March 31st, 2008
Here are some of the most popular Veggie Chic posts from March 2008:
I had fun cooking with pointed cabbage and snacking on peppers.
I enjoyed an amazing meal at Saf, a vegan restaurant in downtown Munich.
My recipe for quick and easy homemade peanut butter.
And finally, I discovered the joys of Indonesian and Afghan cuisines.
It certainly […]
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March 29th, 2008
Vegan strippers in the New York Times !
Skinny Bitch got a write-up in Salon a while back. Summary: they didn’t like it so much.
A short video about a pig’s journey from piglet to porkchop, in reverse.
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March 28th, 2008
…because I’m almost out of porcini bullion. Good reason, no?
I’m not usually big on pre-packaged food, but one area where I tend to get lazy is broth. When I lived in Italy I fell in love with these porcini mushroom flavored bullion cubes which are available all over the place there (but, to the best […]
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March 27th, 2008
Next week I’ll be hosting another edition of the Vegetarian Carnival here at Veggie Chic. This will be the last edition hosted here for a while - the carnival is about to start traveling around again to some other great host blogs. Incidentally, if you’re interested in hosting a future edition of the carnival, please […]
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March 26th, 2008
The Accidental Vegetarian learns to love beets (with a recipe for beet-haters salad).
A quick and easy guide to roasting vegetables.
A Korean company helps employees eat their veggies.
On meat-free meal trends in the US.
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March 25th, 2008
I was in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, visiting friends a couple weeks ago. They took us out for an amazing dinner at a local Indonesian restaurant. We ordered the ‘rice table’ - basically a whole lot of small dishes. And when I say ‘a whole lot’, I mean it - look at this spread! It took […]
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March 24th, 2008
Reading this article about the recent vegan accomplishments of Stella McCartney, Natalie Portman, and Heather Mills, I started thinking about the intersection of celebrity and vegetarianism/veganism. Specifically, what does news about vegan celebrities do for the image of veganism?
On one hand, celebrities are often seen as trend setters and thought leaders. Celebrity endorsements get people […]
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March 22nd, 2008
Vegan diet may help arthritis (thanks to a reader tip from Rachel).
I just like the title of this post: Can being vegetarian be too sexy?
Vegetarian dishes for that big Easter meal.
The UK’s poshest veg shop.
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March 21st, 2008
On a whim, we visited a new Afghan restaurant in our neighborhood the other day. The decor was cozy and warm. The menu was limited, but we managed to settle on a vegetarian pumpkin appetizer and two vegetarian main courses, one spinach-based and the other eggplant-based. No alcohol was served, but there were several interesting […]
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March 20th, 2008
I have been a vegetarian for longer than I’ve spoken German. I was a vegetarian long before I first set foot in Germany. So while I realize how beloved sausages of various types are here in this part of the world, they have rarely caught my interest.
But vegetarian sausages? Those I’ll try, gladly. I found […]
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