The Peaceful Palate: Fine Vegetarian Cuisine/Jennifer Raymond
(Heart & Soul Publications), rev. ed., 1996. Introduction covering protein,
calcium, fat, kitchen tools, what to stock in your pantry and other topics,
plus vegan recipes.
Incredibly Delicious: The Vegan Paradigm Cookbook (Gentle World Publishing),
2000. Includes sprouting, veganic gardening, and much information on the
vegan lifestyle along with a wide selection of cooked and uncooked recipes.
The Vegan Sourcebook/Joanne Stepaniak (Lowell House), 1998. Issues in
animal ethics plus information on plant-based nutrition and recipes.
Conveniently Vegan/Debra Wasserman (Vegetarian Resource Group), 1999.
Guide to what to buy for the plant-based diet, menus and 150 quick and easy
recipes. [From the same publisher : Vegan Meals for One or Two, Vegan
Menu for People with Diabetes, and other works].
Vegan Planet: 400 Irresistible Recipes with Fantastic Flavors from Home
and Around the World/Robin Robertson (The Harvard Common Press), 2003.
Comprehensive animal-friendly food preparation.
The Ethics of Diet: A Catena of Authorities Deprecatory of the Practice
of Flesh-Eating/Howard Williams (University of Illinois Press), 2003.
Reprint of the 1883 classic study on the ethics (and health consequences)
of the eating and exploitation of animals, from the 8th century BCE to the
19th century CE, including vegetarian religious communities ("no streams
of blood are among them"--St. John Chrysostom).
Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust/Charles
Patterson (Lantern Books), 2002. A study of the enslavement and slaughter
of nonhuman animals, parallels with Nazism, and profiles of animal advocates;
title from a story by Nobel Laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Animal Equality: Language and Liberation/Joan Dunayer (Ryce Publishing),
2001. Ways in which words and expressions found throughout the English language
contribute to maintaining a mentality of contempt and justification of violence
towards animals [Also, Speciesism by the same author, Ryce Publishing,
2004].
Ethical Vegetarianism: From Pythagoras to Peter Singer/Kerry S. Walters
and Lisa Portmess (State University of New York Press), 1999. Fascinating
collection of historical and modern writings addressing "human nature,
human violence, and the human relationship to other animals."
The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery/Marjorie Spiegel
(Mirror Books), 1996. A powerful examination of violence in the enslavement
of black people in America and present-day exploitation of nonhuman animals.
Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat/Howard
F. Lyman with Glen Mertzer (Scribner), 1998. Practices in the U.S. beef-dairy
industry, "Mad Cow" and other diseases, and the American export
of industrial animal production to the world. Also, Slaughterhouse: The
Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S.
Meat Industry/Gail A. Eisnitz (Prometheus Books), 1997.
Prisoned Chickens Poisoned Eggs: An Inside Look at the Modern Poultry
Industry/Karen Davis, Ph.D. (Book Publishing Co.), 1996. Cruelty and
disease in a multibillion dollar industry marketing the flesh and reproductive
products of birds. [Also, The Holocaust & the Henmaid's Tale
by the same author, Lantern Books, 2005].
The World Peace Diet: Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony/Will
Tuttle, Ph.D. (Lantern Press), 2005. Examining human dependency on animal
exploitation and killing, its consequences, and thoughts on how to move
into a different consciousness.
Peace to All Beings: Veggie Soup for the Chicken's Soul/Judy Carman
(Lantern Books), 2003. A book of inspiration and information "for those
who wish to help free the chickens from the soup pots, the cows from the
slaughterhouses....and, in so doing, to help free humanity from its bondage
to violence."
Animal Grace: Entering a Spiritual Relationship with Our Fellow Creatures/Mary
Lou Randour (New World Library, Novato, CA), 2000. Account of the author's
personal journey of discovery and "progressive revelation" concerning
the "kindom" of animal beings: "I was blind and now I see."
Food for the Gods: Vegetarianism and the World's Religions/Rynn Berry
(Pythagorean Publishers), 1998. Essays and conversations with vegetarian
religious thinkers of East and West; recipes.
Judaism and Vegetarianism/Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D. (Lantern Books),
2001. A "vegetarian view of the Bible" with sections on health,
ecology, peace, questions and answers, and things to do.
Boston Vegetarian Society
Evelyn B. Kimber
P. O. Box 38-1071
Cambridge, MA 02238
Tel: 617-424-8846
Email: BVS@ivu.org
[Information on monthly dinners, classes, restaurants; links]
The Vegetarian Resource Group
PO Box 1463
Baltimore, MD 21203
Tel: 410-366-8343
[Vegetarian Journal, large selection of books and teaching materials on
veganism]
Christian Vegetarian Association
PO Box 201791
Cleveland, OH 44120
Tel: 866-570-8162
[Honoring God's Creation: Christianity and Vegetarianism with recipes and
resources]
Vegan Outreach
PO Box 38492
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
[Try Vegetarian, Why Vegan? and other educational materials]
Farm Sanctuary
P. O. Box 150
Watkins Glen, NY 14891
Tel: 607-583-2225
[Retreats; volunteer opportunities]
Eastern Shore Sanctuary/ Education
Center
139 Reading Ferry Road
Princess Anne, MD 21853
[Sanctuary for chickens; links]