Laurel's Kitchen is a vegetarian cookbook, first published in 1976, that contributed to the increasing awareness of vegetarian eating in the US. Its authors were Laurel Robertson, Carol Flinders, and Bronwen Godfrey, and its subtitle was a handbook for vegetarian cookery & nutrition. A second edition, The New Laurel's Kitchen, was published in 1986. It had the same subtitle and the same first two authors, and Brian Ruppenthal was the new third author. The book has sold over a million copies. The same authors have published related Laurel's Kitchen books on breadmaking and caregiving.
Influence
The book has been mentioned in many magazines. For example: Laurel's Kitchen has also been discussed in scholarly work, as well as in reviews of scholarly work. For example:
Additional ''Laurel's Kitchen'' books
Several related books have been published by the same groups of authors. These books were based on a similar underlying philosophy, and also included the phrase "Laurel's Kitchen" in the title:
Laurel Robertson, Carol Flinders, Bronwen Godfrey. The Laurel's kitchen bread book: a guide to whole-grain breadmaking. Random House.
Recipes on "Breakfasts", "Lunch", "Dinner", "Soups", "Sauces", "Vegetables", "Heartier Dishes", "Grains & Beans", and "Desserts".
Scientifically based information on nutrition, including sections entitled "A Handbook of Nutrition", "Vitamins & Minerals", and "Food Processing and Irradiation".
Extensive tables of information about amounts of nutrients contained in various foods.
Editions
Laurel Robertson, Carol Flinders, and Bronwen Godfrey. Laurel's kitchen: a handbook for vegetarian cookery & nutrition. Berkeley, CA: Nilgiri Press.
Laurel Robertson, Carol Flinderss, and Bronwen Godfrey. Laurel's kitchen: a handbook for vegetarian cookery & nutrition. New York: Bantam Books.
Laurel Robertson, Carol Flinders, and Bronwen Godfrey. Laurel's kitchen: a handbook for vegetarian cookery & nutrition. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.
Laurel Robertson, Carol Flinders, and Brian Ruppenthal. The new Laurel's kitchen: a handbook for vegetarian cookery & nutrition. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press.
