Guest, CS, I think you were meant me, not ChanteyLass, when asking about my favorite recipes, right? I'm not a lass but I'm married to a lovely one :-). So many good recipes out there. There are two vegan cookbook authors, though, that are the top favorites of mine: Isa Chandra Moskowitz, and Terry Hope Romero. They seem to have a golden touch with every dish they come up with. For a non-vegan vegetarian cookbook (but the recipes are easily adaptable for vegans) my sister wrote one (brotherly plug coming up): Heaven's Banquet, published by Dutton in hardback, and by Plume in paperback.