Beverly Lynn Bennett is an American

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chef and author. She hosts the ''Vegan Chef'' website; was a regular columnist for ''VegNews Magazine''; and is a former instructor for the Cancer Project, a program of the Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine.

Biography

Beverly Lynn Bennett was born in

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in 1967. She became a vegetarian in 1987, and earned a

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degree from the

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in 1988. After receiving her degree, she worked at various

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and vegan restaurants, and at natural food stores. Bennett is in a relationship with her frequent co-author, Ray Sammartano, who is also vegan., whom she lives with in

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Bibliography

Cookbooks

*''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vegan Living'' (Alpha Books, 2005) *''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vegan Cooking'' (Alpha Books, 2008) *''Vegan Bites: Recipes for Singles'' (Book Publishing Company, 2008) *''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Gluten-Free Vegan Cooking'' (Alpha Books, 2011) *''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vegan Slow Cooking'' (Alpha Books, 2012) *''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vegan Living, Second Edition'' (Alpha Books, 2012)

E-cookbooks

*''Eat Your Veggies! Recipes from the Kitchen of the Vegan Chef''

Sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bennett, Beverly Lynn 1967 births American chefs American food writers American veganism activists Chefs of vegan cuisine Gluten-free cookbook writers Living people Vegan cookbook writers Writers from Eugene, Oregon