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"The Kind Diet" (Rodale Books, $29.95)

Alicia Silverstone is famous for her role in the '90s teen film "Clueless" and as a real-life vegan activist.

In "The Kind Diet," she provides three approaches to cooking vegan: "Flirting," for people trying out meat- and dairy-free foods; "Vegan," for experienced flirts; and "Superhero," which is basically vegan with fresh, local foods grown in-season.

The book feels straight out of La-La Land: lots of exclamation points, italics and such sentences as, "Get ready to meet the beautiful, delicious, God-given foods that will rock your world."

Her intentions are good, but a little naive, though to her credit, she gets preachy only when criticizing the "Nasty Diet" of meat, dairy, sugar and processed foods.

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