I wrote this book because it’s almost 2009 and our literature still didn’t have a breezy, fun, yet thorough introduction to how to go vegan. I think this book’s best quality is that it digs into the stuff that’s truly important and offers real help in every key area of making the transition.

Plus, it’s got two introductory chapters about the advantages of a vegan diet, as well as a concluding chapter and an appendix on basic and advanced activism. If you’re already vegan, I hope you’ll pick up some copies to keep at home or at the office for when you meet a potential vegan. And, of course, this book’s intended audience is anyone who wants to learn the whys and hows of compassionate eating.

I’m really proud of The Ultimate Vegan Guide — it’s some of my best work and I am confident it’ll mint a number of new vegans. I hope you’ll check it out.

And the answer seems to be a resounding Yes. After exploring the link between red meat and breast cancer, the article continues:

Add the numerous studies linking red meat to other cancers, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes and even Alzheimer’s disease, and it sounds like the hamburger you had for lunch might as well have been laced with rat poison.

I don’t think that’s fair to rat poison. Link.

These look delightful. I can’t remember the last time I used delightful in a sentence.

Required reading. (Thanks, Mark) Link.

This is something you can do at your university. Shoot me an email and I’ll put you in touch with Josh Balk, who will give you all the guidance you need. Link.

Yvonne, at The Traveling Vegetarian, took this photo from her recent San Francisco trip. After all, what traveling vegetarian worth her salt could resist a trip to Millennium? Click through for a full description of everything on this plate.