Eisenberg Zoe - The lusty vegan: a cookbook and relationship manifesto for vegans and the people who love them

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A Cookbook and Relationship Manifesto for Vegans and the People Who Love Them by Ayind

Howell and Zo Eisenberg (Copyright 2014 by Ayind Howell and Zo Eisenberg)

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ISBN 13: 9780988949256

First Edition, October 2014

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Howell, Ayinde

The lusty vegan : a cookbook and relationship manifesto for vegans and the people who love them / Ayinde Howell and Zoe Eisenberg. -- First edition.

pages cm

Includes index.

ISBN 978-0-9854662-9-9 (print) -- ISBN 978-0-9889492-5-6 (epub ebook) -- ISBN 978-0-9889492-6-3 (prc ebook) 1. Vegan cooking. 2. Veganism. 3. Interpersonal relations. I. Eisenberg, Zoe II. Title.

TX837.H6969 2014

641.5636--dc23

2014022438

Cover and interior photography by Geoff Souder

Food styling by Ayind

Howell Cover design by Dianne Wenz

Disclaimer: The information provided in this book should not be taken as medical advice. If you require a medical diagnosis or prescription, or if you are contemplating any major dietary change, please consult a qualified health-care provider. You should always seek an expert medical opinion before making changes in your diet or supplementation regimen.

Vegan Heritage Press books are published by Vegan Heritage Press, LLC and distributed by Andrews McMeel Publishing.

Dedication

ZO: For my parents, who always encouraged me to be myself, and taught me from an early age to appreciate the lentil.

AYIND: This is for my family, who rarely understand my methods, but love and support me no matter what. Especially for my parents, who had a vision to change the world with a piece of tofu. Im doing my part.

Contents

WTF is a lusty vegan?

R ight now you may be thinking, okay, what the f*ck is a Lusty Vegan? A hemp-clad protester who desperately needs to get laid? A glossylipped semi-lebrity covered in lettuce? A kale fanatic littering your social media feeds with food porn?

Sure, some of us may fall into those stereotypes, but lets take it further. Lusty Vegans are vegans who are looking for love. We are just as passionate about what is on our plates as we are about what is in our hearts and who is sliding in between our sheets. Lusty Vegans put the passion in compassion, and were finding that our unique lifestyles often affect our love lives. Why? Because food, like love and sex, is important. Its nourishing, its uplifting, its emotional, andlike the relationship status of doomits complicated.

Why you need to read this book

If youre rolling your eyes and thinking how can dating a vegan be that complex? Its just food, well then chew on this: Mealtime is important. Eating satisfies our most primal need, but remember that we also have emotional ties to what we eat. We still love what our mothers cooked for us, we know just what to eat to cure a broken heart, and we all have our individual guilty pleasures.

FOOD , LIKE LOVE AnD SEX, Is impoRTAnt ITS nOURISHInG, ITS UPLIFTing ITS EmOTIOnAL, AnD--LIKE THE RELATI OnShip STATUS OF DOOm- - ITS COmpLICATED.

We have a strong bond with what we eat, yet these ties are easy to overlookuntil you are forced to think about them every time you sit at a table.

When you sit down for a meal, youre making a choice that has a large reflection on who you are as a person. From emotional ties to nutritional and philosophical beliefs, your food choices say a lot about you. When dating someone whose relationship with food and philosophical beliefs directly oppose yours, you are called to pause and think about just how different you are. Whether its eating in your cramped apartment on TV trays set for two, or eating out in a group with friends, the meal is definitive. Navigating those definitive moments with someone whose opposing beliefs are displayed three times a day at mealtime can be tricky.

Veganism on and off the plate

In case you dont already know, veganism is a lifestyle based on a belief that all sentient beings are equal. While people go vegan for a variety of reasons (well get into those later), the incentive is usually tethered to the founding principal of non-harming and equality. Its not a diet. Its an alternative way of thinking and acting. This means that the differences between a vegan and an omnivore extend far beyond the dinner plate. However, this is a cookbook, guys! So for the most part, we will be focusing on the yummier side of thingsthe mealtime dilemmas and basic lifestyle disparities that occur during what we have come to call divided relationships. Were going to let you field the philosophical differences on your own. That being said, its important to acknowledge that the differences we discuss here are rooted in a philosophy that goes much deeper than an aversion to dairy. Whew.

Who are we?

This book is authored by two vegans. We tag team the narrative, and we trust youll be able to keep up. One of usa veteran restaurant-trained vegan chef and founder of iEatGrass.comhas been vegan all his life. The other, a spunky, potty-mouthed writer, has been a vegan for her entire adult life, and was a cheese-addicted vegetarian for most of her adolescence (is Cheddar Anonymous a thing?).