<b>A sophisticated vegetarian cookbook with all the tools you need to be at home in your kitchen, cooking in the most nourishing and delicious ways--from the foundations of stocking a pantry and understanding your ingredients, to preparing elaborate seasonal feasts.</b><br><br> With her love of whole food and her know-how as a chef, Amy Chaplin has written a book that includes all you need to eat well at every meal, every day, year round. Part One lays the foundation, educating the reader on stocking the pantry. This is not just a list of ingredients and equipment; it's real working knowledge--how and why to use ingredients--and an arsenal of simple recipes for daily nourishment. Part Two is a collection of recipes celebrating vegetarian cuisine in its brightest, whole, sophisticated form. Black rice breakfast pudding with coconut and banana? Yes, please. Beet tartlets with poppy seed crust and white bean fennel filling? I'll take two. Fragrant eggplant curry with cardamom basmati rice, apricot chutney, and cucumber lime raita? Invite company. Honey vanilla bean ice cream with roasted plums and coconut crunch? There is always room for this kind of dessert. This is whole food for everyone.