Can there possibly be anyone left in the U.S. who hasn't heard of Mollie Katzen? Or if not Mollie herself, at least her first cookbook, the now classic Moosewood Cookbook? Few writers have reached so broad an audience with a healthy-cooking, pro-vegetarian message. Ms. Katzen's latest effort, Sunlight Café, turns breakfast into a healthy, fulfilling showpiece meal, a morning sanctuary for assembling the day. She explains how to do this, no matter what your time crunch or disinclination might be. And in an introductory essay called "Breakfast for Metabolic Health," she explains why.

There are chapters in Sunlight Café devoted to beverages, fruit, grains, muffins and the like, eggs, potatoes, breakfast vegetables, griddle foods, puddings, etc. Katzen takes the time and space to explain how to scramble eggs, how to enrich scrambled eggs, how to augment scrambled eggs, and how to achieve the world's creamiest scrambled eggs. Does that sound comprehensive? Well, the entire book has been written that way. Nothing has been left out. Not sure how much water goes with a cup of brown rice, or how long to cook the grain? Katzen supplies the all-encompassing chart. It's one of many, and worth the price of the book. Among the 350 recipes you'll find easy, delicious baked goods to make ahead and eat at your desk (Katzen is not out of touch with the working world). You'll also find menus for the relaxed brunch you can lay out on the weekend. Leave it to Mollie Katzen: she has taken breakfast and made it better than ever. --Schuyler Ingle

From Publishers Weekly
Having revolutionized American eating habits with her Moosewood Cookbook back in the 1970s, Katzen is now poised to revolutionize breakfast. Opening with a useful section on equipment and ingredients, the book is divided into twelve chapters that cover the more common cereals and muffins as well as beverages, yogurt and cheese. Some dishes such as the Miso Soup, the piquant Breakfast Gazpacho and the traditional Passover dish Matzoh Brei draw on global influences, but many are new takes on traditional food. The recipes vary from the simple Berries in Buttermilk to the slightly complicated and more time-consuming Babka, but all are within reach of most cooks. Sprinkled throughout the book are panels containing helpful tips, and where relevant she gives full instructions for the basics, as with How to Scramble an Egg and the Grain Cooking Chart, a lifesaver even for experienced cooks. Health has always been one of Katzen's concerns; many of the dishes are low fat and healthy, and some have been provided for those with special needs to wit, the Scrambled Egg Whites, a light, alternative for those with cholesterol concerns. The resulting volume is comprehensive and accessible for breakfast phobes with hectic morning schedules as well as those who love to linger over their first meal of the day.Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Delightfully delicious."

The New York Times
"Mollie Katzen's work is the exemplar of a healthful cooking style that has no dogma and offers no apologies."

People
"The exuberant author of the Moosewood Cookbook, sprightly and inspired, always sounds like a talented chum sharing her family favorites."

Newsweek
"Mollie Katzen is a beloved mentor."

The Washington Post
"Mollie Katzen is known for her inventive vegetarian recipes, and we are all eating better for it."

The Village Voice
"Her enthusiasm is catching."

Boston Herald
"This woman has changed the way many people think about food and how they cook."

St. Petersburg Times
"Take a large helping of culinary passion, add a pinch of artistic creativity, sprinkle with down-home charm. . ."

Publishers Weekly
"Mollie Katzen is a seminal figure in the field."

