This is the definitive guide for anyone wishing to open their minds, hearts and fridge to a crisper full of possibility.

Search by colour to find how to handle any vegetable you might pick up at the market or store - including best recipes to make the most of them, as well as kitchen lessons, techniques, flavour combinations and advice from some of the best-regarded chefs from around the world.

Over 150 recipes make putting vegetables as the centre of the plate a delight not a chore. While the recipes are not all vegetarian they can all be made vegetarian.

Alice Zaslavsky is the freshest voice in food with an enviable Rolodex of international culinary comrades in arms (and farms). In Praise of Vegetables is the most comprehensive and ambitious book on the topic - a timeless gift for any food lover.