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New York -- For her cookbook Great Chefs Cook Vegan, a compilation of high-end vegan-cuisine recipes from an elite array of renowned chefs, New York resident Linda Long has won the Best Vegan Cookbook category in PETA's Sixth Annual Proggy Awards. Long will receive a framed certificate and will be featured on PETA's award-winning Web site PETA.org. PETA's Proggy Awards ("Proggy" is for "progress") recognize animal-friendly achievements in commerce and culture. Long shares the honors with Kim Barnouin and Rory Freedman, authors of the best-selling vegan cookbook Skinny Bitch in the Kitch.

 

Long has put together the finest creations by the finest chefs, including Charlie Trotter, Daniel Boulud, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and Suzanne Goin. Great Chefs Cook Vegan is filled with recipes for three- to four-course meals from culinary A-listers who have omitted the animal products that they usually work with in order to create 100 percent vegan menus. The book's high-end cuisine--including zucchini boxes proven�al, grilled king oyster mushrooms, and avocado carpaccio with charred jalape�o oil and caramelized silken tofu br�l�e--will have vegetarians and nonvegetarians alike asking for seconds.

 

"Linda Long's inspiring cookbook is bound to encourage many gourmets to experiment with healthier and more humane meals," says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. "Great Chefs Cook Vegan is helping to meet the growing hunger for meatless foods in the most creative and delicious ways imaginable."

 

This year, Proggy awards have gone to producers and marketers of vegan foods, shoes, and cruelty-free personal-care products; an animal-friendly production studio; and a member of Congress.

 

For more information and to read about the other Proggy winners, please visit PETA.org.

 

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