This book is about those possibilities. The possibility of giving up meat for a meal, a day, a week, or a lifetime—whatever you choose. I grew up eating this way. My mother is a vegetarian who doesn’t even eat eggs, but my father eats meat. In our home, we followed an Indian diet—which is predominantly vegetarian—most days. The only time we’d have meat would be for parties, when my mother would make chicken breast smothered in barbecue sauce, or when we’d make a rare run to a fast-food restaurant.