Compassionate Cook: Or, "Please Don't Eat the Animals!" [Paperback]

Ingrid Newkirk (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1993

From PETA, the largest animal rights organization in the world, comes a repackaged collection of over 200 healthy and humane vegan recipes that cover everything from breakfast to dinner and beyond.

The Compassionate Cook offers easy-to-make recipes that are tasty, healthy, and most importantly, humane. This collection covers breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as snacks, appetizers and side dishes. These inventive and fun recipes will inspire readers to experiment with new dishes, cooking methods, and ingredients.

With this special selection of recipes, mindful eaters can enjoy delicious food, satisfied with the knowledge that they are helping to protect animals.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

PETA president and cofounder Ingrid Newkirk has led the world's largest animal rights organization for more than 25 years. Her passion and dedication to making this world a better place for all living beings has inspired countless others to do what they can to help animals.

Product Details

• Paperback: 260 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Life & Style (July 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446394920
• ISBN-13: 978-0446394925
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.8 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #295,063 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ingrid E. Newkirk, 56, author of the book Making Kind Choices (St. Martin's, January 2005), is founder and president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the largest animal rights organization in the world.

Her campaigns to promote cruelty-free living have made the front pages of The Washington Post and other national newspapers. She was named a top business people of the year in Forbes magazine, and has been profiled in The New Yorker and twice in People Magazine. She has appeared on The Today Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King, Politically Incorrect, Crossfire, Nightline, 60 Minutes and 20/20 among others and enjoys a lively debate and the opportunity to show how easy it is to make animal-friendly choices.

Newkirk has spoken internationally on animal protection issues, from the steps of the Canadian Parliament to the streets of New Delhi, India, where she spent her childhood. She is the author of numerous opinion pieces and articles on the social implications of our treatment of animals and helped to pass the first anti-cruelty law in Taiwan. She is currently campaigning to end the live flaying of lambs for Australian Merino wool.

Ms. Newkirk served as a deputy sheriff; as a Maryland state law enforcement officer for 32 years; she has been director of cruelty investigations for the second oldest humane society in the U.S.; and serves in an advisory capacity on numerous animal protection boards. In 1980, she was named Washingtonian of the Year, and has since received many other accolades and awards, including a 1995 Courage of Conscience Award, a 2001 Animal Protection Hall of Fame Award, 2002 Living Legacy Award and 2004 Activist of the Year Awards.

Ingrid Newkirk achieved the passage of legislation to create a spay/neuter clinic in Washington, D.C., coordinated the first arrest in U.S. history of a scientist on cruelty to animals charges and helped pass into law the first anti-cruelty law in Taiwan. She spearheaded the closure of Department of Defense underground 'wound laboratory,' and has initiated many other campaigns against animal abuse, including ending General Motors' crash tests on animals.

She is the author of several other books, including 'You Can Save the Animals!', 'PETA's Celebrity Cookbook' and '250 Ways to Make Your Cat Adore You.'

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My most-used cookbook, April 3, 2000

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Stephanie (Louisiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Compassionate Cook: Or, "Please Don't Eat the Animals!" (Paperback)

I collect vegetarian cookbooks and this is the one that I always go back to. I think it's especially great for people just going vegan because it has recipes for common everyday foods using common ingredients. I use the pancake and banana bread recipes on a weekly basis. I send recipes from this book to my sister who isn't a vegetarian but who is lactose-intolerant. She loves the recipes because she's a picky eater and won't eat anything "weird"!

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very good beginner cookbook, September 2, 2005

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Hannah Lamm "vegan lamb" (North Dakota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Compassionate Cook: Or, "Please Don't Eat the Animals!" (Paperback)

I know that when trying to fine a good cookbook you read a billion reviews, so i'll make this short.

I'm seventeen years old and a brand new vegan, so i started out knowing nothing. This is the first cookbook i bought, it was simple and easy to follow, and it's recipes have "normal" ingredients. Once you learn what your staples will be: nutritional yeast, tofu, TVP, beans... it's easy to keep them on hand no matter where you live. Believe me, i live in rural north dakota, i know the value of "down to earth" ingredients. This book is an inexpensive must-buy, very beginner-friendly.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for new veggies and parents of veggies! :), February 17, 2003

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"lafemmedelalune" (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Compassionate Cook: Or, "Please Don't Eat the Animals!" (Paperback)

I have been vegan for 14 years and have had this book for most of it. To this day, I use it all the time!
I recommend this book to any new veggie *or* a parent who doesn't know what to cook for their newly veggie kid! Here are a few reasons why:

1. This is family-friendly food. There are vegan versions of favorites like pancakes, birthday cake, chili, etc.
2. None of the recipes are difficult, so they work fine for a young cook.
3. They only require ingredients that you can find at a regular grocery store (except a few things in the small asian section, and also powdered egg replacer, which can be found at any health food store, in some regular grocery stores these days, or ordered online).
4. All of the recipes are vegan.

I wish you well on your veggie journey! :)

P.S. I've tried dozens of recipes in this book, and they all came out yummy, except for the vanilla frosting (which was too "buttery" instead of sweet), but there are other good frosting recipes in the book, and oodles on the web, so it's no big deal. ;)