Sexy Vegan, Brian Patton
b"Today Laura Theodore, the Jazzy Vegetarian welcomes Brian Patton, author of The Sexy Vegan\\u2019s Happy Hour at Home: Small Plates, Big Flavors, and Potent Cocktails\\xa0(New World Library, June 1, 2013). In addition we\\u2019ll chat with animator Eugene Hamm, about his 18 minute short Cook For Your Life.\\xa0When\\xa0Brian Patton,\\xa0a regular guy rather than a highfalutin chef, began posting videos on YouTube as his hilarious alter ego, \\u201cThe Sexy Vegan,\\u201d he achieved celebrity status, including a book deal for his first book\\xa0The Sexy Vegan Cookbook. In his new book, recipes include yamburger sliders, seven-second salsa, cucumber almond dates, and heart of palm ceviche. The book also has innovative delights such as rhubarb pancakes and rhubarb mimosas, because, as Brian writes, it's always 5 o\\u2019clock somewhere.\\xa0Eugene Hamm is an animator whose 18 minute short COOK FOR YOUR LIFE is about a chicken, a pig, and a bull who wake up one morning to find they are the last three animals the farmer hasn't eaten and they have until lunchtime to turn him into a vegetarian. It is part comedy, part cooking show.\\xa0Hamm is an animator on such shows as The Smurfs, Gumby, Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings, Liquid Television and music videos."