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Veggie Chic

by Jul on October 1st, 2006

This article in the Guardian made my mouth water with its delicious-sounding recipes for autumn vegetables.
Phuket, Thailand, is hoping that their vegetarian food festival at the end of the month will help boost tourism. Start planning your trip now!
Would a ‘vegetarian’ label get you to buy a pick-up truck?
Planning a fast? This article teaches you how to assemble the ideal vegetarian pre-fast meal.

Nat
Oct 2, 2006 at 7:25 am

The pumpkin recipe on the Guardian link looks soooo good. But where in the heck (in France) can I find tamarind pulp? What IS tamarind pulp? I think I could easily be vegetarian (I mean, I could live without meat) except that I find it so intimidating. Am I crazy to be intimidated by vegetarian cooking?
Jul
Oct 2, 2006 at 8:34 am

Don’t be afraid, Nat - vegetarians don’t bite.

OK seriously, I understand exactly what you mean. I have been looking into going vegan recently, and my research inevidibly leads me to recipes containing things like ‘nutritional yeast’ that I have never heard of. But you probably don’t need to add any new foods at all to your diet in order to go vegetarian. I only experiment occasionally, because it’s fun to try new things.

And check your local Asian market for the tamarind pulp.