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Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages (American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection)

First published in Boston in 1838, this volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection is a facsimile edition of one of the first American books to advocate a vegetarian diet (vegan, actually), by a founding member of the first vegetarian organization, the American Vegetarian Society.Â

The dedicated lifestyle philosophy advocated in Alcottâ€™s Vegetable Diet might have been written by a contemporary vegetarian food critic. Alcottâ€™s complete disdain for meat and all animal products consumed as food would, in fact, be called a vegan diet. His book focuses on the superiority of a vegetable diet for supporting health and recovering from disease, and it contains dozens of letters testifying to that belief by various medical experts and many citizens who report in great detail the benefits of the vegetable diet for their health and lifestyle.

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In addition, the book includes a complete defense of the vegetable diet on anatomical, physiological, medical, political, economic, and moral grounds, with the final argument devoted to the immorality of men â€œplunging their hands in blood,â€ as antithetical to the tenets of true Christianity.

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The book also contains chapters on the nature and preparation, through narrative recipes, of â€œfarinaceous or mealy substances,â€ fruits, roots, buds, shoots, leaves, and stalks, as well as â€œreceiptsâ€ for most of the common garden vegetables of the day.

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More a defense of the vegan lifestyle than a cookbook, Alcottâ€™s passionate assertions that disease could be cured and health enhanced by the program was debated, debunked, and successfully disseminated widely throughout the northeastern region of the new country.Â

This facsimile edition of William Alcott'sÂ Vegetable DietÂ was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, a Revolutionary War patriot and successful printer and publisher, the Society is a research library documenting the life of Americans from the colonial era through 1876. The Society collects, preserves, and makes available as complete a record as possible of the printed materials from the early American experience. The cookbook collection includes approximately 1,100 volumes.
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Country	USA
Author	William A. Alcott
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9781449423148
Edition	Facsimile
Format	Facsimile
ISBN	1449423140
Label	Andrews McMeel Publishing
Manufacturer	Andrews McMeel Publishing
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	304
PublicationDate	2012-10-16
Publisher	Andrews McMeel Publishing
ReleaseDate	2012-10-16
Studio	Andrews McMeel Publishing

Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages (American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection)

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