Packed with recipes from the boldly original and highly successful Greens Restaurant in San Francisco that regularly please vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike, Greens is this cook's personal favorite cookbook. From New Potato and Grilled Pepper Pizza to Zuni Stew, these recipes are consistently innovative and delicious. --MTB "I consider Greens to be the ultimate vegetarian restaurant. The cuisine is elegant, inspiring, and astonishingly creative. Many of us have long awaited this major event in cookbook publishing. Congratulations!" --Mollie Katzen, Moosewood Cookbook


From Publishers Weekly
The founding chef of the Zen Center of San Francisco's Greens Restaurant tantalizes readers with more than 275 stellar vegetarian recipes. Drawing upon a variety of traditionsSouthern France and Italy, Asia, Mexico and the American SouthwestMadison encourages the use of fresh vegetables, herbs and spices, quality oils and other staples, the building of flavors with stocks and the harmonizing of tastes, textures and colors. Mealtimes will be vibrant, sensory celebrations when readers serve up Mexican vegetable soup with lime and avocado, red and yellow pepper tart, goat-cheese pizza with red onions and green olives, zucchini-and-basil filo with pine nuts, blueberry cream-cheese tart and Brazilian chocolate cake. A cornucopia of seasonal menus, extensive directions, wine suggestions, and glossaries of kitchen equipment and ingredients enhance this superior collection. Brown wrote The Tassajara Bread Book, etc. Illustrations not seen by PW. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.


Review
"Reading through these delicious recipes, I'm impressed by a certan refined taste and style and consistently critical and good palate that comes through.  The book is especially important because it's vegetarian, and the excellence of ingredients makes the dishes irresistible."
--Alice Waters, Chez Panisse

"For all of us who remember the glorious dishes Deborah Madison created at Greens, this book is a particular pleasure.  What makes it special is not only her enticing and original way with fruits and vegetables, but her generous and inventive spirit."
--Carol Field, The Italian Baker

"This dazzling cookbook presents a new cuisine that is intelligent, inventive and above all delicious.  This is brilliantly crafted food that.just happens to be made without meat.  Bravo!"
--Anthony Dias-Blue, CBS Radio Food Critic and Nationally Syndicated Columnist, American Wine

Farm-fresh produce never tasted so good.  The Greens Cookbook elevated vegatarian cooking to new heights.  Every page introduces you to a wonderfully inventive recipe."
--Diane Rossen Worthington, The Cuisine of California

"I consider Greens to be the ultimate vegetarian restaurant.  The cuisine is elegant, inspiring and astonishingly creative.  Many of us have long awaited this major event in cookbook publishing.  Congratulations!"
--Mollie Katzen, Moosewood Cookbook, The Enchanted Broccoli Forest


Review
"Reading through these delicious recipes, I'm impressed by a certan refined taste and style and consistently critical and good palate that comes through.  The book is especially important because it's vegetarian, and the excellence of ingredients makes the dishes irresistible."
--Alice Waters, Chez Panisse

"For all of us who remember the glorious dishes Deborah Madison created at Greens, this book is a particular pleasure.  What makes it special is not only her enticing and original way with fruits and vegetables, but her generous and inventive spirit."
--Carol Field, The Italian Baker

"This dazzling cookbook presents a new cuisine that is intelligent, inventive and above all delicious.  This is brilliantly crafted food that.just happens to be made without meat.  Bravo!"
--Anthony Dias-Blue, CBS Radio Food Critic and Nationally Syndicated Columnist, American Wine

Farm-fresh produce never tasted so good.  The Greens Cookbook elevated vegatarian cooking to new heights.  Every page introduces you to a wonderfully inventive recipe."
--Diane Rossen Worthington, The Cuisine of California

"I consider Greens to be the ultimate vegetarian restaurant.  The cuisine is elegant, inspiring and astonishingly creative.  Many of us have long awaited this major event in cookbook publishing.  Congratulations!"
--Mollie Katzen, Moosewood Cookbook, The Enchanted Broccoli Forest


Book Description
The Greens Cookbook is that rarity, a book that truly represents a revolution in cooking. Here are the recipes that helped to create the boldly original and highly successful Greens Restaurant on San Francisco Bay. Not only for vegetarians, this book caters to everyone who seeks delight in cooking and eating. Using an extraordinary range of fresh ingredients in imaginative and delicious ways, it shows how to present a feast for the eyes as well as for the palate.


