links for 2008-02-27

An Animal-Friendly Life: Happy meat on cover of this month’s “Good”
Everything that’s wrong with “happy meat” summed up in one magazine cover. AR groups *must* distance themselves from this nonsense.
(tags: happymeat welfarism)

7-Eleven’s seitan-ic cult | Philadelphia Daily News | 01/31/2008
Let’s hope this idea spreads. Can you imagine tofu egg salad sandwiches and seitan [...]

This site, like any site that takes a decidedly anti-mainstream view on a topic, receives its fair share of nut job commenters. Over the years, I’ve taken different approaches toward the drive-by stupidity:

Try to counter their every comment. At first, I opted to pick apart every bit of their always weak arguments. [...]

links for 2008-02-21

Daily Kos: Vegetables of Mass Destruction - David’s Story
Sad interview with a former Tyson slaughterhouse worker. Also sad is the quote from the writer at the end: “I would never advocate vegetarianism as a one-size-fits-all solution to this problem…” [via VO]
(tags: humanrights laborissues slaughterhouse tyson interview iowa)

Vegan Express

One of my favorite cookbook authors and long-time friend of the Veg Blog, Nava Atlas has just released her newest collection of recipes titled Vegan Express. While I admit to being a little skeptical of another “quick vegan meals”-type book, I knew that Nava has experience in that realm with The 5-Ingredient Vegetarian [...]

Vegan Sour Cream and Onion Chips

(Hmm — for some reason, daily links don’t seem to be showing up here. I’ll have to look into that.)
I was thinking today about how vegan marshmallows for the longest time were the “holy grail” of unavailable vegan goods. Then, Sweet & Sara came along.
So, with that problem solved, I think we need [...]

Pleasant Surprise

I just opened the freezer in my workplace’s kitchen and spotted a box of vegan veggie burgers.
And they weren’t mine.
The mind reels!

H.R. 1955: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (Deb’s take, Will Potter’s take)Deb’s been telling me about this act which has already passed in the house with only six nays.  It takes the screwy mentality of the AETA to new extremes.
Gary’s “To Meat-Eaters: Easy Ways to Reduce Meat Consumption While Retaining Your [...]

Xuan Saigon

I’ve mentioned before that finding a good variety of veggie food can be difficult in Loudoun County, VA.  It gets trickier the further west you go.  Leesburg offers a few restaurants with a few veggie options, but nothing anywhere near an all-vegetarian restaurant.
Thankfully, there’s Xuan Saigon, Leesburg’s only Vietnamese restaurant, located on Fort Evans Road [...]

A Double Dose of Dreena

Eat, Drink & Be Vegan Dreena Burton Arsenal Pulp Press, 2007 http://vivelevegan.blogspot.com/
What I like most about Dreena’s books, in addition to the great food photography, is that she doesn’t rehash the same familiar recipes you find in a lot of [...]

Ezekiel 4:9 Bread

Finding bread in a regular grocery store that doesn’t have honey or high fructose corn syrup in it can be a pain. Pretty much every vegan has wandered the bread aisle, frustrated at how difficult it is to find bread that doesn’t have a load of extra junk added to it. I’ve noticed [...]

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