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The Compassionate Cook: Please Don't Eat the Animals

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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, ...more
Paperback, 244 pages
Published July 1st 1993 by Warner Books
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Hello, am a former vegan of nine years, no longer "practicing" based on monetary restrictions limiting my say on what I eat. I live with my meat-eating parents. This is a book I feel deserved a decent review because any vegetarians or any people interested in vegetarian cuisine should really give this book the once over.

The People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals and Ingrid Newkirk, the national director of PETA (also the authors of the b...more
Michael Batz
My first vegan cookbook, and still one of my favorites. It is full of simple recipes for folks just starting out. And it's a cookbook, not food porn: there aren't many pictures, and you won't find esoteric hard-to-find ingredients (e.g. fennel pollen) that, let's be honest, about status and lifestyle than making good food.

The spinach/tofu lasagna was my go-to recipe for years, and I still make it a decade later.
JPerceval
JPerceval rated it 5 of 5 stars
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This was my first-ever vegetarian cookbook, which I bought for myself when I was 18 or so. Though it's not filled with flashy pictures, and I'm not a vegan so I do a lot of substituting with dairy, it's still one of my favorite cookbooks. I have never had a recipe from this book fail me, and, umpteen years later, a lot of the recipes are still my first go-to's for inspiration.
Sarah Kelly
This book has some excellent recipes and I love the fact that it has definitions in the back to tell you about items you may not know about. There are some vegan takes on classic dishes, lots of desserts and some really good new dishes I can't wait to try!
Christina
I got this book years ago and have used it numerous times, it's so worn out now. It has some great recipes, with some interesting tastes. A great resource, especially if you're not sure where to start off with for vegan/vegetarian.
Eric
Eric rated it 4 of 5 stars
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This is a very good cookbook with good desserts. Some of the basics are solid here as well. This is a good basic book...nothing too fancy, but a good resource to have around anyway.
Rai
Rai rated it 5 of 5 stars
A fabulous cookbook with so many wonderful recipes. We use it all the time for everyday cooking & special occasions.
Carey
Carey rated it 5 of 5 stars
Great vegan cookbook with many celebrity added recipes and interviews.
Gertie
I've made many many recipes from this book.
My brother in law (who is even more of a foodie than I am) and I once realized that we've never had a bad recipe out of this book. Okay, one... one was just "ok".

Favorite recipe: Veggie pot pie!
T.K. Kenyon
Moderately good vegan cookbook. Have used few recipes from it. Many recipes are either obvious or kind of weird. Many better veg/vegan cookbooks out there. Fit For Life is one of the better ones.
Damien
Damien rated it 4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for: vegans
Regardless of what you think of PETA, this book is a great first cookbook for vegans. I enjoyed the taste of every recipe I tried, and they were relatively simple to prepare.
Frank
Frank rated it 4 of 5 stars
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PITA makes me mad sometimes, but this book is still good. It's got the best vegan chili recipe I've ever had.
Beth Barnett
Still my favorite - and one of my first vegan cookbooks.
Amy
Amy rated it 4 of 5 stars
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Good recipes but not a pretty cook book.
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