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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

VEGETABLES ROCK! (Do They Really?)

Vegetables Rock! is the main title, but here's the complete one:
VEGETABLES ROCK! A Complete Guide for Teenage Vegetarians by Stephanie Pierson
And it was. A complete guide, that is. Witty, with tons of options, this book was everything the other vegetarianism books I've been reading were not. The author goes over EVERY detail the other two books went over, so I'll skip the boring nonfiction part.
What was good was the way it was written: easy to enjoy. Any teenager can pick up that book and go, "Well yes, the print is small, but look, it feels like they're talking to me without making me feel like a baby. I'm kinda liking this!" Isn't that what we should all feel every time we read? Unfortunately that rarely happens with nonfiction books, especially with ones targeted towards teens and young adults; the author tends to make the reader feel like a five-year-old, to put it bluntly.
But this book was great, not only offering every bit of information you could possibly want but making it all sound interesting and fun, and without bullying the reader into it, makes vegetarianism seem like a natural way of life.
So it was great!
And lastly, the recipes. About a third of this book was recipes to get the teenage vegetarian started. Because yes, it is hard knowing how to eat and what to cook to get the right vitamins and stuff you need daily; but these recipes are easy and fun. The other books only had like five or six recipes, but this book (approximately 200 pages long) was a third full with recipes! It made a wonderful change from the old "Hummus. Noodles. Grilled Tofu." Here we saw some depth, from somebody who obviously knows what they're talking about.
So bravo, veggie book. ♠♠♠♠

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