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iodized, for your pleasure

Posted in crafty, general on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

 I love salt. I was raised to love salt. If I ever have high blood pressure, I’ll probably lie about how much salt I eat, to avoid the finger-wagging. The thing is, I use sea salt and kosher salt, not that stuff hawked by that little girl with the umbrella. Not all salt is evil. [...]

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pasta with pesto & soy curls

Posted in quick fix, recipes, tagged , , on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This is from last week, when we had our mini heatwave. I didn’t want to cook at all, but I’d not really planned ahead with no-cook meals, so this is a little-cook one. And whaddaya know? It’s super good. I made the pesto first (takes all of two minutes), and in this nut-free household, pesto [...]

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oh, peta, you’ve done it again

Posted in general on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve taken issue with PETA before, for their use of sexuality, and I suppose this is along the same lines—just meaner. Way meaner. Does anyone who’s made a donation to PETA want their money used for this? I hadn’t seen the billboard, but through FoodFight! I followed a link to Vegan Hope’s post. She’s a [...]

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kind nugs and mercperks

Posted in eatin' out/in, tagged , on August 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »

As if I don’t get enough hits from people searching “nugs” (the title of my breaded seitan post), here we go with Hammy’s Vegan Kind Nugs. They’re baked breaded seitan pieces, served with a rather smokey barbecue sauce. How are they? Well, there are two situations in which they’d be awesome: after the witching hour, [...]

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chicago, part 3: the food!

Posted in eatin' out/in, tagged , , , , on August 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Just a word before I get into my dinin’ out over a week in Cheese-n-bratland. I visited a friend’s place on the North Side and saw this on the front door of his building. (OK, it was the wrong building—he lived next door—but we thought it was his building so while we waited for him [...]

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call for volunteers: portland vegfest 2009

Posted in general, tagged on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

About a month from now, Portland VegFest will be rollin’ into the Oregon Convention Center. That’s right, it’s gotten too big for the high school. Why am I bothering you with this now? Because they still need volunteers. Can you spare a few hours to help set up, clean up, or hand out samples? You’re [...]

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vegan on a train

Posted in general on August 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Behold the glory of the Amtrak Empire Builder cafe car, where you can sip your coffee while waiting for your cell phone to charge AND get trapped alone with the chanty-ranty guy who is probably just autistic and off his meds but scares enough people that he’s escorted off the train and into the back [...]

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veggie fest

Posted in general, tagged , , , , , on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here we go! I just got home from Chicago so I’ve got some catching up to do. I don’t like doing big round-up posts, so you’ll see a series of posts covering vegan Amtraking, Chicago restaurants, and this one, Veggie Fest Chicagoland. This is just a little slice. Even in 92° (and remember, with the humidity [...]

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veggie fest chicagoland

Posted in general on August 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Just got to Chicago (I’ll fill you in on the veg-friendliness of the train ride later), and my mom informed me that Sunday we’re going to Veggie Fest, which just happens to be happening while I’m here. It’s a 2-day event, their fourth annual, and they’ve got what you’d expect: food demos, vendors, information, and [...]

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