The Vegan Diaries

Julie & Julia

Posted on 11. Dec, 2009 by admin.

Just finished watching Julie & Julia. Wow! What a great movie. I knew I loved it in the first 5 minutes. It has nothing to do with being vegan but everything to do with food and let’s face it — most of us vegans are foodies. We just don’t eat animals. I’ve always loved cooking and go through phases where I’m cooking alot and then phases when I’m not. But, I I’ve been doing enough cooking over the last few months that I’ve gotten into a certain rhythm and don’t think that’s changing anytime soon.

It’s really interesting when you first start cooking, you really don’t what you’re doing. Just following the instructions and hoping it turns out. But, after a few recipes it starts to come together. You start improvising and gaining confidence. In the movie, Julie enjoyed cooking before beginning her project but at the end there’s a sense that she’s cooking a higher level. All the lobster mistakes and duck deboning fears are gone.

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Vegan Cooking Shows

Posted on 24. Nov, 2009 by admin.

I really wish the Food Network would put out a vegan cooking show. Or, even a vegetarian cooking show would be close enough. They have an entire 24/7 channel devoted to cooking yet don’t have a single show devoted to vegan cooking. Shame! They must not believe there’s a market and high enough demand but if that’s what’s holding them back they have to be wrong — there’ just too many of us. This could be a great opportunity for them to introduce the masses to cooking with tofu and grains such as quinoa and amaranth.

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Alicia Silverstone’s, “The Kind Diet” — Loved it!

Posted on 18. Nov, 2009 by admin.

I recently finished reading Alicia’s Silverstone’s new book, “The Kind Diet” and really loved it. Even though I already know alot about nutrition in general I had alot of questions about vegan food and how to be a healthy vegan. The Kind Diet is a great introduction to the vegan lifestyle. Alicia very concisely and clearly goes through every issue and question that about going vegan that people have in nice organized way — and she includes really yummy recipes!

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Good Morning America Food Safety– Monday’s Segment

Posted on 09. Nov, 2009 by admin.

Kudos to Good Morning America for doing a 3 part series the meat industry and ecoli.  What I’m hoping that will be revealed in this series are: How ecoli gets into our beef Why we don’t have stronger regulation around food safety What’s really in a hamburger The way meet goes from cow to hamburger and [...]

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Food, Inc. is a Must Watch

Posted on 04. Nov, 2009 by admin.

Wow! I’m watching Food, Inc.
for the 2nd time. Watched it last night but was tired so think I missed a few things and watching it again today. If you haven’t seen it, I strongly suggest you do. It’s on Comcast now in the On Demand library in the Independent section. If you don’t have Comcast, then rent it.

Several things struck me about this movie. These are my notes so may not make sense at times. I took them while watching.

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