Article Archive for June 2009
In Spain and Italy, lower rates of cardiovascular disease are linked to a diet rich in pulses.
Lentils are one per cent fat and 44 per cent insoluble dietary fibre, which helps eliminate blood …
On Sunday, with rain pouring outside and no desire to leave my apartment despite the grumble in my stomach, I picked through the limited contents of my fridge and pantry to see what I could …
These vegan/vegetarian celeb lists usually err on the side of ‘let’s include them, because they once declined a Big Mac’. Marc Bolan, included here, gave up being veggie and gorged on burgers and fried chicken. …
Two interesting, contrasting takes on vegetarianism in the Guardian. Both written by vegetarians.
An excerpt from the initial opinion piece from Hadley Freeman:
there is a problem, and that is the inherently tedious nature of evangelical vegetarianism. …
There’s something quite sick about a company that boasts of how many animals it has to kill to make a handbag. Hermes is proud that “it can take three to four crocodiles to make one …
A new indie movie form the UK follows the pork trade back from supermarket shelves to the corporate factory farms. Interestingly for an expose of factory farming, it’s aimed not at turning people off meat, …
The latest issue of Metropolis has a blurb on Nagi Shokudo in its ‘dining diary’ section. I won’t bother linking to it, since they only run those texts online for a week, and it makes …
The latest model for Peta: Lydia Guevara, granddaughter of Che. From AP:
NEW YORK – The granddaughter of Cuban revolutionary leader Ernesto “Che” Guevara is at the forefront of another revolution — for vegetarianism.
Lydia Guevara poses …
The Times of London has a piece on how to cook vegetables for maximum health benefit. For the raw foodists out there, this will be sacrilege. For others it’s a useful guide to keeping nutrients …
Sticking with the soup theme, here’s another chain that’s offering a vegetarian soup. Chowder’s has a 41-strong menu of soups, and many appear to be deliciously meat-free: Fire Tomato Bisque, Roasted Tomato Chowder, Seattle Mushroom …
