Recommended Resources for a Healthy, Happy Life
Want to learn more? Need some inspirational recipe ideas to get started? Want to get in shape? Want to know how to disease-proof your life? Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. These books, movies, and online resources will keep you connected, informed, inspired, and motivated.
A Cookbook for Every Occasion
There is no shortage of delicious recipe books that don’t contain all the crap! From meat substitutes to raw desserts, gorgeous salads, hearty stews, and comfort favorites, these cookbooks can teach you how to make it all.
- Artisan Vegan Cheese by Miyoko Schinner
- Betty Goes Vegan by Annie and Dan Shannon
- Chloe’s Kitchen and Chloe’s Vegan Desserts by Chloe Coscarelli
- Crazy Sexy Diet by Kris Carr
- Eat Vegan on $4 a Day by Ellen Jaffe Jones
- Skinny Bitch: Ultimate Everyday Cookbook by Kim Barnouin
- The Candle Café Cookbook by Joy Pierson, Bart Potenza, and Barbara Scott-Goodman
- The Cheesy Vegan by John Schlimm
- Isa Does It by Isa Chandra Moskowitz
- Mayim’s Vegan Table by Mayim Bialik with Jay Gordon
- Skinny Bitch Bakery by Kim Barnouin
- Skinny Bitch in the Kitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin
- The Conscious Cook by Tal Ronnen
- The Happy Herbivore Cookbook by Lindsay S. Nixon
- The Joy of Vegan Baking and The Vegan Table by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
- The Kind Diet by Alicia Silverstone
- The Sublime Restaurant Cookbook by Nanci Alexander
- Unprocessed by Chef AJ and Glen Merzer
- Veganomicon by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero
- Vegan A La Mode by Hannah Kaminsky
- Vegan Chocolate by Fran Costigan
- Vegan Cooking for Carnivores by Roberto Martin
- Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World and Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero
- Vegan Diner by Julie Hasson
- Vegan for Life by Jack Norris and Virginia Messina
- Vegan Holiday Kitchen by Nava Atlas and Susan Voisin
- Vegan Soul Kitchen by Bryant Terry
Stay Classy, Stay Informed
- Animal Factory by David Kirby
- Comfortably Unaware and Food Choice and Sustainability by Dr. Richard Oppenlander
- Diet for a Small Planet by Francis Moore Lappe
- Dominion by Matthew Scully
- Eating Animals by Jonathon Safran Foer
- Farm Sanctuary by Gene Baur
- Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
- Food Politics by Marion Nestle
- Gristle by Moby with Miyun Park
- High Steaks by Eleanor Boyle
- In Defense of Food and The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
- Mad Cowboy and No More Bull by Howard F. Lyman, Glen Merzer, and Joanna Samorow-Merzer
- Making a Killing by Bob Torres
- Making Kind Choices by Ingrid Newkirk
- Meat Market by Erik Marcus
- Meatonomics by David Robinson Simon
- Milk: The Deadly Poison by Robert Cohen
- On Being Vegan by Colleen Patrick-Goudreaux
- Pandora’s Lunchbox by Melanie Warner
- Righteous Porkchop by Nicolette Hahn Niman
- Skinny Bitch and Skinny Bastard by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin
- Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
- Slaughterhouse by Gail A. Eisnitz
- The CAFO Reader edited by Daniel Imhoff
- The End of Food by Paul Roberts
- The Engine 2 Diet and My Beef with Meat by Rip Esselstyn
- The Food Revolution, Diet for a New America, and Voices of the Food Revolution by John Robbins
- The Unhealthy Truth by Robyn O’Brien and Rachel Kranz
- The Vegucation of Robin by Robin Quivers
- The Way We Eat by Peter Singer and Jim Mason
- The World Peace Diet by Will Tuttle
- Veganist by Kathy Freston
- Whole by Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Howard Jacobson
- Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows by Melanie Joy, PhD
Get Healthy, Get Fit
- Rethink Food: 100+ Doctors Can’t Be Wrong by Shushana Castle and Amy-Lee Goodman
- Animals and Public Health by Aysha Akhtar
- Eat and Run by Scott Jurek
- Eat to Live and Disease-Proof Your Child by Dr. Joel Fuhrman
- Finding Ultra by Rich Roll
- The Food Prescription for Better Health by Dr. Baxter D. Montgomery
- Healthy Eating for Life for Children by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and Dr. Amy Lanou
- Health Power by Dr. Hans Diehl and Aileen Ludington
- The Whole Heart Solution by Dr. Joel K. Kahn
- Just be Well by Dr. Thomas A. Sult
- Pet Goats and Pap Smears by Dr. Pamela Wible
- The Pillars of Health by John Pierre
- Power Foods for the Brain and 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart by Dr. Neal Barnard
- Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr.
- The China Study by Dr. T. Colin Campbell with Thomas M. Campbell II
- The Expert’s Guide to Weight-Loss Surgery by Dr. Garth Davis and Laura Tucker
- The No-Dairy Breast Cancer Prevention Program and Your Life in Your Hands by Prof. Jane Plant
- The Starch Solution by John and Mary McDougall
- The Thrive Diet by Brendan Brazier
- Vegan for Her by Virginia Messina and JL Fields
- Vegan for Life by Jack Norris and Virginia Messina
- Waist Away by Drs. Mary Clifton and Chelsea Clinton
- Whitewash by Joseph Keon
Google These Websites:
- www.rethinkfoodbook.com
- www.forksoverknives.com
- www.engine2diet.com
- www.ewg.org
- www.foodsafetynews.com
- www.foodandwaterwatch.org
- www.humanesociety.org
- www.nutritionfacts.org
- www.pcrm.org
- www.peta.org
- www.realfoodchallenge.org
- www.ucsusa.org
- www.vegnews.com
Make It a Movie Night
- An Inconvenient Truth
- Blackfish
- Earthlings
- Eating
- Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead
- Food, Inc.
- Food Matters
- Forks Over Knives
- King Corn
- Planeat
- Super Size Me
- Tapped
- The Eleventh Hour
- The Cove
- Vegucated