Vincent J GuihanVincent has been a vegan for more than a decade, and was a lacto-ovo vegetarian for a decade prior to becoming vegan. He grew up in a in a very small midwestern town (Warterman, IL), where his back yard was the neighbor's cornfield. His parents cooke only sporadically, even though the nearest fast-food restaurants were a 20-minute car ride away and this cookbook is his revenge. Raised on TV dinners, burgers, pizza, and spaghetti, he spent much of his young adulthood nestled between the delicatessens, greasy spoons, and taquerias of Chicago's southwest side, which helped to build his palate. Today, he lives in Ottawa, Canada, a city renowned (at least in Canada!) for its cosmopolitan snugness in spite of its size where he gorges himself on the cornucopia of foods from all over the globe, many of which he can't even pronounce. And although not a formally trained chef, he's a formally trained and highly skilled eater. Read More Read Less