KATHY HESTER, author of the bestselling cookbook The Vegan Slow Cooker and the upcoming The Great Vegan Bean Book, enjoys spreading the word about how easy it is to make tasty vegan food. She writes HealthySlowCooking.com, is the vegan blogger for Key Ingredient (http://www.keyingredient.com/blog/bloggers/kathy-hester), and writes for various publications, including the vegan magazine Chickpea. She also teaches vegan cooking classes. She lives in Durham, NC. Visit her at www.HealthySlowCooking.com KATE LEWIS is an Ohio-based food, lifestyle and portrait photographer whose work brings her to multicultural, sophisticated and vibrant cities like New York, LA, Montreal and beyond. Kate is also a sought after vegan food stylist and has worked on prominent projects with authors such asChristy Morgan, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Kathy Hester and Terry Hope Romero. With a passport in hand, she is ready to travel to wherever her skills are needed. Also, found in her repertoire are prop styling and art direction, which comes in handy when working with a small crew. You can find out more about Kate's day to day adventures on her blog LeChouSauvage.com, which showcases the beauty and artfulness of natural whole foods or watch her ever growing Twitter or Instagram feed develop (@lechousauvage.)