A dream of mine is to tend a beehive or two. By keeping bees, I could learn first-hand about the lives of these fascinating creatures play a part in helping them pollinate my neighborhood plants and create honey, at a time when there is a disturbing decline in bees by what has been called “colony [...]
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Easiest Vegan Ever: Cinnamon Oranges
ast year, I stumbled across a delicious light, fat-free, winter dessert. It was easy, and for its simplicity, surprisingly flavorful and tasty: I modified it slightly to cater to a single serve, midnight snack obsession, as well as accommodate my love for cinnamon. Do you have four minutes, plus the time it takes you [...]
A Simple Conception of Indian Cooking
The trick, as my mother taught me, is in the base−the time-honored tradition of frying up some fresh onions (raw, peeled and diced), fresh ginger and cloves of crushed fresh garlic. Then, comingled together under moderate heat while submerged in a world of olive oil, they eclipse the “browned” stage and approach the nearly blackened [...]
New Vegan
Visits Florida
For the week of Thanksgiving, I was able to visit my home state of sunny Florida. This trip was complete with country wanderings, sweet moments with friends and family, and, of course, plenty of good vegan food. Here are some food highlights from my trip: Ethos Vegan Kitchen My trip got off to a delicious [...]
Easiest Vegan Chedder Rounds Ever
You know how you look around your kitchen and think, “What can I make out of all this random stuff?” Here’s one possible answer: Easiest Vegan Cheddar Rounds Ever! They’re basically the chop suey of warm appetizers. What You Need: party rye or whatever tea-sized bread you like 1/2 cup vegan shredded cheddar 1/4 [...]
How to Buy Your Vegan a Present
It’s that magical time of the year when shopping malls and online store servers are filled with excited customers joyously buying worthless crap for their loved ones. It’s time for you to get out there and stimulate the economy for the sake of your loved ones. You are just about done shopping for your nearests [...]
Carolyn Scott-Hamilton – The Healthy Voyager
arolyn Scott-Hamilton celebrated her 10 years as a vegan as well as an entrepreneur in 2009. After college, Carolyn moved to Los Angeles from Miami in 1998. Shortly after arriving and becoming vegan, she studied holistic nutrition as well as dabbled in the culinary arts before she opened Ineventions, originally a pr & event firm, [...]
A Tasteful Early Vegan Thanksgiving Recap
I love Thanksgiving. For me it’s about pausing from the hectic, fast paced daily grind to think about all the things I am grateful for. I’ve had a pretty crazy year (don’t ask), so I am most grateful for taking some time to bring awareness to the sweet little things in my life. Stunning fall colors [...]
Factory Farming of Chickens in India
The gendarme, with the gun always by the side, stood quietly in the air-conditioned background, pacing a bit, as the smiling family, after passing through the requisite metal detectors, sat down to give their full attention to their trays of Chicken Maharaja Macs. –a personal observation, at a McDonald’s in Ludhiana, Punjab, India 2010. reater [...]
On Becoming
a Vegan Cook
Lately, I have found myself wanting to cook (and eat!) more than usual. Maybe it’s Thanksgiving being right around the corner, or the birth of this online magazine, or the sudden crispness of the fall weather outside. Whatever it is, food is calling me. I am someone who depends heavily on recipes when cooking. I can’t [...]
“Meat” in the Middle – Talking with a Non-Vegan
Being a vegan puts you in very exclusive company (currently less than 1% of the world population is vegan), so you are bound to have non-vegan friends, possibly people you have known a long time – way before you traded in your steak dinner for chana masala. That is the case with my friend and [...]
Vegan Mania
Roundup
This year was the first year that I went to Vegan Mania. I won’t say it was fun because to me “fun” will never include a big building filled with lots of people. I did, however, enjoy myself. There is something very relieving about being a vegan at an all-vegan event. I assume it must [...]
Giving Thanks for Vegan Alternatives
Thanksgiving is this week and, aside from that, this time of year seems to lend itself to setting the house on fire trying to deep-fry whole animals. Let’s do our part and try to get our families and friends to skip the turkey this year, though no matter what you bring, someone’s bound to say [...]
Butternut
Squash Soup
This is a great mildly spiced squash soup with a little bit of a kick. You can play with the heat by adding more or less sriracha and the sweetness can be adjusted by varying the maple syrup. Any squash will do, but butternut and delicata seem to work really well. Butternut Squash Soup Ingredients [...]
Cranberries
with Orange Peel
This cranberry relish is super-fresh, a whole lot different than the canned stuff. The orange peels add a pleasant tartness and pretty color. Taste as you add the sugar. You may want more or less, depending on your mood. Cranberries with Orange Peel Ingredients 2 cups washed raw cranberries, chopped 1 large, whole (leave peel [...]
Cranberries
with Cherries
This recipe gets you a little closer to the canned version of cranberry sauce, but it’s still a lot different, and in my opinion, much tastier. It might be better to use this recipe, as opposed to a raw cranberry relish, if your dinner guests are wedded to the idea of the canned cranberry blob. [...]
