This is an excellent cook book! I cannot wait to try out some of these recipes. They seem easy and not intimidating at all! Also delicious.,

I liked the focus on vegetables, especially the green vegetables giving them a twist to make them more unusual. However, from the title I inferred that it was a vegetarian cookbook which it is not. Oftentimes the receipes include dairy products or eggs, so I wouldn't recommend this cookbook to vegans.

I also was sometimes confused if the receipe is intended as a main or a side dish since the recipe often didn't state it. And the pictures, while beautiful, often showed quite small portion sizes which made me think a lot of the receipes are intended as side dishes.

Thanks to Netgally and White Lion Publishing for this advance reader ecopy of the book.

Love Vegetables by Anna Shephard is a beautiful cookbook. The author shares her recipes for a variety of vegetables, but isn’t pushing a particular diet, such as vegetarian and veganism. Love Vegetables is for the home cook who wishes to “celebrate” the vegetable by making it the center of each dish. The photos are colorful and appealing. And the recipes are scrumptious with accessible ingredients. I highly recommend this cookbook for those who want to add more vegetables to their diets.

This is a beautiful cookbook! I love how the recipes are separated into culinary uses, such as alliums, leafy greens, tomatoes, etc. The photographs for each recipe are gorgeous and lively. This is not a vegetarian or vegan cookbook; some of the recipes feature things like Parmesan or anchovies. This is perfect for me, as I am not a vegetarian, but like many others I am interested in incorporating more vegetables into my diet rather than focusing on meat as a main. I love that each recipe includes a variation at the bottom to cut down on food costs.
As a gardener, this is a cookbook that makes me excited for spring! I cannot wait to test the recipes inside.

This was an absolutely gorgeous book. I could feel the love for vegetables and how they were honored and prepared through the pages.
I appreciate the fact that it didn’t come off pretentious or elitist about the idea of a vegetable-focus diet… I’m the introductory pages and the recipes themselves - made it more approachable and appealing.
I also like the options for variations for each recipes and the “liveners” recipes at the end (flourishes, toppings,…) which can benefit so many dish beyond just the ones in the book even.

My only complain is the placement of the photography. The dish names and the images are complex enough that it wasn’t always obvious which photo went with which recipe. Maybe there was a pattern (always before the recipe or always after…) but I couldn’t find one. I did go through the digital book, maybe the physical version makes it more obvious.

The recipes were unique and exciting. Pictures after the recipe, which I think could have been done differently. I would have preferred to see the dish, then read the recipe. Also I would have preferred a more broken down table of contents.

I liked that this book had chapters for the various types of veg - onion family, greens and so which made a nice change from soups, mains, etc.. The recipes were straightforward using ingredients that should be commonly available in any reasonable supermarket or green grocer.. Most recipes had lovely photographs. The recipes were interesting enough but I didn't think anything was especially out of the ordinary or that gave me a buzz - I do cook all of our meals, mostly homegrown veg/fruit so for a new cook or one wishing to broaden their horizons I think that this would be a good start. Almost all could have a piece of meat or fish added although clearly stand alone too. Whilst focussing on vegetables and being vegetarian there are many that would need modification for vegans - dairy, cheese and eggs are quite common in the recipes. Although the author acknowledges this and say that there are alternatives, she doesn't provide them. Still, vegans should be aware of what alternatives there are out there. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy.

A great book - the recipes are well set out and seem easy to follow. A good variety of ideas on how to get the best out of your vegetables and use them in unique ways

Oh I do love vegetables and this book had vegetables galore. YUM! The recipes are fun and easy to follow, the results are tasty and moreish and is a great way to use more veggies in your meals and cooking. I do love my meat as well so could adapt some of the recipes to include meat, seafood or chicken or some recipes that included meat I could take this out and still have a great meal but could also use some as side dishes and better still as meat free meals.

I must say I was hungry the whole time I was reading this book and couldn't wait to get in the kitchen and get started on the recipes I liked. The layout works well, the photos are wonderful and the recipes made my mouth water.

Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – White Lion for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

I received an ARC of this cookbook from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is a wonderful cookbook. It's filled with delicious sounding recipes with ingredients that are not hard to find!

I am always on the look for new ways to elevate my veggie recipes and this book did not disappoint. The recipes seem easy to follow and they all sound and look delicious.
From cover to cover this is such an aesthetically pleasing book.
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Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group - White Lion for the opportunity to review this book.

From the cover to the composition of the dishes inside the actual book, this recipe book does not fail to make your mouth water. Anna Shepherd makes such basic ingredients look like delicious meals and snacks.

Thank you Quarto Publishing Group – White Lion, White Lion Publishing, and NetGalley for the advanced electronic review copy of this wonderful book. This great, beautifully illustrated book focuses on different vegetables from root to tip. It’s broken down by chapters that focus on different parts and kinds of the vegetables (roots, greens, alliums, etc). The recipes use a lot of wheat and dairy ingredients, which could potentially be substituted for the dairy and wheat free alternatives. Nevertheless, the vegetables are the stars in each recipe and the focus is to coax as much flavor from them as possible. This book is a great addition to anyone’s collection.

