The UK #1 National Bestseller That Launched The Vegetarian Revolution
Why You Don’t Need Meat
The book that started Britain's vegetarian revolution
Why You Don’t Need Meat was first published in the United Kingdom, where it quickly became a runaway Number 1 bestseller. Written with a charming mixture of science, humor, and ethics, this completely revised and updated edition will give you all the facts you need about the meat you eat—both from a humane perspective and as a basis for getting and maintaining a healthy body.
“This excellent book will kindle doubts in those still regularly eating animals” – Peter D Wood, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Stanford University
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For many years now some of us have been saying “stop eating animals” because we know that it is pointless and cruel. My friend Peter Cox is one of those who has been saying it loudest. This is a book that will change and save lives. I hope that yours is one of them – Linda McCartney
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The Back Story
“As a kid growing up in isolated East Anglia, animals were my friends and – as George Bernard Shaw once remarked – I don’t eat my friends!
It was far from easy. I didn’t know there were other people like me – in fact, I didn’t hear the word “vegetarian” until I was well into my teens. My parents thought I was going to die through lack of flesh consumption, and other schoolkids simply thought I was a total weirdo (maybe not so wrong there…?)
Over time, I began to learn that far from being an extreme diet, it’s the best you can eat: obviously from the animals’ point of view, but also for your own health and that of the planet. People slowly began to ask me for tips, advice and accurate information… which is how the idea for this book first arose!”
Peter Cox
Linda McCartney’s Home Cooking
The International No.1 Bestseller
An international classic bestseller, Linda McCartney’s Home Cooking founded a food empire, changed the lives of millions of people and helped the world move towards a kinder, healthier way of living.
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This is my first ever cookbook and Linda McCartney inspired me to become vegetarian way back in 1991. I love vegetarian food and this book has everything to suit individual tastes. I love the fact that there are quite a few meat-tasting recipes using soya mince, as well as many meals using just vegetables. Plus there are the mouth watering deserts.
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The Back Story
Hard to believe, but it was really difficult to find a publisher for this initially. Several folk told us, “this is OK, but without at least some chicken recipes, it’s not going to sell”. We politely walked away. Eventually, an upstart new publisher called Bloomsbury decided to take a risk on it – and the rest is history! Interestingly, Bloomsbury were also the folk who took a risk on a certain H. Potter when no-one else would… says something about them, don’t you think? – Peter Cox
Peter Cox
