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This book sounds great to me, but would it be of much use to someone who don't cook animals or animal products?

Katie I'm a long-time vegetarian working on becoming fully vegan and I found the 1st half of the book (the theory part) VERY informative and interesting (ev…moreI'm a long-time vegetarian working on becoming fully vegan and I found the 1st half of the book (the theory part) VERY informative and interesting (even if the parts about butter don't ultimately affect my life, the science part of how it makes croissants flaky is interesting).
The recipes in the 2nd half are mostly useless, but if you are used to adapting recipes as part of your regular animal-free diet, there are some that I'm sure you could salvage with substitutions. : )(less)

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