author
Edwin Giles Fulton
b. 1867
A pioneering vegetarian cookbook writer and entrepreneur, he helped popularize meat-free cooking in the early 1900s through practical recipes and health-minded food ideas. His work grew out of a wider mission that joined publishing, business, and Seventh-day Adventist reform.
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Substitutes for Flesh Foods: Vegetarian Cook Book
by Edwin Giles Fulton
About the author
Born on January 6, 1867, Edwin Giles Fulton was a Canadian-American businessperson and cookbook writer best known for Vegetarian Cook Book: Substitutes for Flesh Foods. Writing at a time when vegetarianism was still far from mainstream, he focused on giving readers useful, everyday ways to prepare satisfying meals without meat.
Fulton was also active as an entrepreneur. Reliable sources describe him as a Seventh-day Adventist who operated vegetarian restaurants, hospitals, and sanitariums in the United States. That background helps explain the practical tone of his writing: his recipes were tied to a larger interest in health reform and plant-based living.
He died on January 16, 1949. Today, Fulton is remembered mainly for his cookbook, which offers a glimpse into the early history of vegetarian food culture in North America.