Posted in Videos on 31. Aug, 2010
Congrats to PETA pals Kyra Sedgwick, Jane Lynch, and Edie Falco for their well-deserved Emmy wins last night. Another big winner was HBO’s Temple Grandin, a film about the life of an extraordinary person who has helped reduce the suffering of millions of animals and advocated for autism education. Helping animals is its own reward, [...]
Posted in General VEG!, Videos on 24. Aug, 2010
Doug Evans (pictured below) is this super cool guy who I met when I was having dinner at Pure Food and Wine by myself. Doug came over to my table and asked if I would like to join him and his friend at their table. I was loving my date by myself, but he was [...]
Posted in Videos on 23. Aug, 2010
This week your mission is to stock your pantry with healthy vegan goodies.
How many times have you drooled over a recipe only to realize that you have two of the ten ingredients? So often, it’s the little things that get in our way of making a delicious dish.
Here’s a little secret: the more you cook, [...]
Posted in Videos on 19. Aug, 2010
My extensive research over some 35 years has confirmed that a low-glycemic diet is one of the key components for good health, optimal gene expression, a healthy living colloid field, stable blood sugar levels, and a quiet mind. These all support spiritual awakening. The primary purpose of the low-glycemic diet is to prevent the “self-composting [...]
There’s been a surprising development in the V family kitchen. My daughter E has actually been asking for coleslaw, a food she used to have to be bribed to eat. This phenomenon began after I stopped buying bagged coleslaw and starting using fresh heads of cabbage. I could say that E likes [...]
Posted in Videos on 15. Aug, 2010
Yes, the annual Veg News survey is out and people are voting. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, look around and you’ll find many many restaurants, veg companies, blogs etc. vying for your vote. (I’m not nominated but if you like me, if you really like me, you can do a write [...]
Posted in Videos on 06. Aug, 2010
Kathy Patalsky (from the vegan blog, Healthy Happy Life — which, by the way and hold onto your socks, has over 55,000 Twitter followers) has announced the creation of a new, user-submitted vegan blog, called Finding Vegan. According to Kathy, “We all love browsing food photos, recipes, products and blogs. Wouldn’t it be awesome if [...]
Posted in Videos on 28. Jul, 2010
Want to keep chemicals out of your home? Start with your furniture. Carcinogenic formaldehyde is typically found in most mass-produced furniture foams, while glues and finishes usually contain volatile organic compounds. Better known as VOCs, these spend years off-gassing toxic vapors that are potentially carcinogenic and deplete the ozone.
Obviously, you’re not going to dump your [...]
Posted in Videos on 25. Jul, 2010
I attended the East Coast Premiere of Skin Trade, produced by Shannon Keith, which documents the horrifying cruelty to animals in the fur industry. As expected, the movie laid it all out about the truth with trapping, executing, skinning alive, etc. of animals that are captured, bred, and killed purely for their skin. For me, [...]
Posted in Videos on 25. Jul, 2010
I’ve been back from Sweden for almost a week, and it was AMAZING. I probably wouldn’t have left if I didn’t have some sweet kitties and a lovely lady waiting back home in Minnesota.
Where do I start? As this is a food blog I’m trying to stick with (mostly) food pictures, but if [...]
