And I'm an author and educator dedicated

to empowering people to make informed food choices, to debunking

myths about veganism, to being a voice for the animals, and to giving people the tools and resources

they need to live according to their own values of compassion

and wellness.

I'm the author of The Joy of vegan Baking, The Vegan Table, Color Me Vegan,

Vegan Me Vegan, Vegan's Daily Companion, and the 30-day vegan challenge.

You can learn more about who I am and what I do by visiting my website Compassionate Cook.com.

Hello everyone and welcome to the six year anniversary of the podcast.

Six years ago in March 2006 around my birthday I wrote the first episode on the protein myth and the rest is history.

In honor of the anniversary podcast, I'd like to return to a method of celebration I used for the first, second, and third anniversaries, but skipped

for years four and five, sharing with you love letters from podcast listeners.

There was no reason I didn't do it on the fourth and the fifth anniversary except that it just got away from me.

So before any more anniversaries passed, I decided to sit down and begin compiling letters that I've received up until March

2012, which is when I wrote the episode.

The problem, if you could call it a problem, is that I thought I'd be able to include enough

letters from the past few years to make up for those years that I didn't do the anniversary

podcast, but even leaving some letters out, I was only able to get to letters from October 2011

when I realized I was on page 40 and I had to stop.

I've eliminated letters, I've excerpted letters, and still I have more

to read than can fit on one episode. So if you'll indulge me, I'll share these letters with

you today and perhaps just produce other episodes of a similar

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