This cookbook is not intended primarily as a collection of recipes. It is designed to teach you how to naturally think and cook like a vegetarian. In our culture especially, I find that most people have a hard time thinking of planning meals that aren't built around a meat dish. So, people who are new to vegetarian cooking often think in terms of replacing the meat, rather than thinking of how to use grains, beans and vegetables for what they do well in their own right.


I will cover the following main topics:


- where and how to buy these main foods in a way that is inexpensive but still gives you good quality food
- how to cook and combine these foods in such a way that they are interesting, tasty and easily digestible
- proportions of foods that make for a balanced and satisfying eating experience
- separate chapters on cooking grains, on beans and peas, and on salads
- how to use a few basic spice patterns to vary taste.