My Favorite Cookbooks

 Authentic Chinese Cuisine for the Contemporary Kitchen by Bryanna Clark Grogan , 2000, The Book Publishing Company.

• All-Vegan-All-the-Time: Tons of information about buying and making Asian-style mock meat and other Chinese ingredients.
• Favorite Recipe: (I haven't had this long): Stir-Fried Vegetarian "Duck" with Chili, Bell Pepper, and Black Beans.

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 Classic Vegetarian Cooking from the Middle East and North Africa by Habeeb Salloum.

• Vegetarian, but mostly vegan or easily veganized. One of the most amazing cookbooks I have ever found. This book has encouraged me to obsess over spinach pies, sumac and other Middle Eastern delights. OH MY GOD, BUY THIS BOOK.
• Favorite Recipes: Everything I have made has been super easy to prepare and tasty tasty tasty!

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 Dakshin: Vegetarian Cuisine from South India by Chandra Padmanabhan, 1994, Harper Collins.

• Vegetarian/dairy (no eggs): Gorgeous photographs of tradional South Indian food that make me salivate. How-tos on making savories including dosas, vadas and spice blends.
• Favorite Recipes: Sambars, pickles and salads

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 The New Farm Vegetarian Cookbook by Louise Hagler and Dorothy Bates, 1988, The Book Publishing Company.

• Vegan/honey: How-tos on making your own tofu, tempeh, soy yogurt, and Ice Bean.
• Favorite Recipes: Macaroni and "Cheese" Casserole, Melty Nutritional Yeast "Cheese", Pancakes, Soft Sandwich Buns, Janie's Good Biscuits, and Skillet Cornbread (this book rocks, and there are a ton of other amazingly good and easy recipes to make).

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 Nonna's Italian Kitchen by Bryanna Clark Grogan ,1998, The Book Publishing Company.

• All-Vegan-All-the-Time: Ever wanted to know how to make V E G A N stuffed pastas? Real Italian pizza and foccacia? Omelets??? Now's the time baby! This book is a vegan mastermind. Get with it and get cooking.
• Favorite Recipes: Does the whole thing count?

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 Real Vegetarian Thai by Nancie McDermott, 1997, Chronicle Books

• 98% vegan with vegan options: Amazing authentic recipes, even one for coconut ice cream!
• Favorite Recipes: Red Curry Paste, Green Curry Paste, Yellow Curry Paste, Yellow Curry with Pineapple and Peas, Burmese-Style Curry with Yams, Mushrooms, and Ginger, Choo Chee New Potatoes with Fresh Basil and Coconut Rice with Cilantro and Fresh Ginger.

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 Simply Heavenly! by Abbot George Burke, 1997, Simon & Schuster Macmillan

• All-Vegan-All-the-Time: Un-Meatarific recipes, if you ever wanted to cook with MSG, Here's your chance, chief. Drawback, most recipes require ingredients you need to make in other recipes, you know, one of those recipes within a recipe cookbook.
• Favorite Recipes: Barbecue "Spare Ribs" and Vanilla Cake.

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 The Uncheese Cookbook by Joanne Stepaniak , 1994, The Book Publishing Company.

• All-Vegan-All-the-Time: Recipes for cheeze that you can actually slice and grate.
• Favorite Recipes: Colby Cheeze, Grilled Cheeze Sandwiches, and Fettuccine Alfonso.

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 World of the East Vegetarian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey, 1988, Alfred A. Knopf.

• Vegetarian (lacto-ovo): Recipes from all over Asia.
• Favorite Recipes: Don't even try to pin me down.