Vegan Vittles: Second Helpings Publisher: The Book Publishing Company © 2007 by Jo Stepaniak ISBN: 1570672008

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Try out Sample Recipes: Better Burgers, Crispy Rice Chews and Gardener's Pie

I’ve been cooking and developing recipes ever since I became a vegetarian as a young girl in the sixties. At that time, vegetarian cookbooks and natural food stores were virtually nonexistent, so I was on my own to figure out what and how to eat. I’ve been buzzing around kitchens ever since, doing a brief stint as a chef in a natural foods restaurant in the seventies, honing my recipes in the eighties (when my husband and I became vegan), and pioneering vegan cheese and meat alternatives in my cookbooks since the nineties. The Uncheese Cookbook was a breakthrough for conquering what often is considered "the final frontier" in becoming vegan — parting with cheese. (More...)

• Foreword by Gene Baur, cofounder and president of Farm Sanctuary.
• Throughout the book there are beautiful illustrations of some of the animals who live at Farm Sanctuary accompanied by the story of how they were rescued.
• Information about veganism.
• Farm animal industry myths.
• Tips on what you can do yourself to help farm animals.
• Detailed information about alternatives to milk and dairy products (includes alternatives to buttermilk, cheese, cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk and more).
• Detailed information about alternatives to eggs. Includes information on how to thicken or bind cooked foods or blind and lighten baked goods.
• Detailed information about alternatives to protein-centered meals.
• A list of some of the ingredients used in the cookbook with nice, detailed explanations. Includes information on how to use tofu.
• Information on organic produce. Includes lists of foods that are the highest and lowest in pesticides and a list of genetically engineered foods.
• A Getting Started section, which includes tips on blending, reducing fat and oil, properly heating a skillet, keeping pancakes warm and much more.
• Information on homemade veggie meats (includes information on how to make your own seitan).

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