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Hippycore
Krew – Soy not Oi! Volume 2 (Active Distribution)
It's
great when an idea takes on a life of its own. Soy not Oi! Vol 2
employs a cast of thousands over more than 300 pages in a loud, proud
collective vegan punk voice. Hippycore Krew split the book into
traditional sections, with Maximum Rocknroll-style columns on
veganism. Its recipes always maintain simplicity, accessibility and
achievability
Brilliant
ideas pour from its pages – from braising carrots in tarragon and
maple syrup, to Jerusalem artichoke gnocci, to pushing out the boat
with a lime and coconut cheeezecake on a gingersnap crust. And it
serves as a practical go-to guide for vegan cookery tips, like making
your own seitan, egg replacers or pressing tofu.
Articles
like Freegan in Brooklyn, canning tomatoes, or making your own
deodorant and even anti-fungal footpowder certainly push the
envelope. As does an exhaustive chapter on home brewing.
Volume
2 follows its predecessor by 25 years; the original span out of the
1980s anarchopunk movement when punk vegan cookbooks were a rarity –
the Hippycore Krew used DIY means of production and the postal system
to give vegan ideas a global reach.
But
rather than being pragmatically vegan, Soy not Oi! Vol 2 often
perches itself on the fence, allowing a shared space for vegans and
non-vegans and to open fresh debate about cruelty-free life-style
choices without taking a more pragmatic, and exclusive, approach.
However, this middle ground is a a sign either an unwillingness to
condemn or fear to fully commit.
That
said, Soy not Oi! Vol 2 explodes with ideas and explores territory no
other vegan cookbook has dared to venture. We await Volume 3 with
baited breath....
Available through Active Distribution
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