This shift led to the creation of cookbooks and a company. In 1989, she released her first vegetarian cookbook, Linda McCartney's Home Cooking (she credits author Peter Cox "for all of his help and research" on the copyright page). Next in 1991, Linda started her own company called Linda McCartney Foods, that served frozen vegetarian meals. According to Far Out Magazine, Linda McCartney Foods, "helped make it easier and more accessible for people to choose not to eat meat. At the time, options were extremely limited and Linda essentially made vegetarianism possible on a much larger scale. The brand is one of Britain's most established meat-free food products." However, in 1999, the H. J. Heinz Company acquired the company, and in 2007, the Hain Celestial Group bought it."A Healthy Way of Life" , Hain Celestial Group, accessed February 1, 2011. "Linda McCartney food line boosts Hain Celestial" , Newsday, November 10, 2010. That it was owned by Heinz: Nigel Slater, "When the McCartneys came for lunch" , The Observer, April 29, 2007.
This shift led to the creation of cookbooks and a company. In 1989, she released her first vegetarian cookbook, Linda McCartney's Home Cooking (she credits author Peter Cox "for all of his help and research" on the copyright page). Next in 1991, Linda started her own company called Linda McCartney Foods, that served frozen vegetarian meals. According to Far Out Magaz.ine, Linda McCartney Foods, "helped make it easier and more accessible for people to choose not to eat meat At the time, options were extremely limited and Linda essentially made vegetarianism possible on a much larger scale. The brand is one of Britain's most established meat-free food products." However, in 1999, the H. J. Heinz Company acquired the company, and in 2007, the Hain Celestial Group bought it."A Healthy Way of Life" , Hain Celestial Group, accessed February 1, 2011. "Linda McCartney food line boosts Hain Celestial" , Newsday, November 10, 2010. That it was owned by Heinz: Nigel Slater, "When the McCartneys came for lunch" , The Observer, April 29, 2007.