How It All Vegan!: Irresistible Recipes for an Animal-Free Diet

Tanya Barnard and Sarah Kramer are self-described lazy vegetarians who decided to go vegan for the love of animals and for the challenge of reworking their diet. Using a good measure of imagination and some common sense, the two friends started to realize that the transition wasn't painful at all - it was actually pleasurable. How It All Vegan is a showcase of some of the amazing recipes that they discovered and created. And while the soups, salads, entrees and deserts are all deliciously presented, the book goes the extra mile by also offering recipes for vegan cosmetics, hair products, pet treats and household cleaners. How It All Vegan is the biggest step one could make towards an animal-free diet and lifestyle.

Sarah and Tanya are long-time friends and self-described "lazy vegetarians" whose love of animals made them want to completely eliminate animal products from their diet. Their decision to "go vegan" was a challenge not only to their palate but to their way of thinking about food and nutrition. With some imagination and a little know-how, the transition to a vegan lifestyle can be painless. And as Sarah and Tanya demonstrate in How It All Vegan!, vegan food is fabulous food, full of flavour and all the nutrients you need.

Two-colour throughout, the book''s chapters include entrees, soups, sauces, breads, salads, and desserts; there are recipes for blue banana muffins, mushroom barley stew, chocolate cheese-less cake, tofu jerky, and vegan versions of ice cream, mayonaisse, and Sloppy Joes. There are even instructions on turning other aspects of your life vegan: recipes for cosmetics, hair products, pet treats, and household cleaners.

With its campy ''50s style illustrations, unusual concoctions, and cool, punky sensibility, How It All Vegan! will tempt readers to animal-proof their diet and join the Vegan Empire.

Currently, over 110,000 copies have been sold.

Two-time winner, Veggie Award (VegNews), "Best Cookbook"
Now in its 15th printing!

Tanya Barnard and Sarah Kramer had known each other for a while. One day in the early nineties, they realized what good friends they had become, and they became roommates for four years.

Tanya grew up in a meat-eating family. "We ate meat three times a day," she recalls. "For the longest time I never really connected the idea that pork comes from pigs, beef from cows, chicken from . . . chickens." After high school she moved into an apartment with a friend who was vegetarian, and that influence - along with the fact that she couldn''t afford to buy meat regularly - were her initiation. While Tanya dabbled with veganism before going it full time, she can''t pinpoint a moment that the transition occurred. "It''s a process," she insists. "You don''t become vegan overnight." With a traveller''s soul, Tanya has spent time in Europe, the U.S., and Japan. "Japan was my favourite." Her brow creases. "I spent lots of time alone and visited every Buddhist temple I could find." After nearly a year in Japan, Tanya returned to Vancouver in 1998 to go back to school. She hopes to one day work in the field of environmental protection technology.

Sarah and Tanya realize that, with How It All Vegan! they have become unwitting spokespeople for veganism, but they won''t preach. "As I get older," Sarah sighs, "I find the living my life and teaching by example is a much more effective way of promoting a vegan lifestyle." She pauses. "Plus, I get tired of arguing."

Sarah Kramer was named "The World''s Coolest Vegan" by Herbivore magazine. She is the author of La Dolce Vegan! and Vegan a Go-Go! and coauthor of How It All Vegan! and The Garden of Vegan. In addition to creating her vegan masterpieces and maintaining her popular website GoVegan.net, she also owns/operates Tattoo Zoo with her husband Gerry in Victoria, BC.

"What Mick Jagger is to rock ?n? roll, Sarah Kramer is to the vegan lifestyle." ―Bust magazine

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