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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)

Periodically on PostSecret, postcards are sent in either defaming vegetarianism, confessing “cheating” on a veg diet, or proclaiming a love for meat.  This week, there were two decidedly non-vegan postcards were posted:

Here’s an idea: stop using prayers (also seen amongst some as “respecting the animal”) as an excuse to just stop buying leather handbags.  Is [...]

Teese Vegan Cheese from Chicago Soy Dairy - Buy Teese Vegan Cheese Online
Temptation’s Teese vegan cheese is now available to us, the lowly public! Order now, OR DIE.
(tags: teese temptation vegan cheese)

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. [...]

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)

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 [...]

(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 [...]