This week’s Vegan Links and News
The New York Times has issued an essay challenge Calling All Carnivores: Tell Us Why It’s Ethical to Eat Meat: A Contest. My friends Jasmin and Mariann of Our Hen House responded with an alternative contest: Calling All Herbivores: Tell Us Why It’s Unethical to Eat Meat: A Contest. I anxiously await the results for both contests.
The article Scientists working on meat-mimicking foods to tempt carnivores includes these good-news stats:
• Interest in a vegetarian diet almost doubled between 2000 and 2009.
• 44 percent of American eaters aged 18-29 choose to eat meatless at least once a week.
• 13 percent of Americans over 20 eat meat with fewer than half of their meals.
• 25 percent of Americans over 20 say they are “working to eat less meat.”
Sources: Innova insights, Vegetarian Research Group
And it looks like the tide is turning in the U.K., too: Brits Are Opting For Plant Based Foods Over The British Banger.
Links for the home cook:
- 15 Vegan Superfoods You Should Be Eating Right Now
- 6 Simple Ways to Enjoy Kale!
- Tips on flavoring beans
Links the sports and fitness enthusiast:
Links for dining out:
- V FOR VEG: Beefing up menus with meat-free meals (A non-vegan restaurant in Philadelphia aims to please patrons who prefer their vegetables prepared without animal products.)
- Healthy and Vegan Food Trucks Sweeping The Nation
- Finding fine vegan fare in the mid-Hudson Valley
Speaking of Hudson Valley dining, I’ve been guest-blogging on The Journal News Small Bites blog for Hudson Valley Restaurant Week 2012. I signed up so that I could see how accommodating establishments would be to both the vegan and the omnivore. So far, so good!
Zitoune in Mamaroneck: Hudson Valley Restaurant Week 2012
Haven in Pleasantville: Hudson Valley Restaurant Week 2012
Elsewhere, on Tuesday my Tofu Tacos were featured on DailyBuzz Healthy Living’s Terrific Tofu and on Friday I shared The Top 3 Reasons I Love My Pressure Cooker on Better with Veggies.
This week on the blogs
JL goes Vegan
- TUESDAY: Just another vegan Saturday in NYC
- THURSDAY: I would move to Austin,TX for this: Capital City Bakery {Vegan}
- FRIDAY: $1,110 for Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary! THANK YOU! (Seriously, thank you so much for supporting my fundraiser!)
Stop Chasing Skinny
Saturday morning on the The Today Show there was a terrific segment on body image featuring Shannon Bradley-Colleary. Her story is on Stop Chasing Skinny this week: Shannon’s Story: Am I Really Fat? (the nude photos)
I’d love to hear your thoughts on her story. As always, I’m looking for submissions! Have you stopped chasing skinny? Submit your story today!
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Finally, I got an email this week from an Etsy entrepreneur who makes darling vegan jewelry!
Jen wanted me to share her store with my readers and to offer a 10% discount coupon: ETSYVEG10 (valid for one use, 10% off the entire purchase). Shop here (thanks, Jen!)
