The first edition was published in July 1996, so it'sbeen out there for twenty years, and I just found out about it!
I'm happy to have it, but I'm skeptical of the likely success of using it as directed.
Consider, for example, how busy servers are. The Vegan Passport begins with a How To Use This Book page in English, French, Portuguese, German, Spanish, and Russian and the directive, "Show your waiter/waitress the relevant page of this book and ask him/her to read it."
Yup! That's what they want to do--a little reading on their run from table to kitchen.
Also, there's a picture page with a smiley face and a check mark to show what vegans eat.
I can imagine pointing to the head of lettuce (or cauliflower?) and later receiving a plate with this:
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