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Before I tell you the name of the cookbook that’s been making me very happy in the kitchen this summer, let’s get a few things straight. I’m an avid food lover and cook who has lived in Paris for 30 years, and I’m very much a foie gras and boeuf bourguignon type of a guy.

And yet the tome I’m talking about is “Vegan: The Cookbook,” a collection of more than 450 recipes from around the world by Los Angeles-based French chef…