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By Jodi Liano

Preparing enticing vegetable dishes is a snap: Simply start with garden-fresh produce, season it with an adventurous palate, and you have a whole new way of thinking about your meals. Classic vegetable recipes inspire the 44 recipes inside this book, but each offers a creative spin, brought to life by in-season vegetables, bold, globally inspired flavorings, and simple, but high-impact cooking methods. Whether it's a first course, side dish, or vegetarian main course, each recipe explains both how and why the creative ingredient pairings work together to bring delicious new tastes to your dinner table. Dozens of full-color photographs show how each dish should look and portray an array of inspiring ingredients to reinvigorate your cooking. With this book as your guide, you'll have all you need to breathe new life into everyday vegetable dishes—and with little extra effort.