I loved the pictures! I always like to know what the food should look like when I make it. The book is organized into different sections. I enjoyed learning new ways to cook vegetables but for personal taste, I won't be making many of these.

This is a great gourmet vegetable cookbook. It is a little too frou frou for my taste and it doesn’t include nutritional information (and includes far too much wheat based stuff) but the recipes sound quite tasty. I once ate a restaurant that was rumored to be Martha Stewart’s favorite restaurant near her summer home in Maine, and these recipes reminded me very much of something you’d get there — beautiful, fresh and indulgent. I wish there was a wider range of veggies included but I tend to cook with a lot of wild and home grown vegetables (dandelions, lambsquarters, burdock root, ramps, milkweed pods…) and while most people can freely access most of these other vegetables I realize most modern cooks still don’t make use of them.

Do note that despite the name and subject matter, animal products are used often (especially dairy and eggs), so it will be less of a fit for vegans especially.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review.

This is a cookbook intended for omnivores (not vegans or vegetarians) as a way to take vegetables to another level beyond simple side dish. The recipes are indulgent and definitely not intended for the health conscious or those watching their weight since they contain copious amounts of oil, butter, sugar, etc. That said, the recipes are are quite interesting and really elevate vegetables into intriguing and tasty meals. This is a great book for individuals who love to cook and explore the art.

The book breaks down as follows: Introduction, Alliums, Hardy Greens, Tender Greens, Potatoes & Creamy Roots, Tougher To Love Roots, Tomatoes & Peppers, Sunny Vegetables, Extra Svoury Vegetables, Liveners. Recipes include: dukkah, eggs with charred spring onions and herby breadcrumbs, farinata sweet potato and winter herb, farls rosemary and pumpkin, crispy garlic butter, pea and potato gnocchi, jammy shallot & walnut orecchiette, mac & cheese greens filo pie, lemony celeriac and fennel comfort soup, spice marinated paneer, bashed walnut and shallot relish, yogurt marinated mushroom shawarma, shiitake and soba noodle broth, and many more.

Most recipes have a full color photograph. Each comes with a title, a short introduction, timings/serving size, ingredients by type (e.g., broth, sauce), and large chunky unnumbered paragraph steps. Variations are listed at the bottom (mostly for different types of vegetables and not for e.g., allergies or food preference such as vegan options). These are somewhat intricate recipes so they are something that will especially appeal to those who love to cook. Note that there is no nutrition information given.

The upside of this book is that there are a lot of unique and interesting recipes. It's a great way to explore different vegetables and spice up a bland menu at home. The downside is that the steps are not numbered and in chunky paragraphs. As well, the recipes are very indulgent so those with health concerns about saturated fat/cholesterol intake or with weight issues will find the recipes problematic. And as noted earlier, most recipes call for animal products: butter, fish sauce, yogurt, eggs, etc. are quite frequent in the recipes and there are no vegan/vegetarian substation recommendations. Reviewed from an advance reader copy provided by the publisher.

The title of this beautiful cookery book says it all - I defy anyone to look at the beautiful photography in this book and not fall in love with vegetables (even just a little bit!!)

An utter plethora of delightful recipes are featured, and these are arranged by vegetable type. Helpfully grams and ounces are used to aid accessibility of the recipes. I found the photography super helpful in deciding which recipe to prepare (devour!) first. I was amazed by the selection of recipes on offer and look forward to experimenting with many of these.

Overall this is a lovely book that I would proudly display on my coffee table!

My thanks to NetGalley, author and publisher for the opportunity to review the book in exchange for an advance copy.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of 'Love Vegetables' by Anna Shepherd. All opinions are my own.

This was a great selection of recipes that feature fresh, delicious vegetables. I will definitely be trying some of these!

Love Vegetables : Delicious Recipes for Vibrant Meals. This is a cook book with lots of new and flavoursome recipes. The photographs are mouth watering which really compensates for the long written recipe pages. Some are quicker than others, and there are a selection I would try or adapt. Some of the flavour combinations and ideas are really inspiring. Overall a good vegetarian recipe book that could easily be adapted for meat eaters.

The recipes in this book look delicious! I was so excited to see a book that embraces vegetables instead of trying to hide them or treat them as just a side. I appreciated that recipes were both in grams and oz as well as Fahrenheit/Celsius, so that it was accessible. The pictures made everything look so good. I also liked that many of the recipes had a possible variation that it listed. My one complaint is that although the author warned that alternatives could be used for the non vegetarian ingredients such as fish sauce, she didn't actually say what those alternatives are. I would have appreciated the guidance. Either way, I can't wait to try to make some of these foods.