Buckwheat Pilaf with Cabbage & Herbs, served with a side of Swedish Pickled Beets ~ Crescent Dragonwagon has written the most wonderful cookbook/memoir called ~ Passionate Vegetarian. It's over 1,100 pages of recipes, stories & thoughts on living & loving. If I could have only 2 cookbooks, this would be one of them. It's truly a great cookbook & an enjoyable read. The recipes are very doable, the directions are easy to follow & the ingredients are not too hard to find. I like to use it for inspiration to take my veggie, grain or bean-based dishes to the next level. It really is a must have cookbook for vegetarians & also for those of us who like eating our veggies ~ as well as some meat, too. If you make your veggie side dishes from this cookbook, your meat entrees will thank you. You'll learn to love meatless entrees, too ~ maybe even go meatless more days than just on Monday. Get a copy of the cookbook for yourself & see how many wonderful recipes await you! :)