Viva! 8 York Court Wilder Street Bristol BS2 8QH Tel: 0117 944 1000 Fax: 0117 924 4646 email: media@viva.org.uk	23 March 2001 “It’s Time to Go Veggie” says Actress Pam Ferris Ma Larkin shares her cookery skills Through her great television roles as Ma Larkin (Darling Buds of May) and Peggy Snow (Where the Heart Is), Pam Ferris has become one of Britain’s best-loved actresses. And like so many other people, she has been deeply disturbed and shocked by the nightly scenes of slaughter on our TV screens. Vegetarian charity, Viva! has been inundated with calls from people wanting to go change their diet and go veggie. To help them, Pam has produced a colourful, 28-page vegetarian cookery guide - Pam Ferris Cooks Veggie. Pam Ferris Cooks Veggie sells at £1.50, including postage, and is one of several Viva! guides which cover the vegetarian issues. Others include advice on health, nutrition, genetic engineering and the life and death of farmed animals. Recipes included in Pam’s guide start with breakfast, move through lunch and finish with dinner. They include such soul food satisfiers as beany tomato hotpot, winter vegetable stew with dumplings and sausage, onion and tomato pie. For more cosmopolitan veggies there are dishes such as pasta with red pepper and olive sauce, roasted peppers with cous cous and peanut butter stir fry. Starters include sweet potato and carrot soup and to finish there is a wonderful chocolate sponge cake. Handy tips and advice are distributed throughout. And everything is totally animal free - no meat, dish, dairy or eggs are used in any of the recipes. “Don’t ever think that going vegetarian limits your diet”, says Pam, “it doesn’t - it expands it. It is so much more varied, exciting and tasty.” And striking a chord with many of the people who have asked Viva! for help in going veggie, Pam adds: “Vegetarianism isn’t solely about indulging myself. I feel strongly that I could never hurt or kill an animal - nor have someone kill it on my behalf. With this lifestyle, I don’t have to - and that makes me feel a whole lot better”. To obtain a copy of Pam’s guide, readers simply need to ring Viva! on 0117 944 1000 or write to: Pam Ferris @ Viva!, 8 York Court, Wilder Street, Bristol BS2 8QH (cheque payable to Viva!). They can also read the guide on line at Viva!'s web site, www.viva.org.uk. For further information contact Juliet Gellatley or Tony Wardle on 0117 944 1000 ENDS To order a copy of the guide from Viva!'s secure online Books catalogue, click here. To see details of all our other Guides, click here. You can also buy the Guides from our Books Catalogue on line.