How to make the perfect... Vegetarian

I've been working my way through the Guardian's misleadingly-titled supplement (retrieved from out of the recycling -- nothing to do with attaining vegetarian virtue, but a compilation of their regular 'How to make the perfect ' cooking columns!)

I think I've now tried all the recipes with the exception of those centring around ingredients that I dislike (mushrooms) and/or can't get (courgettes/aubergines in January... whoever wrote that "this dish works as well on a bleak British winter evening as it does on a balmy Naples night" was obviously relying on veg from the other side of the globe!)
I'm afraid I don't think I'd try any of those again. ( Read more... )