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“Cheese Affair Pin to Win” Sweepstakes

4 The Love Of Animals

Check out the GRAND PRIZE – 3 trips for two to New York City to attend a cheese soiree and cooking class with Liz Thorpe – cheese expert, author of The Cheese Chronicles, and cat owner! August 11: Trip for two to New York City to attend a Cheese Soiree and cooking class with Liz Thorpe (3).

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The Feast of Stephen

10,000 Birds

Of course, that’s not the only Yuletide ritual with uncomfortable implications for the Class Aves. Or specific members thereof. And I’m not even talking about dinner. December 26, the day after Christmas, is the Feast of St. At any rate, time and cultural standards marched on and today the ritual is performed with dummy wrens.

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Flock to Marion

10,000 Birds

In 1776, James Cook sailed past the islands due to charts and navigation of du Fresne’s second in command, Julien Crozet. On a typical cruise, folks sleep in, have a lazy breakfast, sit by the pool with a cocktail, and watch the world-class entertainment. How was it that the 1,700 people aboard all had the same bedtime?

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Operation Nix-the-Petting-Zoo, Part Deux

Animal Person

Our clubhouse is a large house, complete with a kitchen made for entertaining and I'm going to survey the neighborhood for interest in a vegan cooking class. That's what happens when people don't participate. I'm going to send a letter to the board and request that it be added to the minutes, stating my position more clearly.

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From the Mailbag

Animal Ethics

I just wanted to introduce myself, as I thought you might be interested in knowing about my organization, Compassionate Cooks , and perhaps add us to your Links list. The mission of Compassionate Cooks is to empower people to make informed food choices and to debunk myths about veganism. I look forward to continuing to read your blog.

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Dog Collars

4 The Love Of Animals

Middle class adoption of dog ownership required affordable collars, just like today’s mass marketed collar industry. Augie enjoys spending time with his family and friends, grilling and cooking, playing hard outside, travelling, design, art, live music, and spending as much time as he can with his family.

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Why do birds living near Chernobyl have smaller brains?

10,000 Birds

Alternatively, imagine I set the dial to produce simple heat, like the kind that comes out of your stove to cook your scrambled eggs. The kind of energy produced by a cell phone signal is way more like the heat that cooks your eggs than like the scary radiation that comes form an H-bomb or X-ray machine or whatever.

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