The Wesleyan Animal Rights Network (WARN) is dedicated to furthering the cause of animal rights. Our intent is to make people aware of the exploitation animals suffer on a societal as well as individual level. WARN educates people about the cruelties animals are subjected to for food, clothing, entertainment, or "science", and asks people to consider the impact their personal choices have on animal welfare. 

  A vegan is a person who eats no products of animal origin.

  Among the primary motivations behind following a vegan diet/lifestyle are:

·concern for animals’ physical and psychological welfare

·concern for the Earth and all of its inhabitants; by now we all know that animal     diets are primary contributors to water, land, and air pollution; to ecological destruction; to the eradication of indigenous food production and livelihoods; and generally contribute to the maintenance and expansion of a globalizing economic system that subjects and subjugates all beings of whatever size to its relentless logic of economic profit

·concern for health

·concern for peace, equity, and justice; again, all issues are ultimately related; doing violence unto others whether it is to people(s), animals, the Earth, or any other creature is part and parcel of the same system of devaluation, domination, and exploitation

This cookbook is an invitation to food lovers of all kinds to consider eliminating/reducing ingredients of animal origin in their diets.  These recipes (if you like them) are a testimony that food can be delicious, easy to prepare, aesthetically pleasing to all the senses AND vegan.  A substitute here and there can easily make your favorite ‘traditional’ dish into a vegan dish. 

Try it.

How to get started:

There are many web sites devoted to vegan issues.  Some sites consulted for this collection: www.veganchef.com, www.vrg.org, www.vegweb.com, www.ivu.org, www.veganmeat.com, www.catteacorner.com

…there are many, many more.  Just type in the word ‘vegan’ or ‘vegan recipe’ in the search engine and hundreds of sites will appear.

In solidarity,
            WARN