From the Publisher
"Reading through these delicious recipes, I'm impressed by a certan refined taste and style and consistently critical and good palate that comes through. The book is especially important because it's vegetarian, and the excellence of ingredients makes the dishes irresistible."
--Alice Waters, Chez Panisse"For all of us who remember the glorious dishes Deborah Madison created at Greens, this book is a particular pleasure. What makes it special is not only her enticing and original way with fruits and vegetables, but her generous and inventive spirit."
--Carol Field, The Italian Baker"This dazzling cookbook presents a new cuisine that is intelligent, inventive and above all delicious. This is brilliantly crafted food that.just happens to be made without meat. Bravo!"
--Anthony Dias-Blue, CBS Radio Food Critic and Nationally Syndicated Columnist, American WineFarm-fresh produce never tasted so good. The Greens Cookbook elevated vegatarian cooking to new heights. Every page introduces you to a wonderfully inventive recipe."
--Diane Rossen Worthington, The Cuisine of California"I consider Greens to be the ultimate vegetarian restaurant. The cuisine is elegant, inspiring and astonishingly creative. Many of us have long awaited this major event in cookbook publishing. Congratulations!"
--Mollie Katzen, Moosewood Cookbook, The Enchanted Broccoli Forest


From the Inside Flap
The Greens Cookbook is that rarity, a book that truly represents a revolution in cooking. Here are the recipes that helped to create the boldly original and highly successful Greens Restaurant on San Francisco Bay. Not only for vegetarians, this book caters to everyone who seeks delight in cooking and eating. Using an extraordinary range of fresh ingredients in imaginative and delicious ways, it shows how to present a feast for the eyes as well as for the palate.
The Greens Cookbook contains more than 260 recipes for all seasons, all occasions, all tastes. From bright, simple salads to beautifully spiralled roulades, here is a provocative, sophisticated and varied fare, dedicated to elegance and balance, taste and texture, color and freshness.
The Greens Cookbook presents everything you need to know to create and enjoy at home meals that draw rave reviews in the restaurant. Inside you will find: Inspiring menus for spring, summer, winter, fall. Everything from easy-to-prepare dishes for two to meals for a gala feast. The first guide to selecting wines with vegetable dishes. Glossaries of unfamiliar ingredients and useful kitchen equipment. A generous and encouraging text that helps develop your skill and self-expression as a cook. Insightful professional tips heading each recipe, and much more.


About the Author
Deborah Madison developed the style and repertoire of Greens and was the restaurant's founding chef. She has worked with Alice Waters of Chez Panisse, at the American Academy in Rome, and is a contributor to the Time-Life Cookbook Series.
Edward Espe Brown, who learned to cook at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, is the author of the world-renowned Tassajara Bread Book, Tassajara Cooking, and The Tassajara Recipe Book.

ANNOTATION

Extraordinary vegetarian cuisine from the celebrated San Francisco restaurant, Greens, containing tantalizing menus and recipes for a wide variety of vegetarian dishes.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The Greens Cookbook is that rarity, a book that truly represents a revolution in cooking. Here are the recipes that helped to create the boldly original and highly successful Greens Restaurant on San Francisco Bay. Not only for vegetarians, this book caters to everyone who seeks delight in cooking and eating. Using an extraordinary range of fresh ingredients in imaginative and delicious ways, it shows how to present a feast for the eyes as well as for the palate.

The Greens Cookbook contains more than 260 recipes for all seasons, all occasions, all tastes. From bright, simple salads to beautifully spiralled roulades, here is a provocative, sophisticated and varied fare, dedicated to elegance and balance, taste and texture, color and freshness.

The Greens Cookbook presents everything you need to know to create and enjoy at home meals that draw rave reviews in the restaurant. Inside you will find: Inspiring menus for spring, summer, winter, fall. Everything from easy-to-prepare dishes for two to meals for a gala feast. The first guide to selecting wines with vegetable dishes. Glossaries of unfamiliar ingredients and useful kitchen equipment. A generous and encouraging text that helps develop your skill and self-expression as a cook. Insightful professional tips heading each recipe, and much more.

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly