This book was written in order to demonstrate to the average person that a vegan diet is easily attainable and does not require a lot of special cooking talent or the use of unusual ingredients. Most of the recipes included in this book are traditional dishes from America, The Caribbean, Mexico, China, India, The Mediterranean and Ethiopia. Many of the recipes vary slightly from the original version in order to remove ingredients that are not vegan. Since this book covers a wide variety of recipes, it can be used for vegan, raw and diabetic diets and the Daniel Fast. Cooking a healthy, meatless diet does not require a lot of time. Careful planning and simple ingredients makes cooking easy.