Summary - The Complete Italian Vegetarian Cookbook

Time to wrap up my Italian Vegetarian theme. I found these dishes very useful for a quick lunch for myself but my son was unfortunately not very impressed with the veggies...

The author of the book, Jack Bishop, has a blog containing lots of  vegetarian recipes at: http://captious.wordpress.com/

Quick data:
Title: The Complete Italian Vegetarian Cookbook
Author: Jack Bishop
Length: 568 pages
Recipe quality: 5 out of 5
Recipe complexity: 1 out of 5 (seriously, they are very easy)
Organization: 2 out of 5
Index quality: 4 out of 5
Food Porn Vale: 2 out of 5

Pros:

• LOTS of very easy to prepare vegetarian recipes. As long as there is one vegetable in your kitchen I can near guarantee you that there will be a recipe in this book you can cook.
• All recipes come with serving suggestions
• Italian + vegetables = Healthy but hardly ever bland or boring.
• I'd say this book is very useful even if you're not a vegetarian. This is the best resource for Italian style side dishes  I know of.

Cons:

• This book is WAY to big. Each recipe gets at least a page, even if the text takes up just half the page, and lots of recipes are very similar. I'd liked more master recipes with variations, in order to make the book easier to carry around in the kitchen.
• I would have liked more main courses. This is an issue with all my vegetarian cookbook, there is lots of salads, soups and sides but the main course chapters usually have a somewhat lesser feeling about themselves.