Tag: vegan
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Vegan goodies for the holidays
I like desserts and sweets, especially around the holidays. The only thing is that a lot of the old favourites aren’t vegan. That’s why I make my own fun at this time of year, testing out new recipes and bringing back old favourites. This year, I’m trying two new things: coconut laddoos (which are basically…
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FYI: Most of the “superfoods” are vegan
Whether you’re a “superfood” skeptic or a “superfood” believer, the best thing about superfoods is that the majority of them are vegan. On this ranking of 21 superfoods from Outside Magazine, 19 of them are vegan. As a personal aside, 13 of them are in my kitchen right now (14 if you count whole oranges,…
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Change is possible: Warwick University students vote for campus eateries to go vegan by 2027
This story, “Where’s the beef?: vegan diet to be ‘imposed’ on Warwick University students after vote bans meat and dairy,” came across my inbox last week (thanks, Samantha!). What a reassuring relief to read that it is in the realm of possibility for students of a large institution to vote in favour of going completely…
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I said I didn’t need a rice cooker
I grew up with rice and I have always known how to make perfect long grain white rice on the stove top. You measure out the rice, and then you measure out twice as much water into a pot with a good lid. One cup of rice takes two cups of water. Bring the water…
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Easy pumpkin muffins that are more like cake (not complaining)
Even though I’m not a pumpkin spice latte person, I do love pumpkin and the cinnamon-nutmeg-ginger-cloves spice blend that has come to be associated with it. And with all the American friends and media blasting me with pumpkinny things related to their Thanksgiving yesterday, I have had pumpkin in mind all week. It is comforting…
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The perverse tradition of “pardoning the turkey”
It’s Thanksgiving in the U.S. today (we had our Canadian Thanksgiving back in October). Frequently called “Turkey Day,” Thanksgiving is a day when the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates 46 million turkeys will be eaten. Another 22 million will find their way onto Christmas tables. Altogether, Americans consume an estimated 245 million (PETA) to 250…
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Vegan catering fail—gluten free pizza, no cheese
I think “Vegan Catering Fail” and “Vegan Catering Win” are going to become blog series because bad vegan catering is just so common and good vegan catering is just so refreshing. I know some people might think I should be happy, grateful even, that there was any option at all that I could eat. But…
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Hummus: humble and reliable, even if part of a vegan stereotype
If there is one vegan stereotype that I embrace, it’s the hummus-lover. At any given time, I have at least two kinds in my fridge. And I keep a supply of extra, with cascading expiring dates, so that I never have to fear running out. I’m not sure why the iconic Middle Eastern dip is…
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Unreflective carnivores, the marginal case argument, and making a difference
I’ve been reading around quite a bit as I prep to write a new paper. When I say “reading around,” I am referring mostly to philosophy papers on topics in food and animal ethics, mostly as they seem relevant to veganism, meat-eating, animal suffering, and possible moral requirements that facts about animal suffering might yield.…
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A vegan feast for Canadian Thanksgiving
This weekend is Thanksgiving in Canada, where we celebrate the harvest season. For me, it is a time to get together with my family. As a settler Canadian living on the traditional territories of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak, and Chonnonton Nations, on lands connected with the London Township and Sombra Treaties of 1796 and the…
