The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vegan Living [Mass Market Paperback]

Beverly Lynn Bennett (Author), Ray Sammartano (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Complete Idiot's Guide | Publication Date: December 6, 2005

The definitive book on becoming a vegan—with recipes included.

Becoming a vegan isn’t just about giving up animal products. It’s about making a lifestyle change. In The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Vegan Living, authors Beverly Lynn Bennett (known as the Vegan Chef) and Ray Sammartano provide a complete guide to living vegan- style, focusing on compassion for all, good health, and great eating. Inside, readers will find 50 sensational recipes, tips for everyday vegan living, the lowdown on vegan myths, and much more.
-One of the few titles that combines information on the vegan lifestyle with recipes
-Being a vegan isn’t only about what you eat; this book also discusses clothing, cosmetics, etc.
-Author is a renowned vegan chef

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Beverly Lynn Bennett has been working in restaurants for over 20 years, and as a chef in vegan restaurants since the early 1990s. She presently cooks at Sundance Natural Foods in Eugene, Oregon. She’s also a monthly columnist for VegNews, and she’s appeared at food festivals and on local PBS affiliates, preparing her own recipes. She is the author of Eat Your Veggies! Recipes from the Kitchen of the Vegan Chef. Ray Sammartano is Bennett’s husband, as well as her co-author.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Alpha (December 6, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592574173
• ISBN-13: 978-1592574179
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #349,376 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Beverly Lynn Bennett is an experienced vegan chef and baker, writer, and animal advocate who is passionate about showing the world how easy, delicious, and healthful it is to live and eat as a vegan. A certified foodservice operations manager, she earned her culinary arts degree in 1988 from the University of Akron, Ohio, and in the years that followed, gained much practical experience working in and managing vegan and vegetarian restaurants and natural foods stores.

Vegan since the early 1990s, Beverly is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vegan Living, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vegan Cooking, Vegan Bites: Recipes for Singles, and the e-cookbook, Eat Your Veggies! Recipes from the Kitchen of the Vegan Chef. Her work has appeared in many national and international print publications, on public television and DVD, and all over the Internet. She has hosted "The Vegan Chef" website at veganchef.com since 1999, which receives over a million hits per month, and she has been a regular columnist for VegNews Magazine since 2002.

Beverly currently lives and works in the very vegan-friendly city of Eugene, Oregon, where her love of organic, healthy, and exciting foods fuels a passion for developing innovative vegan recipes. Her work appeals to a wide assortment of tastes and offers enticing alternatives to those with dietary restrictions of all sorts. In her spare time, she can often be found advising others on all things vegan, developing new culinary creations (an increasing number of which are raw and/or gluten -free), and helping to educate on issues including animal rights, environment, and health, through cooking demos and speaking engagements.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

44 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful book, February 8, 2006

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Angie (Boise, ID USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vegan Living (Mass Market Paperback)

I've been a vegetarian for the past 8 years, and my New Year's resolution this year was to go "all the way" and eliminate all animal products from my life. This book has been a great help, especially with all the cooking and recipe info. I still have a ways to go, though, especially with "veganizing" all of my household items. A highly recommended book!

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative book from a great vegan chef, March 20, 2006

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D. Allen (South Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vegan Living (Mass Market Paperback)

Good book. Great for starting vegans. The author has a website as well www.veganchef.com where she has a full cook books worth of recipes that you can use for free. Ms. Bennett is a huge asset to vegan culture whether you are christian, buddhist, athiest. agnostic, or hari krishna. She proves this through her book & website.

42 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Resource, February 28, 2006

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Magda S. - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vegan Living (Mass Market Paperback)

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vegan Living is a wonderful resource for anyone considering going vegan. It covers all the angles-health, ethical, social, and culinary. There is also a sampling of Beverly Lynn's recipes (she also has a great recipe site called The Vegan Chef).

The book's chapters are broken down into short, manageable sections. The tone does not play up on guilt, as some vegan books do, but instead encourages the reader by taking the intimidation out of veganism.

I highly recommend this book for anyone considering an animal-free lifestyle.