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With a true love for winter's culinary delights, Darra Goldstein's The Winter Vegetarian will make you long for the winter months year-round. Containing recipes from cold-climate cuisines all over the world, here is a creative and inspired collection that offers healthful and flavorful meals for any winter occasion.

From lusty Turkish Lentil Soup to spicy Basque-Style Scrambled Eggs to Ginger Pear Preserves, more than 150 delicious recipes--appetizers, salads, breads, desserts, and even Tolstoy's favorites--will help you face the challenge of remaining meat-free in the face of an often uninspiring produce department. With The Winter Vegetarian, yur meals will become the backdrop for a true appreciation of winter's rhythm as you luxuriate in the comforts of hearth and home.

Darra Goldstein is Professor of Russian at Williams College. She earned her Ph.D. at Standford University and has written extensively on Russian literature, culture, art and cuisine. Her previous cookbooks are A Taste of Russiaand The Georgian Feast, which was voted Best Cookbook of 1993 by the International Association of Culinary Proffessionals/Julia Child Cookbook Awards. She lives with her husband and daughter in Williamstown, Massachusetts.