Simon Bryant Bücher

Focuses on Starbucks, the world's most famous coffee company, looking beyond baristas, movie cameos, and Paul McCartney CDs to understand what Starbucks can tell us about America.

"Simon knows more about Starbucks--and about why so many Americans find perfection in their lattes--than anyone. He connects our deepest desires to be good, smart, ethical consumers with our equally strong yearning to consume in an authentic way. Our coffee, Simon shows, is us."--Sharon Zukin, author of Naked City

Simon Bryant's long-awaited debut cookbook is a vibrant, inspiring collection of veggie recipes that will appeal to vegetarians and meat-eaters alike. Let Simon guide you through the changing seasons, as he shares tales from his veggie patch and brilliant tips for selecting the finest produce. Discover new ways to enjoy your favorite veggies and learn simple cooking techniques to make them really shine. Simon's recipes sing with flavor. Comforting dishes such as Sweet potato, peanut, and mandarin curry and Beetroot ravioli with roast garlic and lemon-zested chevre and walnuts will warm and nourish during the colder months, while the light, fresh flavors of Lavender and orange broccoli with cous cous and Sugar snaps and capsicum with burnt chilli sambal and basil are perfect for spring and summer. Vegies effortlessly dispels the myth that vegetarian cooking can't be daring, original, and delicious.