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Benjamin, in French : Le défi végane 21 jours, par Élise Desaulniers, Éditions du Trécarré (Montréal, 2016). Élise est directrice de la Société pour la protection de la cruauté envers les animaux qui a aussi fait paraître en 2017 le recueil Saveurs véganes, au profit de la SPCA de Montréal.

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Vous êtes végane, Claire ? Il faut vraiment que je m'y mette à étudier un peu comment me prendre, car vraiment ce n'est plus possible. Je vais chercher le livre et après je dirai comment ça me va. Bisous.

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Ça demande des explications... Vou escrever para você por email...

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Thank you for the generous information. Bless you and your dog whose name I forgot :))

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Basso!

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Lovely survey Ben. Thank you. Also — check out Swich. Great way to make the ‘switch’ — and learn everything from knife skills, to pantry stocking, to new recipes. — from a slow-to-change old one.

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I'm not seeing this book! But I made the switch a long time ago. Now I am trying to figure out how to become entirely vegan. That is going to take a bit more doing.

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My sister has gone vegan. I am not quite that far... but Swich is online community of cookers, at all stages of experience. It was built by the Rouxbe Cooking School (founded in 2005) as a worldwide online cooking school. www.thebigswich.com

This is their statement — “Swich is 100% plant-based. We don’t subscribe to any diet because we don’t believe in them. We believe in cooking whole foods, mostly plant-based, utilizing proper cooking techniques and preparation methods. We meet people where they are at who are open and motivated to increasing the amount of plant-based foods in their diet (for some that might mean 100%, for others it might be 1 day a week or even one new plant-based side a week). We don’t, however, use any non-plant-based ingredients in any of our recipes or instructional materials.”

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Dear Ben, I loved this article, and I'm a big fan of Indian cuisine, too - some learned from a roommate at UCLA who'd spent a year in Madras and introduced me to Indian food, but also much learned from a dear friend who lived several years in India and Pakistan and was a fabulous cook, no matter what she was making. I haven't been able to convince Gilbert to go completely vegetarian, but he does eat a lot of meatless meals - mainly because I'm doing most of the cooking. ;-)

Hope you're well and that maybe you'll get up to Paris one of these days. If you do, give me a call, and we can meet up for a coffee or a tea or something stronger. All my best, Lora Fountain

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Hi Lora,

I didn't know you went to UCLA! I am getting my second shot today, after which I will finally be able to come up to Paris. It's been nearly two years and I am looking forward to rejoining the living! Will definitely give you a call. XX

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Hope you’re able to come up to town soon!

Lora xo

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