Perfectly Contented Meat-Eater Guide to Vegetarianism
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (815 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826410820 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 249 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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EXCELLENT BOOK! I bought this book for my boyfriend right after we discussed going vegetarian. I thought it was a cookbook to help ease us into a meatless diet, which we were considering primarily because he wanted to lose weight. Instead, it changed my boyfriend's life -- addicted, he kept coming into the room to read me sections. It gave us permission to be vegetarians (year and a half now) for ALL the right reasons -- love of animals, the environmental and hunger problems . "Splendid, immensely entertaining treatment of vegetarianism" according to A Customer. I picked up this book primarily because I was interested in thinking about my diet. Although I had heard you could become a vegetarian without atrophying, drying up, and blowing away, as a former meat cutter I was skeptical. Moreover, I wanted a non-threatening introduction to this topic -- how imposing can a book be when you hold the ultimate power over the book? -- after all, you can always pitch it in the trash or, for that matter, use it to kindle your nex. Funny and enjoyable to read while full of truths This is a fantastic book. After a difficult holiday with relatives I picked up this book and wished I had had it with me before the holiday had started. Since then I bought 8 more copies and have given them to friends and relatives alike. Information on the benefits of being vegetarian is presented in a non-emotional way with excellent facts to support the information. It covers issues ranging from nutrition to environment to factory farms. There are scenarios
Meat-eaters aren't often eager to learn about vegetarianism. Maybe one reason for this is that vegetarians tend to take themselves and their favorite subject oh so seriously.As someone who's never been accused of taking anything seriously, Mark Reinhardt wanted to do something about this. He decided to laugh in the face of death and destruction, and so produced The Perfectly Contented Meat-Eater's Guide to Vegetarianism -- an irreverent yet comprehensive book that teaches meat-eaters (and vegetarians too!) both the fundamentals and all the quirky idiosyncrasies of vegetarian life, and does it in a fun, humorous way.The book will delight vegetarians who thought they'd heard it all before, and is the perfect gift for d