‘The Vegetarian Compass’ Is a Timeless Cookbook

Chef Karen Hubert Allison’s legacy has been lost to time, but her 1998 cookbook is transcendent

Alicia Kennedy
Nov 5 · 3 min read
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“People become vegetarians for spiritual, nutritional, political, and ecological reasons,” writes chef Karen Hubert Allison in the introduction to her 1998 cookbook The Vegetarian Compass. “Whether we are saving our bodies…

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Alicia Kennedy

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I’m a food writer and host of the podcast MEATLESS. My work focuses on the intersection of food and politics. alicia-kennedy.com

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