NEW YORK: Cookbook author Kristy Turner was so passionate about cheese that she worked as a professional cheese seller and server. But once she decided to go vegan, she never looked back. Turner's first book, "But I Could Never Go Vegan!", includes 125 recipes and her take on dairy-free, egg-free pizza and nachos, along with the cashew-based blue cheese and macadamia mozzarella that she says fully satisfy her cheesy cravings. "I was a huge cheese nerd. I studied cheeses, I could tell you where they were made and the animal involved, but now I don't miss it at all," said Turner, 34. The Los Angeles-based cook, who has been happily vegan for more than three years, spoke to Reuters about how and why she stopped eating meat and dairy. Q: Why did you go vegan? A: I was a pretty big cheese nerd when somebody posted on Facebook an interview with (comedian) Ellen DeGeneres talking about veganism. ... I thought the dairy and egg industries had nothing to do with tort