I’ve written about Baltimore adopting Meatless Mondays in the public schools. Happily, other institutions are taking notice. Five colleges now have some sort of program to promote meatless Mondays. They all implement the program in different ways. The University of California, Santa Barbara is removing all meat from one cafeteria and beef from all three [...]
The mac and cheese recipes in all my vegan cookbooks are so elaborate. But to me, mac and cheese should be a fast meal. Comfort food that can be whipped up in 15 minutes. But in the past without having a good melting cheese, cookbooks had to go crazy putting together 10 ingredients just to [...]
I live about 20 minutes from Long Island and yet I never go. The bridges and the traffic are a pretty big turn off. But now, I have a whole new incentive to venture over there. Three Brothers Pizzeria. They are a regular pizza joint serving the traditional dairy pizzas. But they also have a [...]
Soy is used in pretty much everything these days. But vegetarians and vegans eat even more of it than the average person. People tend to worry about something called phytoestrogens that are found in soy. Those compounds are similar to estrogen but not nearly as strong. You may have heard of men not wanting to [...]
I think one of the biggest things that vegans miss when they give up dairy is pizza. It’s easy, great for parties, and a perfect comfort food. Happily, Pala Pizza on the lower east side offers a vegan menu with seven vegan pizzas to choose from. (They are not a vegan restaurant but they certainly [...]
Last week my Whole Foods finally started carrying Daiya cheese. For those of you interested, it’s in the prepared food section near the pizza dough, pizza cheese and sauce. It’s labeled “vegan cheese” and says Daiya. The first thing I made with it – because I missed them so so much – were nachos. Yep, [...]
When I first saw this article, I thought it was going to be about health. But hospitals in England are taking meat off the menu in order to reduce their carbon footprints. They are fighting global warming through vegetarian foods. Meat, as I understand it, will not totally be gone, but it will be greatly [...]
On New Years Eve my husband and I went to the Peace Food Cafe up on Amsterdam and 82nd with six friends. We had always had a bit of a problem finding food on the upper west side. At least food within our budget. The Peace Food Cafe had a great selection of all vegan [...]
According to the article in USA Today, the answer is yes. In the past three years, the government has provided the nation’s schools with millions of pounds of beef and chicken that wouldn’t meet the quality or safety standards of many fast-food restaurants, from Jack in the Box and other burger places to chicken chains [...]
Ever wonder how Tofurky compares to Field Roast or to that ever odd food Quorn? The American Dietetic Association put together a chart comparing various vegetarian Thanksgiving alternatives. For those of you who may not know, the AMA is the most trusted voice on nutrition and they have repeatedly reported that a vegetarian/vegan diet is [...]
