The New York Times today lists eleven cookbooks for holiday giving
consideration. They say they "represent an argument against the
frequently heard claim that cookbooks are being dumbed down."
http://tinyurl.com/23wlg3

One of them is a Mark Bittman volume: How To Cook Everything
Vegetarian. I haven't seen it but if it's as good as the two others
of his I have it would be a great present for the poster looking for
help in cooking with and for her new teenager vegetarian. -aem