regional vegetarian dishes from all over France; their influences range from Flemish and German cuisine in the north to Spanish and Italian in the south. Within you will find gratins from Savoie, lentil dishes from Languedoc, wine-based dishes from Burgundy and ratatouille from Provence. These concise and easy-to-follow recipes bring the famed cuisine of France to your vegetarian kitchen.

This delicious collection of over 225 traditional Mediterranean dishes from over 15 countries makes it easy to reap the benefits of eating a Mediterranean diet, which has been linked to good health and a longer life by lowering the risk of heart disease and cancer. The dishes range from appetisers, salads, main courses, soups, eggs, rice, pasta and vegetables to desserts. These recipes have been passed down through generations of simple peasant cooking and still retain their original flavour and appeal. Traditional favourites like Potato and Spinach Croquettes from Albania, avocado Hummus from Israel, Ravioli and Eggplant from Sardinia, Neapolitan Stuffed Tomatoes from Italy, Chocolate Mousse with Almonds from France are also included. The accompanying text provides profiles of each region, outlining the cultural and historical foundations of each country's culinary specialities.