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Munchie Madness. (Reviews).


MUNCHIE MADNESS By Dorothy R. Bates Bates   , Katherine Lee 1859-1929.

American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911.
, Bobbie Hinman, and Robert Moser

Munchie Madness is an informative book with fresh takes on what it is like to be a teenage vegetarian. From dating to etiquette on dealing with non-vegetarian friends and parties, this book handles social issues that aren't usually seen in veggie teen books. Besides providing nutrition information, reasons for becoming a vegetarian, and many, many recipes for vegetarians and vegans, this book deals with the pressures of being the lone vegetarian in a social setting and ways of explaining your decision to others without alienating them or creating uncomfortable situations.

The foreword by Laura Holzapfel is very well written and utilizes a teen voice to stress the reasons for vegetarianism vegetarianism, theory and practice of eating only fruits and vegetables, thus excluding animal flesh, fish, or fowl and often butter, eggs, and milk. In a strict vegetarian, or vegan, diet (i.e. . VRG's Nutrition Advisor Suzanne Havala provides the nutritional information in this book.

While it doesn't specifically push veganism, all the recipes are vegan-friendly. Some of them require a lot of ingredients, which could mean a trip to the grocery store, but they are all worth the extra effort. This is an excellent book for those teens starting to be vegetarian and those who have always wanted to know more.

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 1-57067-115-X) is published by the Book Publishing book publishing. The term publishing means, in the broadest sense, making something publicly known. Usually it refers to the issuing of printed materials, such as books, magazines, periodicals, and the like.  Company. This 160-page book retails for $9.95 and can be found in bookstores. Reviewed by Sarah Blum (a teenager who has been vegan vegan /veg·an/ (ve´gan) (vej´an) a vegetarian whose diet excludes all food of animal origin.

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Author:Blum, Sarah
Publication:Vegetarian Journal
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Date:Nov 1, 2001
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