Welcome, Noelle, I eat more and more vegetarian meals although I do sometimes get little chickens that aren't loaded with hormones and antibiotics. I had a malignancy many years ago and have always been warned to stay far away from hormones. For years I ate only steer or beef that was horribly well cooked. Now most of the meat tastes horrid. Nothing is coming in with bones and it's rarely aged properly so it's vegetarian for me. I had lots of ethnic cookbooks and buy lots from different countries, including a glorious book from Spain that I adore and most other countries as well. I buy only from David Spriggs and Mary Budde at New Books Cheap. They are wonderfully helpful and can get just about anything for you and charge you 60% off. Most of the stuff that is run-of the mill American I yawn over although the old Joy of Cookings, while the Rombauer family were actually doing the writing are first rate. Again welcome. Elsa