Plenty to Love
What It Is: A collection of two cookbooks from famed UK-based chef Yotam Ottolenghi. With multiple restaurants under his belt and a beloved weekly column, the chef’s specialty is making vegetables sing with an unexpected collection of ingredients to make your next plant-based meal lip-smackingly delicious. Plenty was released in 2011 and features 120 vegetarian recipes that draw on Middle Eastern and Mediterranean influences, like Sweet Corn Polenta and Black Pepper Tofu. The book was a raving success, causing Ottolenghi to compile another 100 recipes in Plenty More. I’ll note that these books *do* tend to rely semi-heavily on dairy products, so vegans will want to look elsewhere. But if you really want to give veggies and meatless cooking a try, this is a great gourmand way to do so.
Who It’s For: The chef of the house, to experiment with on Meatless Mondays. The host or hostess, as a great thank you present. The foodie friend in your circle, as a perfect birthday choice.
What It Costs: List prices are $39-$48, but can be found for less online.
Where It’s At: Bookstores and online.
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Canadian Gift Guide 
My mom would love this book
They look like lovely books. I really like dairy, butter and cheese are staples in my house so that wouldn’t be an issue at all.
This would be a good gift to friends of mine who use cookbooks frequently. I probably have enough cookbooks myself to last a lifetime.
Although I eat meat, I love getting more veggies in my diet and I love cooking. This would be a great gift idea for me!
I can’t say this book would be useful for me – I love new recipes but I many on my list now.
I think that cookbooks are always a great gift idea!
This would be a wonderful gift for my sister in law! I’ll put it on my list!
This would be a lovely gift for ME! 🙂
Actually, my SIL is dairy-free and I am looking for a good cookbook on that topic. Any suggestions? (next blog entry??? wink!)
I think cookbooks are great!
I’m vegetarian so these cook books are definitely on my wishlist!
Great gift for just about anyone!
I would really like to try some meatless cooking
My mom and I were just discussing today that if we could find a way to make vegetables taste better, we would probably eat more. These books look as if they would give us that opportunity.
Love veggies and always looking for new ways to bring them to the table. These books look wonderful!
Being a foodie I love this idea !!This is perfect to give or receive.
Perfect gift for all the foodies in my life.
I would want this for my own collection!