---
product_id: 6938661
title: "The Vegetarian Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity with Vegetables, Fruits, Grains, Legumes, Nuts, Seeds, and More, Based on the Wisdom of Leading American Chefs"
price: "$51.54"
currency: USD
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 9
url: https://www.desertcart.us/products/6938661-the-vegetarian-flavor-bible-the-essential-guide-to-culinary-creativity
store_origin: US
region: United States of America
---

# The Vegetarian Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity with Vegetables, Fruits, Grains, Legumes, Nuts, Seeds, and More, Based on the Wisdom of Leading American Chefs

**Price:** $51.54
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** The Vegetarian Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity with Vegetables, Fruits, Grains, Legumes, Nuts, Seeds, and More, Based on the Wisdom of Leading American Chefs
- **How much does it cost?** $51.54 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.us](https://www.desertcart.us/products/6938661-the-vegetarian-flavor-bible-the-essential-guide-to-culinary-creativity)

## Best For

- Customers looking for quality international products

## Why This Product

- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Description

The Vegetarian Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity with Vegetables, Fruits, Grains, Legumes, Nuts, Seeds, and More, Based on the Wisdom of Leading American Chefs [Page, Karen, Dornenburg, Andrew] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Vegetarian Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity with Vegetables, Fruits, Grains, Legumes, Nuts, Seeds, and More, Based on the Wisdom of Leading American Chefs

Review: Best Cooking Resource! - Ever come home from the Farmers Market with a basket of vegetables, some of which you may never have tried and multiple herbs or opened up the refrigerator to find various seemingly unrelated vegetables and have no idea how to put together a meal? This book is liberating! Gone is the sinking feeling of being stuck because you don’t have every specific item listed in a recipe. With this book you can instead find ways to make magic out of the foods that you have and put an end to feeling recipe bound. You can open up a page for an ingredient and see all the other foods that it mixes well with and even find favored flavor pairings. Then you can cross reference the ingredient to others you have on hand as well. But note that this is NOT a recipe book but instead a resource for flavor combinations. This book is encyclopedic and comprehensive and has made my time in the kitchen not only easier but also much more enjoyable and opened up the world of cooking for me.
Review: Vegetarian Food Bible - Flavor Guide to the Vegetarian Wilderness - This is one of my favorite books - cookbook or other. The concept of a flavor bible is fantastic for those of us that follow recipes lightly and make lots of substitutes. So easy to create flavorful meals based on what is available in kitchen or garden. Have a bunch of kale? Kale reference shows the flavorings that go best with kale and are scaled by significance with bold and capital letters (like garlic, sea salt, green onions, dried cranberries, and lemon). So many top chef curated dish combinations listed too. Honestly, this has transformed my cooking to a whole new level - even though I'm a home cook with limited time and resources. This is a fantastic cooking reference, but the best part is the beginning part of the book where the author explains her journey of interest in vegetarian foods. If that's not encouragement enough, she highlights the professional interest in vegetarian cuisine by top chefs in the field. Personally, I adopted vegan diet last year for health reasons. Switching to a new way of eating and cooking while keeping great flavors was very difficult. Vegetarian Food Bible was a great guide in the wilderness of new foods. I no longer feel like a food weirdo after reading of so many highly regarded food professionals switching to plant based preferences. I was so mesmerized by this book when I first got it. After poring through it for months, I still am. 5 stars is not enough for the Vegetarian Flavor Bible. I highly recommend it.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #38,514 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #23 in Herb, Spice & Condiment Cooking #58 in Cooking Encyclopedias #81 in Cooking, Food & Wine Reference (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (997) |
| Dimensions  | 8 x 1.88 x 10.3 inches |
| Edition  | First Edition |
| ISBN-10  | 031624418X |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0316244183 |
| Item Weight  | 3.75 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 576 pages |
| Publication date  | October 14, 2014 |
| Publisher  | Voracious |

## Images

![The Vegetarian Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity with Vegetables, Fruits, Grains, Legumes, Nuts, Seeds, and More, Based on the Wisdom of Leading American Chefs - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81ZWt6zSY5L.jpg)

