Living Among Meat Eaters: The Vegetarian and Vegan Survival Guide

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Is there a blocked vegetarian in your life? If you are someone who has adopted vegetarianism or veganism, you know that living with and eating with meat eaters can present a myriad of difficult issues. Summer barbecues, meals out, Thanksgiving dinner, or even a simple business lunch can be cause for discussions questioning your lifestyle choice, leading at best to awkward situations, and at worst to anger and defensiveness. Beyond these often tense encounters, simple day-to-day tasks like grocery shopping and preparing the evening meal can be tough, especially when your husband, wife, partner, or child doesn't share your commitment to living as a vegetarian or vegan. In this bold and original book that has been fully revised to reflect changes in society since it was first published in 2001, Carol J. Adams offers real-life advice that vegetarians and vegans can use to defuse any situation where their dietary choices may be under attack and suggests viewing meat eaters as blocked vegetarians. Always insightful, this practical guide is full of self-tests, strategies, meditations on vegetarianism and veganism, and tips for dining out and entertaining at home when meat eaters are on the invite list. As well as being a source of support and information, Living Among Meat Eaters contains more than fifty of Carol Adams's favorite vegetarian recipes, including appertizers and beverages, breakfasts and quick lunches, main dishes, soups and sauces, side dishes, and baked goods and desserts. Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Preface to the Bloomsbury Revelations Edition Chapter 1: When worlds collide Chapter 2: Are you at peace? Chapter 3: Repairing the hole in our conscience Chapter 4: Judgment, guilt, and anger Chapter 5: Sabotage and other meat-eating defenses Chapter 6: Talking with meat eaters Chapter 7: Stopping the conversation Chapter 8: Love at work I: Living with meat eaters: The nature of relationships and kitchens Chapter 9: Love at work II: Living with meat eaters Chapter 10: Love at work III: Living with meat eaters Chapter 11: Grace at work: Eating with meat eaters Chapter 12: On the job: Working with, for, and (sometimes) against meat eaters Chapter 13: Living among meat eaters online Chapter 14: Magician at work: Cooking for meat eaters Chapter 15: Being the mover, not the moved Chapter 16: Recipes for Yourself and Others Appetizers Breakfasts Soups Sauces Tempeh and Tofu Main Dishes Side Dishes and Salads Desserts Acknowledgments Notes Index