This cookbook is for anyone–vegetarian, vegan, omnivore, carnivore, likatarian (you just eat what you like)-who wants to enjoy eating more grains, nuts and vegetables. But Mollie Katzen doesn’t want to be put in a box when it comes to labeling her food. She offers a new approach to vegetarian eating via building a meal in modules, and keeping components separate, like in a bento box. The recipes are appetizing to the eye and to the palate, thanks to her vibrant watercolor drawings and photographs that accompany the light and playful, recipes. Now comes Mollie Katzen’s 12 th book, Heart of the Plate: Vegetarian Recipes for a New Generation(Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). I often lend out her books to families I see in therapy who want to get their kids cooking. When my children were young, Honest Pretzels and Pretend Soup, with her beguiling illustrations and accessible recipes, inspired them to cook on their own. Her Moosewood Cookbook, published in 1977, transformed vegetarian cooking forever, won a James Beard Hall of Fame Cookbook award, and was the very first cookbook I ever purchased. Like millions of other home cooks, I have relied on Mollie Katzen as a muse and guide my whole adult life.
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