Portland, OR (Aug 2011) or Bust!

As if Portland did not have enough great vegan things going on, some fine folks have decided that the city needs at least one more thing to lure us all there: Vida Vegan Blogger Conference I’m happy to say that they are doing a great job at just that, and I am amongst those who […]

  • Oct. 20, 2010
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A good offence is a vegan cupcake?

I was going to be negative in my newest post, but I decided to go with the more positive and tasty alternative. Plus, I may have passed my PETA rant quotient for the year. Sorry. ‘Vegan cupcake:’ The tastiest oxymoron If you can get past Vanessa Farquharson’s need to make veganism seem extreme and her […]

  • Oct. 19, 2010
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Meat: A Benign Extravagance

Simon Fairlie, a born again carnivore, recently published a book entitled Meat: A Benign Extravagance in which he proposes the idea that the consumption of meat and dairy is not necessarily as dangerous to the planet as we are being led to believe. Breath. This is not me saying we should all go back to […]

For every action…

5,000 mink escape farm in Ireland (IrishTimes.com) Animal liberation. It’s something I still sit on the fence (get it?) about. I don’t agree with animals in captivity, and that’s one of the reasons I’m vegan. However, I can’t say the idea of animals being liberated is such a great solution. Granted, there are probably cases […]

Biting someone else’s tongue

It gets better, depending on what you’re looking for: Official Lettuce Ladies website One small step for veganism (?), far too many steps back for a lot of other movements. I promise, if someone can demonstrate to me that veg folk often wear clothes made out of produce, I will stop picking on PETA. Or […]

A pinch of ambition, a dash of funny and a classic cookbook.

Sure, you've veganized your mother's cookie recipe, and even your family recipe for macaroni and cheese, but what about a whole cookbook? Annie and Dan Shannon, a lovely couple with a penchant for the X-Files and Star Wars as much as for tofu, have taken it upon themselves to veganize the entire Betty Crocker cookbook. Read More »

  • Sep. 07, 2010
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