Book excerpt: In her exciting follow-up to LINDA'S KITCHEN, Linda McCartney sets out on a gastronomic journey to discover the very best vegetarian dishes of the world's major cuisines. With such a wide variety of produce now available in supermarkets, there is every opportunity to bring the flavours of the world into our own kitchens. From east to west, north to south, each country has its own distinctive ingredients and style of cooking, but they all have one thing in common - each produces delicious, healthy vegetarian dishes. The great European cookery traditions are surprisingly distinctive: Greece with its feta cheese and filo pastry, neighbouring Italy whose pizza and pasta have been adopted by the world and Spain where the cooking style is still strongly influenced by its Arabic past . The Far Eastern countries offers a wealth of vegetarian fare; the use of fresh ginger, coconut milk and exotic spice blends gives their cuisines a very distinct character. Linda's inspiring new collection contains over 200 innovative and simple meat-free recipes suitable for the newcomer to vegetarian cookery or established veggies looking to spice up their culinary repertoire!