Sorry for the massive (almost 36 hours, by my calculations) downtime. Big hosting issues yesterday, it seems.
Things look to be back to normal now.

The Carrot Some Vegans Deplore - New York Times
Meant to link this up a while ago, but didn’t. In case you haven’t seen it yet… [thanks to college friend K’ai for sending this along]
(tags: feminism veganism)

You Use It Every Day. But Can You Make It Cook? - New York Times
Any veggie that can be […]

You may remember a post I wrote last year titled “10 Ways to be a Kick-Ass Vegan.”  Number nine on that list was “Give a talk,” something about which I said: “Here’s one I’ve been meaning to work up the nerve to do for a while now.  Ideally, I’d like to find a group of […]

A former co-worker of mine recently started teaching a vegan cooking class in Fairfax, Virginia.  Finding vegan-only cooking classes outside of a major city can be kind of tough, so something like this is really welcome in this area.  She comes from a background of French cooking, so I’m willing to bet her classes are […]

Ohio Firm Recalls Frozen Chicken Products Due To Mislabeling - US Recall News Alert
“The frozen, pre-browned, raw products were labeled as “precooked” and therefore do not provide proper preparation instructions. These raw products may appear fully cooked.” Yum!
(tags: foodrecall chicken news)

This post deserves a lot more attention than I’m going to give it right now, but I did want to get the thought out there while it’s still fresh in my mind.
My friend Paul, who runs the fat acceptance web site Big Fat Blog, recently posted about the lack of men and people of color […]

In case you need more proof that meat doesn’t make a real man, look no further than Popeye.
Popeye was strong. He ate spinach.
Who was the one that ate all the hamburgers?
Wimpy.
My point has been made, no?

SuperWeed » Blog Archive » Feminist and Antiracist Arguments for Veg*ism
pattrice jones highlights some blogs looking at the vegan/race issue.
(tags: veganism race)

Real Men Eat Tofu
A Vegetarian Times online piece about male vegans. Mentions Eric from AAFL, Jason from Taste Better, and me (!).
(tags: vegetariantimes men veganism gender)

I try not to talk too much about religion here, but in the last couple of days, I got two pretty dissimilar comments that I wanted to highlight.  The first one (well, three) came from a young (I assume) girl named Jessica who is a recent vegetarian.  This section is what caught my eye (emphasis […]

The Best Cheese on Earth: Dr Cow « The Discerning Brute
Could this raw vegan cheese be “the one?” First Teese and now this? Could 2008 finally be “The Year of Vegan Cheese?” [via SuperVegan]
(tags: vegan cheese drcow raw)