B

EFORE I TELL YOU WHAT THIS
BOOK IS, I WANT TO TELL YOU
WHAT IT ISN’T. IT’S NOT a book
that forces a lifestyle upon you.
It’s not a book that tells you what you
should be eating on any given day. And
it’s most certainly not a book that insists
I have all the answers. This is a book
that tells you, “Eat what you want, but
make sure what you eat is real, whole
food. And open your mind to all of the
possibilities.”
This book is about those possibilities.
The possibility of giving up meat for a
meal, a day, a week, or a lifetime—
whatever you choose. I grew up eating
this way. My mother is a vegetarian who