Book Description
In this new cookbook, the beloved author and illustrator of the classic Moosewood Cookbook (one of the top ten best-selling cookbooks of all time), The Enchanted Broccoli Forest, and, Vegetable Heaven now presents a beautifully-illustrated collection of over 350 irresistible and surprising recipes for breakfast. Mollie Katzen's Sunlight Café shows you how to prepare delicious, meatless, and protein-rich breakfasts of all kinds. Whether you're faced with a sit-down brunch for ten or just want an on-the-go breakfast treat for one, Mollie will have the perfect (and healthful) choice for you. Sunlight Café has sections on yogurt and cheeses, pancakes and waffles, muffins and biscuits, eggs and tofu, coffee cakes and protein bars, puddings and flans -- and much more! In addition to showing you exactly how to make the perfect omelet or the crispiest waffle, Mollie offers mouth-watering recipes for plum-studded morning cake; raspberry-drenched rhubarb; crispy southwest polenta hash; winter frittata with red onions, red potatoes, ruby chard, and goat cheese, honey maple breakfast flan; and gingerbread pancakes. Also included are wonderful recipes for quick and easy morning treats -- basmati almond muffins; giant savory popovers; and peanut butter chocolate chip oatmeal protein bars -- with simple instructions on how to freeze or store them. Gracing the pages are Katzen's luminous paintings, richly evocative of the pleasures of cooking and eating. Mollie Katzen's Sunlight Café will appeal to anyone who loves cooking, and wants to feel energized in the morning and stay focused throughout the day.

About the Author
Mollie Katzen, with nearly 5 million books in print, is listed by the New York Times as one of the best-selling cookbook authors of all time. Recently named by Health magazine as one of the five "Women Who Changed the Way We Eat," and a charter member of the Harvard School of Public Health Nutrition Roundtable and the new Natural Health Hall of Fame, Ms. Katzen is largely credited with moving healthful vegetarian food from the "fringe" to the center of American dinner plates. She is best-known as the author/illustrator of the groundbreaking classic, Moosewood Cookbook.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Over 350 Easy Recipes for Irresistible Muffins, Glorious Omelets, Tasty Pancakes, Homemade Protein Bars, and Other Delights to Launch and Sustain Your Every Day.

The beloved author and illustrator of the Moosewood Cookbook shows you how to prepare more than 350 delicious and healthy breakfast foods — any time of day.

Breakfast is back! And Mollie Katzen's Sunlight Cafe offers tasty, protein-rich, meatless breakfasts to boost your energy level and get you going first thing in the morning — or any time of the day. Mollie Katzen provides simple, mouth-watering, healthful recipes and menus for every day of the week, whether you are preparing a sit-down brunch for ten, breakfast-on-the-go for kids running late, a light bite after a late night, or a luxurious breakfast in bed.

Lavishly illustrated throughout with Mollie's luminous paintings, Mollie Katzen's Sunlight Cafe is divided into 12 chapters of breakfast fare, including yogurt and cheese, griddled foods, muffins and biscuits, eggs and tofu, whole grain cereals, homemade breakfast bars and coffee cakes, puddings and custards — and much more. In addition to showing you exactly how to make the perfect omelet or the crispiest waffles, Mollie offers irresistible recipes that range from the familiar Winter Fritata with Red Onions, Red Potatoes, and Goat Cheese, to the favorite Gingerbread Pancakes, to the surprising Basmati Almond Muffins, and on to irresistible Crispy Southwest Polenta Hash. And Mollie's energy-packed Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Protein Bars are certain to become a ray of sunshine in any kitchen.

Mollie Katzen, with nearly five million books in print, is one of the best selling cookbook authors of all time. Best known for her groundbreaking books Moosewood Cookbook and The Enchanted Broccoli Forest, she is also the author/ illustrator of Vegetable Heaven and a series of award-winning cookbooks for children. Recently named by Health magazine one of the "Five Women Who Changed the Way We Eat," Katzen is a charter member of the Harvard School of Public Health Nutrition Roundtable. A working artist as well as a prolific author, she lives near Berkeley, California.

FROM THE CRITICS

Newsweek

Mollie Katzen is a beloved mentor.

People

The exuberant author of the Moosewood Cookbook, sprightly and inspired, always sounds like a talented chum sharing her family favorites.

San Francisco Chronicle

The Enchanted Mollie Katzen is a living legend.

Washington Post

Mollie Katzen is known for her inventive vegetarian recipes, and we are all eating better for it.

Village Voice