Whether we are buying, cooking, serving, or storing food, every day we can reduce energy consumption and promote sustainable, environmentally sound agriculture and fisheries. This one-stop guide to eco-friendly cooking helps everyone get started. Author Jackie Newgent clarifies what goes into a green kitchen--from choosing local, seasonal, organic, and sustainable products to eating less meat. Of course, to be part of a sustainable lifestyle, the food must taste good. To help make green cuisine easy for everyday meals, Newgent provides 200 simple, delicious recipes, organized seasonally--with additional year-round recipes, too. They include: Spring: Organic Beef Carpaccio with Parmesan and Spicy Fruit Relish Summer: Corn, Fresh Bean, and Bell Pepper Frittata Autumn: Thin-and-Crispy Fig Oatmeal Cookies Winter: Leek and Yukon Gold Potato Clam Chowder Year-round: Buckwheat Cr?pes with Triple-Cr?me Cheese and Microgreens Printed with soy-based ink on recycled paper and featuring an eco-friendly shopping guide as well as helpful sidebars on topics such as "Loving Your Leftovers," Big Green Cookbook is a must for everyone who wants to embrace the green lifestyle. Jackie Newgent, RD (Brooklyn, NY), is a registered dietician who writes for Glamour, Weight Watchers Magazine, Fitness, and other publications. She appears frequently as a health and nutrition expert on television and radio and is the author of the award-winning All-Natural Diabetes Cookbook (978-1-58040-275-0). Her Web site is jackienewgent.com.