Review of "A Passion for Vegetables: Simple and Inspired Recipes from Aroun" by Paul Gayler

The information in the first few pages is concise but engaging, and will teach you some of the basic tips that you might not know about picking and preparing veggies. You will also learn about some of the utensils that should be helpful. Then it's off to the kitchen to begin with lessons and recipes for beets, carrots, sweet potatoes and much more. The chapter on "Shoots and Thistles" has some great recipes for one of my favorites; the artichoke. When I got to their recipe for "Stuffed Zucchini" I raced for my own kitchen.

There are chapters in this inventive cookbook for recipes that utilize "Fungi" (mushrooms), pods and seeds, and lastly, squash deserts.