"The Meaty Truth" by Shushana Castle and Amy-Lee Goodman - The Meaty Truth is an eye-opening look at the massive problems caused by the American population’s food supply. Water, meat, and milk and other dairy products are filled with toxins, antibiotics, untested growth hormones, ammonia, and animal pus and manure. The current conditions of the food production industry must drastically improve, and until they do, it is absolutely vital to monitor what you eat. Castle and Goodman take a hard-hitting look at what America is putting into its food, the negative effects this has on the world, and the best ways to make healthy, informed decisions about eating.

"Meatless All Day: Recipes for Inspired Vegetarian Meals" by Dina Cheney - With an estimated 9 million Americans embracing a 100% vegetarian diet, as well as a whopping 100 million who eat at least one vegetarian meal per week, Meatless All Day is most definitely a cookbook for the masses! It starts with 45 “power ingredients” that make vegetarian food satisfying and delicious. Following are 80 recipes with headnotes that explain how these super ingredients lend dishes a meaty or fishy flavor, demarcate vegan recipes, offer tips for making many of the non-vegan recipes vegan, and provide ideas for rounding out entrées with side dishes and desserts.