Bohème Cooking: French Vegetarian Recipes (Carrie Solomon)

From Paris farmers’ markets to the Brittany coast, Carrie Solomon’s  vegetable focused cooking  is infused with vibrant flavor and whimsical creativity in this fresh, airy cookbook.

When Carrie Solomon first moved to France 20 years ago, it was far from la belle vie for a vegetarian immersing herself in local cuisine. Restaurants promoted nose-to-tail cooking and chefs had yet to start normalizing farm-to-table cuisine. But a vegetable-forward French cuisine―perhaps one that had always been innate to the country’s agricultural abundance―began to gain popularity; chefs started growing ingredients from their own gardens, vegetables increasingly made their way onto brasserie menus, and soon Carrie was experimenting with vegetarian French dishes, both classic less traditional, in her tiny Parisian kitchen. From an easygoing, boheme lifestyle in France, Carrie’s flair for cooking unique vegetarian dishes emerged.