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During the 1970s I sometimes awoke from vivid dreams
about two friends called Hamun & Giben. I drowsily
scribbled them down in my bedside notebook and, when
I re-read them later in the day, was gratified to
discover a wise fable of human self-delusion and conceit
which seemed to have come from another realm. |
To
involve my waking self in this perplexing process
of composition I did a pen and ink illustration for
each new fable and, once I was sure the whole episode
had come to a natural end, I offered the complete
set to Wildwood House who published them in 1978.
Their first edition sold surprisingly well before
my friendly publishers were taken over by a global
conglomerate which promptly put my favourite title
out of print where it remained for a quarter of a
century. |
But,
in 2005, Gemini Press published a handsome new edition
and to whet your appetite for a copy of your own here's
a link to three of my personal favourites: |
THE VEGAN COOKBOOK
by Alan
Wakeman & Gordon Baskerville
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The
Vegan Cookbook offers more than an authentic cuisine
- it proffers a way of life based on compassion for
all living things. For veganism is grounded in the simple
truth that primary food - fresh fruit and vegetables,
grains, seeds, nuts, pulses and so on - is not only
healthier, but ecologically, ethically and spiritually
superior to the mass-produced fodder of agri-business
and factory farming. But gourmets will also find delights
here among over 200 recipes ranging from the everyday
to the celebratory. |
For
this new edition, the authors have conjured up more
than a dozen new recipes, improved some of the original
ones, expanded the Alternative Dairy chapter and thoroughly
revised and updated the information sections. |
'Demonstrates
that a vegan diet can be varied, luxurious and reach the highest
culinary standards. As with all successful cookery books,
the imagination, as well as the taste buds, is stimulated.'
The Vegan
'A
fabulous book: informative, imaginative and provides sound
logical reasons for becoming vegan.' City Limits
The
range of recipes is revelatory. The section on baking is particularly
good. Veganism is developing an authentic cuisine. Time
& Tide
And
from a reader:
'Although
I now have a large-ish collection of vegan cookery books (nearly
every one that has come out) only yours approaches the subject
from the gourmet angle - delicious flavours in their own right,
not substitutes and mock-ups - nor worthy and well-meaning
fodder of the bean-stew-and-chewy brown stuff variety.'
Linda Wilkinson, Devon
| For
a full list of my published books (including out-of-print
titles which may still be available from Amazon, Ebay
etc.) click the bibliography tab at the bottom of this
page.
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