About the Book Almost every recipe from the original edition has been revised and over 150 completely new recipes have been added. The spirit of the book is as warm as the first edition. Illustrated. Book Synopsis The complete vegetarian cookbook and reference center for the whole-foods kitchen - over a million copies sold! The New Laurels Kitchen is everything that made the first edition loved and trusted, with hundreds of new recipes and the latest nutritional information. The book contains more than 500 recipes, ideas, menus, and suggestions, each tested and perfected for satisfying, wholesome home cooking. Imaginative recipes use low-cost, easy-to-find foods, with dozens of ways to cut back on fat without losting flavor. There are specific sections on cooking for children, elders, pregnancy, and athletes. The New Laurels Kitchen is the revolutionary food guide that makes good nutrition easy, and this classic is still relevant for todays generation of vegetarians and plant-based eaters. About the Author To hundreds of thousands, Laurel Robertson has become a guiding spirit whose kitchen symbolizes whole-food cookery at its best. She is the author of Laurels Kitchen , a vegetarian cookbook first published in 1976 that was a major contributor to the increasing awareness of vegetarian eating in the United States. With her co-contributors, including Carol Flinders, Bronwen Godfrey, and Brian Ruppenthal, she has written several more Laurels Kitchen books, including The Laurels Kitchen Bread Book, Laurels Kitchen Recipes, and Laurels Kitchen Caring . Carol L. Flinders is an author known for The New Laurels Kitchen , Enduring Grace: Living Portraits of Seven Women Mystics , The Value of Belonging , and At the Root of This Longing: Reconciling a Spiritual Hunger and a Feminist Thirst. Brian Ruppenthal is the author of The New Laurels Kitchen.