And I'm and Welcome to Food for Thought. My name is Colleen Patrick Gudro from Compassionate Cooks.

I founded Compassionate Cooks to empower people,

to make informed food choices, and to debunk myths

about vegetarianism and animal rights.

I do this through cooking classes, articles and

essays, workshops and lectures, a cooking DVD and an award-winning cookbook

called The Joy of Vegan Baking and of course this podcast.

You can learn more about who we are and what we do by visiting our website

Compassionate cooks.com or Joy of vegan baking.com.

Hi everybody, welcome to the podcast.

It's been so amazing to see you all on the message board.

For those who haven't joined yet I highly encourage you to check

it out. It's a really fantastic way to connect with other listeners and meet other vegans and support

each other and offer resources and recipes to one another.

I'm so sorry, it took me so long to do this.

It was like a revelation one day and clearly it was the right thing to do.

So you can just visit Compassionate Cookscom and under podcast you'll see the link to the

podcast message board. Also I'm so glad I made the decision to fulfill book orders myself

for those who want signed copies of the joy of

vegan baking you can certainly order the cookbook from your local bookstore and I

do encourage you to call them and ask them if they have a copy that would be a huge help and you can call them and ask them if they have a copy that would be a huge help and you

can also order it from other online bookstores Amazon.com Barnes and Noble

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