Linda Long has had a lifelong relationship with the food industry, starting as a waitress and short order cook at the age of twelve in her parents' truck stop in Pennsylvania. A home economist who taught high school foods in the early part of her career, and spending a decade in the resort hotel business, Linda has been a committed vegan for thirty years. Her love affair with all things vegan and her natural instincts for promotion and marketing, make her the ideal person to prepare a compendium of gourmet vegan fare.Linda has had a varied career in the academic, corporate and media communities, with a strong emphasis in fashion, food and nutritional topics. She writes and photographs for vegetarian magazines (Vegetarian Journal, American Vegan, VegNews) and book cover photography for other vegan authors.