The writer Alexa Hennig von Lange cooks vegan and healthy. When she sits at her desk at home, she likes to leave the characters in her novels alone - and cooks for herself and her family. While she cleans vegetables, puts on millet and chops herbs, her stories are given space to develop. Back at the computer, she is filled with what is supposed to happen next in her novel. After almost thirty years of dieting, the author has once again found joy in not only cooking for others, but also enjoying it herself. The key was the vegan diet. She reached for her mother's old recipes, reinterpreted them and cooked her way back to her childhood - to the time when she had still felt comfortable in her body. With her vegan cookbook, she wants to create a return to what used to be taken for granted: appreciating regional products, using them seasonally and understanding food as something beautiful and healing. She presents a modern vegan local cuisine that tastes great, is suitable for the whole family and protects the climate. Biography Alexa Hennig von Lange, born in Hanover in 1973, began writing at the age of eight. In 1997, her debut novel 'Relax' was published, with which she became one of the most successful authors and the voice of her generation overnight. For 'Ich habe einfach Glück', her first novel about her teenage protagonist Lelle, she received the German Youth Literature Prize in 2002. This was followed by numerous novels for adults and children, as well as stories and plays. Alexa Hennig von Lange lives in Berlin with her two children.