If you're on my friends list I know you, I ... trust you even (unless you're drunk, then I know you're probably up to no good) that's why I go to you for my needs, my request, my recommendations.

Needs like.. recommend me some excellent vegetarian cookbooks. Anticlimatic you say? Perhaps.

Fearful of a potential about turn where I've decide to renege on my meat-eating ways?

This is doubtful. (although I know you vegetarians are getting dewy-mouthed with the thought of adding another to your ranks, and my meat eating friends are already sharpening their knives)

I'm merely deciding to cut down on animal intake as I feel it's to a large degree contributing to the destruction of our planet. I will still consume meats in a variety of all their delicious ways - especially those special meats that lay very near to (and are probably clogging) my heart - bacon, and seafood. But I'm cutting down to rare occasions. Well such is the desire.

So recommend me your vegetarian cookbooks! (I'm aware of the Moosewood series, Re/Bar, How it all Vegan, etc already.. so anything other than that if you please).

My meat budget instead will go towards making elegant cocktails. Gracis.