Grains, Rice and Beans

This is the way a cookbook should be: one recipe per page, simple instructions, a good mixture of adventurous and familiar ingredients, fantastic photographs, and great, healthy, low-fat results. The Chilled Pea Soup has only a tablespoon of olive oil, but yogurt gives it a wonderful richness. Tabbouleh with Blueberries and Mint is like salad from heaven. Many of the recipes are vegetarian, but there's also Grilled Chicken with Quinoa and Sautéed Fennel, Baby Lima Beans with Shrimp and Crawfish, Dilled Salmon with Chick Peas and Scallions, and much, much more. Graham, a renowned New Orleans chef, is also the author of Creole Flavors.