Interviews with...
Sarah Kramer
 La Dolce Vegan
Sarah Kramer
This popular Vancouver author makes vegan cooking fun and tasty.
CB: The
first album/CD/eight track you bought?
SK: Grease, which was followed quickly by Saturday Night Fever.
CB: What was your first car?
SK: I didn't get my driver's license until I was 34!
I commute in a 1980 electric car, it looks like a Smart car.
CB: Your favourite junk food?
SK: Raisins (CB feels this doesn't really qualify)
CB: What kitchen
gadget or piece of equipment can't you live without?
SK: My 'Man Handle.' It's a jar
opener from the ‘50's. If you have this you don't
need a man.
CB: Your favourite ingredient,
or food?
SK: Cracked pepper.
CB: Most over-rated ingredient, or food?
SK: Saffron.
CB: What was the first cookbook you used?
SK: A vegetarian cookbook originally from the 70's that my mom
had – Laurel's Kitchen.
CB: Your favourite authors, doesn't have to be cookbook
authors?
SK: Douglas Copeland.
CB: Your favourite city?
SK: Victoria, BC.
CB: What is your greatest extravagance/indulgence?
SK: The Go-Go's. (As in the band.) I go to see them all over?
CB: Your favourite movie?
SK: Umm, how about favourite 3? 1. The Wizard
of Oz 2. Saturday
Night Fever 3. Grease
CB: What was your first job?
SK: I was a telephone solicitor for a non-profit groups like Big
Sisters.
CB: What kind of music do you like?
SK: Everything but definitely punk rock.
CB: Your favourite sports team?
SK: Uh, pass.
CB: Your pet peeve when dining out?
SK: Children who aren't well behaved.
CB: Your favourite drink?
SK: Water.
CB: If you could change one thing in the food & wine
industry what would it be?
SK: I wish someone would invent/create a great vegan cheese!
CB: Who
has been the biggest influence on your career?
SK: My fans, because they inspired me to write up the next meals.
And Fergus, my dog (a poodle terrier).
CB: What four people, alive or dead, would you invite to
dinner? (assuming you would invite your significant other to have six around
the dinner table!)
SK: Douglas Coupland, Jane Wiedlin from the Go Go's, Julia Child, and
my mum.
 How It All Vegan!
Tanya Barnard & Sarah Kramer
A great book for the beginner vegan or vegetarian, the recipes are quick and
simple, requiring no more equipment or ingredients than what probably inhabit
the shelves in your kitchen already! Filled with great kitsch black & white
photos. Softcover, 224 pp. $21.95.
 The Garden of Vegan
Tanya Barnard & Sarah Kramer
A continuation of the tasty, simple alternatives to meat and dairy consumption
outlined in their first volume, this book also gives helpful hints to living
a total vegan lifestyle. Please try the Pear Ginger Pecan Bread on page 172.
Softcover, 256 pp. $22.95.
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