The just-born, brand-new cook

If you’re learning to cook, then cooking vegan is the way to go because it’s more pleasant to work with chickpeas than chickens. Whether you’re 13 or 301 (and a vampire), you might just be starting out. Maybe you’re leaning into it with nothing but eagerness and excitement, in which case, cool, go ahead and get started, read no further. But if you’re a little hesitant, please remember that this book was written for you by someone who once was you. Sleep with the pages under your pillow and take it one day at a time.