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best Cooking Resource!
*by K***M on December 17, 2021*

Ever come home from the Farmers Market with a basket of vegetables, some of which you may never have tried and multiple herbs or opened up the refrigerator to find various seemingly unrelated vegetables and have no idea how to put together a meal? This book is liberating! Gone is the sinking feeling of being stuck because you don’t have every specific item listed in a recipe. With this book you can instead find ways to make magic out of the foods that you have and put an end to feeling recipe bound. You can open up a page for an ingredient and see all the other foods that it mixes well with and even find favored flavor pairings. Then you can cross reference the ingredient to others you have on hand as well. But note that this is NOT a recipe book but instead a resource for flavor combinations. This book is encyclopedic and comprehensive and has made my time in the kitchen not only easier but also much more enjoyable and opened up the world of cooking for me.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Vegetarian Food Bible - Flavor Guide to the Vegetarian Wilderness
*by J***O on March 12, 2015*

This is one of my favorite books - cookbook or other. The concept of a flavor bible is fantastic for those of us that follow recipes lightly and make lots of substitutes. So easy to create flavorful meals based on what is available in kitchen or garden. Have a bunch of kale? Kale reference shows the flavorings that go best with kale and are scaled by significance with bold and capital letters (like garlic, sea salt, green onions, dried cranberries, and lemon). So many top chef curated dish combinations listed too. Honestly, this has transformed my cooking to a whole new level - even though I'm a home cook with limited time and resources. This is a fantastic cooking reference, but the best part is the beginning part of the book where the author explains her journey of interest in vegetarian foods. If that's not encouragement enough, she highlights the professional interest in vegetarian cuisine by top chefs in the field. Personally, I adopted vegan diet last year for health reasons. Switching to a new way of eating and cooking while keeping great flavors was very difficult. Vegetarian Food Bible was a great guide in the wilderness of new foods. I no longer feel like a food weirdo after reading of so many highly regarded food professionals switching to plant based preferences. I was so mesmerized by this book when I first got it. After poring through it for months, I still am. 5 stars is not enough for the Vegetarian Flavor Bible. I highly recommend it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Informative and extensive
*by R***N on February 28, 2024*

This is a great book. It is, however, not a recipe book and was not designed to be one. The author's goal is to provide information on individual ingredients, including both useful tips (e.g., the two different flavor profiles dulse can develop based on whether it is sauteed or simmered) and flavor pairings for each particular ingredient recommended by at least one consulted chef. This allows you to start with your ingredients of choice, select the pairings until you arrive at a combination that you've never tried before, and obtain a result that's very likely to be good or maybe even great (provided that you already have the general knowledge/skill/experience to determine which proportions and cooking techniques to use). From there, you can continue to refine your result and develop it further if you're dissatisfied with the first iteration. I think that I have fairly good experience and intuition when it comes to creating new recipes/flavor pairings, and I have successfully done so in the past and was complimented by different people who tried my inventions. I have also ruined many ingredients in the process and discovered some very subpar pairings. To a certain extent, this is inevitable and should be treated or even celebrated as a learning experience; but being able to hear the advice of experienced professionals is always a boon, and this book is, essentially, a book of advice from people who have experimented with flavor pairings for years.

## Frequently Bought Together

- The Vegetarian Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity with Vegetables, Fruits, Grains, Legumes, Nuts, Seeds, and More, Based on the Wisdom of Leading American Chefs
- The Flavor Matrix: The Art and Science of Pairing Common Ingredients to Create Extraordinary Dishes

---

## Why Shop on Desertcart?

- 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016
- 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories
- 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price
- 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members)
- 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection
- ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews

**Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.us/products/6938661-the-vegetarian-flavor-bible-the-essential-guide-to-culinary-creativity](https://www.desertcart.us/products/6938661-the-vegetarian-flavor-bible-the-essential-guide-to-culinary-creativity)

---

*Product available on Desertcart United States of America*
*Store origin: US*
*Last updated: 2026-03-01*