Yorokobinoma
Tue, 31/08/10 – 5:19 | No Comment

It is sad to admit that Japanese food is the most desired but the most difficult place for vegetarians to dine out. The chefs sometimes to give up their katsuo dashi (bonito stock), which is …

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Salon: Our conflicted relationship with animals
Monday, 6 Sep, 2010 – 23:26 | No Comment
Salon: Our conflicted relationship with animals

From salon.com:
In his fascinating new book, “Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat,” Hal Herzog looks at the wild, tortured paradoxes in our relationship with the weaker, if sometimes more adorable, species. A …

Brown-rice breakfast
Saturday, 4 Sep, 2010 – 6:17 | No Comment
Brown-rice breakfast

An interesting idea for leftover brown rice, from the Happy Herbivore recipe site.
[check it out here]

Haaretz reviews “Eating Animals”
Saturday, 4 Sep, 2010 – 5:51 | No Comment
Haaretz reviews “Eating Animals”

A vegetarian writer for Haaretz reviews Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Eating Animals”:
This virtuoso writer breathes life into the dry facts, the statistics and the suffering. The book’s main innovation, though, is its fresh perspective, its non-didactic …

Pinwheel vegan catering
Saturday, 4 Sep, 2010 – 5:35 | No Comment
Pinwheel vegan catering

Pinwheel is a new vegan catering service launched by Deva Deva Cafe and one of the members of vegan band Sipa Baled Clone. They offer party menus at various prices, and a range of sandwich …

Veggie nutrition tips
Saturday, 4 Sep, 2010 – 5:23 | No Comment
Veggie nutrition tips

From The Times-Picayune, a long article with a bit of useful advice on how to get your iron, calcium, B12 and whatnot. Usually these articles have images of colourful vegetables, but The Times-Picayune has …

Alishan market day
Friday, 3 Sep, 2010 – 7:45 | No Comment
Alishan market day

Alishan organic centre’s market day is tomorrow, Sept 4th, 2010.
[Check here for the details]

NYT: Cleaning the Henhouse
Thursday, 2 Sep, 2010 – 17:17 | No Comment
NYT: Cleaning the Henhouse

Nicholas Kristof calls for an end to battery cages, in the New York Times:
Inspections of Iowa poultry farms linked to the salmonella outbreak have prompted headlines about infestations with maggots and rodents. But the larger …

WaPo: Let’s not meat. RSVP.
Wednesday, 1 Sep, 2010 – 23:55 | No Comment
WaPo: Let’s not meat. RSVP.

In the Washington Post today:
While I was strolling one recent Saturday through the Mount Pleasant Farmers Market, the panoply of late summer fruits and vegetables inspired me: Why not use Labor Day as a kickoff …

Kagetsu veggie ramen packs online
Tuesday, 31 Aug, 2010 – 5:42 | No Comment
Kagetsu veggie ramen packs online

Once a year the Kagetsu ramen chain launches a vegetarian ramen special. Now, until Sept 12th, they’re offering packs of the ramen online. 5 packs will set you back ¥2,480 and includes packets of soup …

Subway veggie “delite”
Wednesday, 25 Aug, 2010 – 22:39 | One Comment
Subway veggie “delite”

A couple of years ago in the Weekender, the irrepressible Bill Hersey wrote in his society column about a fabulous eatery he’d discovered. It sold superlative sandwiches, he said, and was called “Subway”. He recommended …