Vegetable Cookery

Vegetable Cookery (originally published in 1812 as A New System of Vegetable Cookery) is an early vegetarian cookbook written anonymously by Martha Brotherton of Salford. It is considered the earliest known published cookbook to advocate a meat-free diet. The work was first issued in periodical form and later expanded into book editions. Brotherton and her husband, Joseph Brotherton, were prominent members of the Bible Christian Church, a religious group that promoted vegetarianism and abstinence from alcohol. Her husband authored the introduction to the book.

Vegetable Cookery consists of ovo-lacto vegetarian recipes and was intended to support the dietary practices of the church. It was revised and republished in several editions throughout the 19th century and has been recognised as a foundational work in the history of vegetarian literature.