 | Fields of Greens: New Vegetarian Recipes from the Celebrated Greens Restaurant by Annie Somerville
Buy new: £22.49 / Used from: £12.66 From the famous restaurant in San Francisco. A fresh approach - 'New Califorian' style.
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 | Leith's Vegetarian Bible by Polly Tyrer
If you only get one for everyday cooking then this is it. Very comprehensive and straightforward- a monster book.
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 | Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian Cookbook by Madhur Jaffrey
Buy new: £17.87 / Used from: £16.93 A beautiful book covering a wide range of eastern regions and styles. Great for new ideas.
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 | Chez Panisse Vegetables by Alice Waters
Buy new: £19.49 / Used from: £20.60 Chez Panissse is a restaurant in California with a similar philosophy to The River Cafe. Vegetables are covered in individual chapters, a stunning book beautifully illustrated.
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 | Delia's Vegetarian Collection by Delia Smith
Buy new: £17.50 / Used from: £12.42 I'm a recent convert to Delia, this book is fab, well researched, another good 'if you ony get one book' and Victoria Wood's foreword always makes me laugh!
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 | Verdura: Vegetables Italian Style by Viana La Place
Buy used from: £0.01 A nice Italian cookbook, very easy stuff. No pictures which might bother some although it really doesn't matter. There are so many Italian books around but this feels authentic.
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 | River Cafe Cook Book Green by Rose Gray
Buy new: £19.56 / Used from: £9.50 Famous London restaurant. Their love of food and basic ingredients comes accross. Their philosophy is to cook seasonally so divided into monthly chapters. Excellent. Not 100% veggie but close.
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 | "Good Housekeeping" Step by Step Vegetarian Cookbook by Good Housekeeping Institute
Buy used from: £103.90 Different in style to others on list. I was given it and was at first a bit snobby about it but it's really good. Clever photographic index makes planning so easy. Good for those less confident.
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 | Eat Your Greens (Network Books) by Sophie Grigson
Buy used from: £0.01 A great small book divided by vegetable type. Her style is simple, no nonsense cooking, a bit like the mother.....
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 | Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book (Penguin Cookery Library) by Jane Grigson
Buy used from: £1.60 The mother of all vegetable books, not 100% veggie but so comprehensive. Divided by vegetable so great for 'using up' ideas. A must along with the fruit companion book.
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 | The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand and Vilna to the Present Day by Claudia Roden
Buy used from: £12.37 Not vegetarian but loads of it is and it's wonderful. She's a great cook and as you see from lots of lists, very highly thought of. Her love of cooking really comes accross.
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 | Moro The Cookbook by Samantha Clark
Buy used from: £38.97 Again on loads of lists. Its not all veggie but maye 50% is. Fantastisc book, a mix of Southern Spain, North African influences. Always impresses guests and it's easy stuff really.
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| The Fruits of the Earth by Adrian Bailey
Buy used from: £0.01 Possibly not easy to get hold of but a lovely book. Divided seasonally, classic French influenced (not usually a happy place for the vegetarian). Great food. No pics but wonderful illustrations.
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 | Cafe Paradiso (Atrium Press) by Denis Cotter
Buy used from: £17.95 From a small vegetarian restaurant in Co. Cork with a big reputation. Clever modern food, some quite complicated recipes but good for impressing at dinner parties.
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 | Tamarind and Saffron: Favourite Recipes from the Middle East by Claudia Roden
Buy used from: £18.74 Again a wonderful Roden book, not veggie but with loads in it. A broad range of middle eastern influences. Exquisite food.
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 | Ottolenghi: The Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi
Buy new: £15.96 / Used from: £14.38 Exciting - a true original. Not all vegetarian, even though their weekly Guardian column is. Plenty for vegetarians to enjoy and if you ever get a chance go to the restaurant, you're in for a treat.
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