This cookbook offers up a vegetarian diet that is rich, varied, healthful and delicious, alongside current information on the health benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle. The 250 recipes call for an imaginative range of food choices, where good taste and good health go hand in hand.

For example:

* Warm mushrooms with goat cheese is a recipe that ties in with research showing how shiitake mushrooms bolster the immune system.
* The author explains that cruciferous vegetables protect against colon cancer—and provides a recipe for a hearty stuffed braised cabbage with potatoes.
* A special section addresses seven body systems and suggests prescriptive meals and beneficial dietary and lifestyle changes.