Great cookbook for new vegans or vegans at college. The book is easy to read and the ingredients are inexpensive and easy to find. ( )

This cookbook made me gag. It suggests buying ingredients such as olive oil and spices at the dollar store, and nearly every recipe calls for microwaving. There is an entire chapter on ramen, including such helpful recipes as "mix ramen and nutritional yeast, eat." (I paraphrase but you probably get the point.)

OK, I get that most dorms don't have ovens or stoves, but some do, and many college aged students live off campus in apartments that have working appliances. There are plenty of easy to make meals that you can cook on a stove, in an oven, or in a crock pot that use ingredients that aren't plastic wrapped, frozen, or come from a can.

Seriously PETA, if I tried your recipes before I went vegan, you can bet your butt I would have kept eating cows. I mean, have you ever eaten microwaved rice? I did once when my gas got shut off and couldn't use my stove. It's disgusting.

Also, what's up with PETA dedicating this book to PETA2? That's like dedicating a book to your arm. ( )