Excerpted from The Vegetable Dishes I Can't Live Without by Mollie Katzen.

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He has tried to soften his tone, but he has not been helped by the Republican nominee for lieutenant-governor, Jay Katzen, who wants a straight ban on abortions, a prohibition of same-sex marriage and a roll-back of Virginia's restrictions on hand-gun purchases (which Mr Earley supported).

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