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On Vegan Grenades

Animal Person

Well, I think the grenade metaphor also applies to conversion to veganism. There is often lag time between the critical mass event and its accompanying decision to go vegan--and the the actual doing: being a vegan. There's intention, then the becoming, then the vegan. Exhibit A: Mary Martin, PhD--Animal Person.

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On Mixing Bowl and Vegan Education

Animal Person

From today's Publisher's Weekly : In January, Meredith Corporation quietly launched Mixing Bowl , a social networking site about cooking. Emphasizing user-generated content, the site invites home cooks to exchange recipes, share photos, participate in contests and post messages. because they're already vegans.

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On Veganism and Adoption

Animal Person

I don't, for the record, consider this issue analogous to omnivores dating vegans, as my husband went vegan overnight three years ago this month. I think vegans dating omnivores is a great idea as it's an opportunity to support someone in a way that you really can't support anyone else. And this is where I think about veganism.

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On Talking With Veterinarians About Vegan Food

Animal Person

We have a request, and it's an issue I've written about a handful of times but never had this particular question answered by readers: How do you talk with your vet--who is against feeding your dog vegan food--about your choice to do so? I'm fortunate to have a regular (non-specialist) vet who has no problem at all with a vegan diet for dogs.

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Why Top Chef Makes Me So Mad

Critter News

Vegetarians and vegans know that you get protein from vegetables. Is that all these people can cook? Today's vile episode is one featuring French cooking. I have yet to see an episode featuring vegetarian cooking. And frankly, I'm not sure these chefs have the training to do anything that doesn't involve a baby animal.

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New Book on Animal Rights Activism

Critter News

It's titled "The Animal Activists' Handbook: Maximizing Our Positive Impact in Today's World" by Matt Ball and Bruce Friedrich. One guy runs Vegan Outreach and the other is a VP at PETA (they have those?). Tags: activism book reviews. Here's a review on Huffington Post. Looks like it has some interesting ideas.

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On "Cheating" and Cookbook Authors

Animal Person

the way we treat animals, and the way we turn food into food facsimiles with unusually long shelf lives. You wouldn't expect Pollan or Oprah to deliver a vegan or animal rights message and they didn't. Alicia Silverstone was on the show as a spokesperson for the health benefits and other benefits of veganism.

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