An unexpected trip to the library at a different location gave me time to check out some books.
Guess what, blessed!?! They had:
The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook from America's Test Kitchen
so I grabbed it. My, it's a big one, isn't it? Thanks for mentioning it. Hey, we're reading the same book!
Also
Happy Herbivore Light and Lean, the 3rd in the Happy Herbivore series but first I've seen. Just glancing it seems great, photos are good, although she is certainly not shy about using sugars/molasses etc. Also one chapter is exercise - unexpected.
And
Bravo! health promoting meals from the Truenorth Health Center Truenorth is for people who are avoiding salt, oils and sugar as they begin solid foods again following medical fasting. They evidently hired a celebrated chef (Bravo is his last name) who manages to make the meals really special for them, and people who aren't even patients come in to eat. This is actually one I had on my A-River cart, waiting for a decision (or money!)
And 1 for HRH, with mixed results
The 100 Best Vegan BAKING Recipes, which I thought HRH would get a kick out of. Serious baker discussions about binders and emulsifiers, about yeast, also how to expect different leavening and flours to change structure. Right up his alley. One disappointment when I got home - there are no photos inside, only small ones outside. Hmmmm... .. Recipes sound great, but without visuals it's more textbook than inspiration. He says he will browse it, though.
Complete Fail -
(brought home Thug Kitchen, which has bad language and I'd never buy for myself, but has some good reviews and I thought HRH might read some. He said just take it right back - such dirty talk, to his mind, would equal dirty food preparation, so he says the book is useless to him. Oh well, I didn't think he would be that much against it but I guess I didn't scan carefully enough at library to see all the negative words in print. He was completely turned off, making a face as if the recipes already tasted bad.