Archive for November, 2008
Day 1: The Fruitening
At the November 1st Vegan Drinks we were having a conversation with a few people about fruitarian diets. It’s always sounded a bit crazy to me, but after doing a bit of research I thought it might be interesting to try it. So instead of spending the holiday season eating junkfood non-stop, I am going [...]
Thanksgiving Recap
We spent a low-key thanksgiving just cooking for ourselves this year. No family, no friends, just good food. We were a little late in the game getting our un-turkey, so we ended up making a Tofurkey instead of the fabulous Celebration Roast like some other people. All in all, it was a smashing success. On [...]
Elise M.: Vegan Handbags Designed in Los Angeles
Elise M. just released a new line of handbags which are designed in Los Angeles and made of all vegan materials with no animal by-products. A quick search on the interwebs didn’t come up with a lot of info about the company, but it looks like there’s a handful of online vendors out there selling [...]
Evanger’s All Fresh Vegetarian Dinner for Dogs & Cats
The sub-par regulations for pet food that lead to the melamine scare in 2007 and general pet health problems are a great concern of mine when it comes to our two dogs. They have always been fed a high quality vegetarian diet so when people noticed their pets getting sick and their food being recalled, [...]
Oh The Irony…Sarah Palin’s “Pardoned Turkey”
This story was picked up by all the major news outlets just in time for Thanksgiving. Sarah Palin might have inadvertently done something positive for the animal rights cause with this publicity nightmare: Former Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin is causing a stir for an interview she gave after pardoning an Alaska turkey Thursday, during [...]
Photos: Vegan Happy Hour 2 Year Anniversary
I managed to snap a couple of pictures before my flash crapped out (note to self, carry spare AA batteries). We got there late, so most of the food was gone, but fortunately Your Vegan Mom was running even later and brought some great mock-meatballs and chocolate/mint brownies to save the evening. It was nice [...]
The Dangers of Dining at Non-Veg Restaurants
Time Out New York recently had a “Chef secrets…spilled!” article where they interviewed top chefs of New York City restaurants and got anonymous answers to a whole slew of risqué questions. One little nugget tucked away on the insert was this poll: “Are your vegetarian dishes truly vegetarian?” The disturbing part is that only 80% [...]
Dinner At Doomie’s
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Higher Insurance Premiums for Meat Eaters
PETA has been getting a lot of attention lately for calling on Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont to raise health insurance premiums for people who eat meat and lower the premiums for vegetarians. PETA’s Executive Director Tracy Reiman sent a letter last Monday to Bill Milnes Jr., president of Blue Cross Blue Shield Of [...]
Cooking with TVC: Tofu Spinach Lasagna
This is a recipe that has been with me for a long time and I always get compliments when I make it. It was originally found in a zine that I bought at a Current concert in ’93 or ’94. If I remembered which zine it was I would certainly give them credit. Now I [...]
PETA’s “Angel for Animals” Doghouse Sponsorship
Living in Southern California you tend to forget about how it gets cold, really cold, in the rest of the US during the winter. People who still have the notion that dogs are “outside pets” leave these poor animals defenseless during the freezing cold. In extreme instances where PETA sees these neglected dogs but does [...]
“Vegans are more like the Scientologists of Vegetarianism”
Lifehacker today has an article posted today about cooking vegan on their website. They link to the WikiHow page How To Feed A Vegan For Three Days Or More. The most amusing thing, of course, is the backlash, of course, about veganism in the comments. They are worth reading for a chuckle. You can get [...]
Wide Circle: Vegan Investment Fund
Ever since I read Peter Camejo’s book The SRI Advantage: Why Socially Responsible Investing Has Outperformed Financially (you can read the full book online thanks to Google here), I have been fascinated by the concept of Green Investing. Along those same lines, I read about Wide Circle today and the task that they are trying [...]
Music: Dropdead
Drop Dead There was a wide range of reasons why I became vegetarian, then eventually vegan, but I would say the biggest influence to go cruelty free was the punk rock scene. Seeing band after band come through saying the same “don’t eat meat” message, have the same “go vegan” t-shirts and preaching “leather/fur sucks” [...]
Prop 2 vs. Prop 8
I’ve seen a couple examples of misguided anger in the last couple of days towards the passing of Prop 2. It’s certainly horrible that Prop 8 looks like it was defeated, but I know quite a few people who worked tirelessly on both campaigns. Discrimination, whether it’s homophobia or specisim, is awful in any form. [...]
How’s This For Irony
After preaching constantly on this site about the new Spay/Neuter Law and how the swift fist of justice should reign down upon anyone who disobeys, that fist of justice just reigned down on me. When I got home yesterday I had a “yellow tag” stating that we had a $200 fine due to unaltered dog [...]
Congrats on Prop 2
As I’m sure most are aware, Proposition 2 passed in California. Today’s Los Angeles Times has the best reaction I’ve heard so far: The American College of Poultry Veterinarians, decried the measure as economically disastrous for California egg producers Congratulations to The Humane Society and Wayne Pacelle. You can read the full LA Times article [...]
Positive Television: Ingrid Newkirk Interview
A couple of weeks ago Ingrid Newkirk stopped by Skylight Books in Los Angeles to promote her new book One Can Make A Difference. After she was done with the signing, Vegan Collection Blog contributor and Positive Television CEO Prabhat Gautam grabbed her for a short interview about celebrities, charities, and circuses. Check out what [...]
World Vegan Day: Vegan Drinks
Stopped by Sante La Brea on Saturday night to celebrate World Vegan Day. We ran into old friends, friends we seem to see on a weekly basis and met some great new people. We had already eaten, so we didn’t try any of the entrees but had a fantastic piece of peanut butter/chocolate pie. But [...]