After returning from her service in the Uzbekistan and her travel in the Middle East, Kristen Hoggat found that the way America eats is quite different from the way the rest of the world does. So she and a (yet un-named) colleague decided to put together a multi-cultural cookbook with a twist: It is entirely vegan. The idea is to emphasize that much of the world eats a vegan diet and that mulit-cultural vegan cooking can be both tasty and environmentally friendly.
Kristen wrote to us in an e-mail to let us know more about the project:
Part of the motivation behind this project is a study conducted by Carnegie Melon that found that cutting down on eating meat and dairy has a greater effect on carbon emissions than does eating locally grown food, not to mention the moral impetus behind each of our lifestyle decisions. With this cookbook, we want to emphasize that veganism can be fun, and you don't have to be vegan everyday of your life to make a difference. We want this cookbook to be practical, but at the same time reflect our idealism, which is why we are going to combine veganism, Peace Corps service, and poetry.
Kristen is looking for submissions of recipes from your country of service, vegan or not. If your recipe isn't entirely vegan it might be changed to go into the cookbook, but, Kristen says " we will give credit where credit is due"
You can send your recipe to: kristenhoggatt@gmail.com
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