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Before we got rid of our TV, I was becoming weary of the amount of hours dedicated to cookery programs which encourage people to “fetishize” food and slaver over exotic culinary preparations. Historically, an unhealthy fascination with gourmandise seems to have proliferated in civilisations on the cusp of decline and I think we are no [...]
Filed under: Contemporary Culture, Inspiration, Vegan, Vegetarian | Tagged: Cooking, Food, Lifestyle, Veganism, Vegetarianism | 10 Comments »
Last week was interesting … For a start, the Daily Mail published a story about a deformed calf being taken from its mother and shot on a farm in the Bristol area that supplies milk to Cadbury’s. It was just one of the many cruel details uncovered by a Viva! investigation. This was “shocking” enough [...]
Filed under: Environment, Milk Monday, Vegan, Vegetarian | Tagged: Agriculture, Animal welfare, Dairy, Farming, Food, Greening, Lifestyle, Veganism | 3 Comments »
Sometimes I get asked why I am vegan. This was more common when I first transitioned into abstaining from animal products. Nowadays I am more likely to get what seems like polite and accommodating indifference. I sit at tables longing for someone to pop the question and give me permission to discuss something that is [...]
Filed under: Contemporary Culture, Environment, Milk Monday, Natural Living, Vegan, Vegetarian | Tagged: Animal welfare, Cooking, Dairy, Food, Greening, Lifestyle, Spirituality, Veganism, Vegetarianism | 2 Comments »
One of the most exciting things to find and eat at this time of year is Laetiporus sulphureus, commonly and aptly named “Chicken of the Woods”. Appearing from April and sticking around into November, this bracket fungus grows mainly on dead and dying Oaks in the UK. It is nice and easy to recognise but [...]
Filed under: Foraging, Vegan, Vegetarian | Tagged: Cooking, Food, Foraging, Lifestyle, Local, Mushrooms | 1 Comment »
I am often asked about my abstention from animal products, by someone sitting across the table who is tucking into a cheesy chicken breast. I never fail to be amused by the oddness of the situation but people are often quite surprised to hear the lowdown on what they are chewing on. I’m indebted to [...]
Filed under: Milk Monday, Vegetarian | Tagged: Agriculture, Animal welfare, Dairy, Farming, Food, Lifestyle, Veganism, Vegetarianism | 1 Comment »
This is a long “thinking out loud” post and so I apologise but also want to say at the outset that I am a work in progress and just finding my way along; so I’m happy to engage in constructive discussion. Sometimes I am embarassed to admit that it was “Skinny Bastard” (The male version [...]
Filed under: Vegetarian | Tagged: Animal welfare, Cooking, Dairy, Food, Lifestyle, Veganism, Vegetarianism | 9 Comments »
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