Category: Food
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Protein-packed air-fryer tofu and chickpea falafel
Who says vegans have trouble finding protein? I’m not a recipe blogger but I do like to cook. I have promised to keep the Friday posts light, offering ideas to make veganism seem more approachable and even attractive. So, delivering on that, I’m sharing with you an easy air-fryer falafel recipe I sort of made…
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Catering fail—no protein
Here’s a thing that has always been annoying: when so-called chefs can’t figure out protein that is not from an animal source. I blogged about it at Fit Is a Feminist Issue back in 2015. I have just come from two days at an off-site meeting where the catering fell short in this way. Now,…
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Vegan smoothies for a good start
I’m a breakfast person. I can’t skip breakfast and it’s a meal I actually look forward to every day and typically take the time to enjoy. The range of vegan breakfast options might surprise people. My usual repertoire includes oatmeal, overnight oats, toast with marmite or crumpets with peanut butter and banana, cereal, pancakes, breakfast…
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Travelling while vegan: Stockholm
Continuing my “Travelling while vegan” series, today I’m going to share my experience of seeking vegan options in Stockholm, Sweden. My schedule has been off because of the trip and trying to get back to my rhythm in the Eastern Time zone, which is why the Friday fun-post is landing on a Sunday. I can’t…
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Not all that’s edible is food
When I was at the social ontology conference last week I went to two great papers that considered, among other questions, the broad idea of what counts as food? In his paper, “Friend (Not) Food: Livestock as a Social Kind,” Dylan Brown, PhD candidate in Philosophy at Duke, noted that not everything edible counts as…
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Pizza, again! (This time in Stockholm)
I have blogged about pizza before, and no doubt I will blog about it again. This time, it’s pizza at a wonderful vegan restaurant I’ve discovered in Stockholm. The restaurant is called Veganska Olbaren and in the short time I’ve been here, I’ve eaten there twice. I’ll say more about the vegan charcuterie board I…
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Conference catering: what should the defaults be?
I’m at the International Social Ontology Society Conference in Stockholm this week. The conference provides lunch and breaks. And I’m happy to say that the lunches are all vegan and vegetarian. No meat-based options on the menu. This has become a trend at some conferences I’ve either attended or heard about lately. It’s especially prevalent…
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Don’t you just love farmers’ markets in the summer?
My title pretty much sums up how I feel about farmers’ markets when they have the local grown seasonal veggies that have just been picked fresh from the ground. I love the way summer markets reflect the natural rhythm of local produce. Back in June I had freshly picked Ontario strawberries from Heeman’s, a local…
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Yummy summer salad for the long weekend (or any weekend)
We’re gearing up for a long weekend here in Ontario. The weather is promising to be spectacular and I thought it might be good to talk about watermelon salad recipes. Have you tried watermelon salad? Well if not, here we go. I hadn’t ventured there either, but a couple of weeks ago I was trying…
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And then there’s the roadkill objection
Is there anything wrong with eating roadkill or other “found food” that is not vegan? Food waste is another important issue, and there is a whole “freegan” movement that is based on the idea of eating food that will otherwise be thrown out or wasted. The larger issue of food waste (and freeganism as a…
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