""Title Page""; ""Epigraph""; ""Dedication""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""The Salad Bowl""; ""Armenian-Style Green Beans""; ""Bhutanese Cucumber Salad""; ""Cauliflower Puttanesca""; ""Monique�s Marinated Mushrooms from Provence""; ""Madame Segard�s Carrot Salad""; ""Corn Salad with Green Olives and Pumpkin Seeds""; ""Sesame Broccoli""; ""Rainbow Slaw with Tangy Dressing""; ""Raw Kale Salad""; ""Romanian Eggplant""; ""Sweet Potato Salad""; ""Turkish Bean Salad""; ""On the Back Burner: Stovetop Cooking""; ""Buddha�s Delight""

""Chickpea and Cauliflower Ragout with Okra and Apricots""""Gnocchi with Fava Bean Puree: A Spring Fling from Apulia""; ""Imam Bayildi""; ""Moroccan Squash, Sweet Potato, and Lentil Tagine""; ""Maghreb Couscous with Seven Vegetables""; ""Peruvian Black Bean and Purple Potato Stew""; ""Root Vegetable Potpie with a Polenta Crust""; ""Sonia�s Vegetable Paella""; ""Wild Rice with Mandarins, Cranberries, and Pecans""; ""From the Frying Pan""; ""Arepas: Venezuelan Corncakes""; ""Barra: Newari Mung Bean Pancakes""; ""Carrot Rolls with Lemon Yogurt Sauce""

""Tostones: Double-Fried Plantains, Caribbean Style""""Persian Parsley Omelets""; ""Potato-Stuffed Paratha""; ""Spanish Tortilla""; ""Sweet Potato Fritters""; ""Turkish Pumpkin Pancakes""; ""Volteados: Guatemalan-Style Black Beans""; ""Out of the Oven""; ""Savory Bread Pudding with Asparagus""; ""Cabbage Crisp""; ""Corn Tart with Peppers, Sunflower Seeds, and Pumpkin Seeds""; ""Curried Mushroom Frittata""; ""Grit Soufflé with Piperade""; ""Pistachio and Pecan Pâté""; ""Portobello Pizzas""; ""Potato and Rutabaga Gratin""; ""Spinach Pie""; ""Swiss Chard Torte""

""Vegetable Strudel with Skordalia""""Winter Vegetable Timbale""; ""In the Soup""; ""Black Bean Chili""; ""Bonanza Borscht""; ""Celery, Fennel, and White Bean Soup""; ""Chickpea Soup from the Maghreb""; ""Corn Chowder with Roasted Peppers and Tomatillos""; ""Fragrant Split Pea Soup with Fresh Peas""; ""Kwati: Newari Bean Soup""; ""Mirepoix Soup with Beluga Lentils""; ""Thick Mushroom Barley Soup""; ""ProvenÃal Tomato Soup""; ""Red Bean Chili with Bulgur""; ""Whole Nine Yards Vegetable Soup""; ""In Hot Water: Noodles and Rice""; ""Silk Road Noodles""; ""Szechuan Peanut Butter Noodles""

""Vietnamese Garlic Noodles with Greens""""Peas with Rosary-Bead Pasta""; ""Shiitake Soba with Green Beans""; ""Maine Autumn Risotto""; ""Mexican Rice""; ""Nori Maki""; ""Kashmiri Fried Rice""; ""Desi: Tibetan Ceremonial Rice""; ""Thai Sticky Rice with Mango""; ""Tofu Made Tasty""; ""Kenchin Jiru: Japan�s Beloved Tofu Soup""; ""Cornmeal-Crusted Tofu over Broccoli Rabe with Red Pepper Coulis""; ""Ram�s Chili Tofu""; ""Chinese Dried Tofu with Glass Noodles""; ""Beansprout Salad""; ""Dhal Bhat: Components for a Vegetarian Meal""; ""Dhal: Beans, Legumes, Pulses, and Lentils""

""Chickpea Tagine""