I first “met” Christy Robinson several years ago when she emailed me through my website Veggiegirl to ask if I would include a link to her Etsy jewlery store on the site. We struck up an email conversation, became friends and have stayed in touch, even though we’ve never actually met in person. (This was […]
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Chocolate-Nog Cupcakes from Cheers to Vegan Sweets
This festive Chocolate-Nog Cupcakes recipe is from Kelly Peloza‘s new book Cheers to Vegan Sweets, which features 125 deliciously fun drink-inspired dessert recipes. It’s a cookbook that takes readers on a delicious tour of cafés, cocktail bars, and lemonade stands, where all the drinks come in dessert form. Imagine your morning vanilla hazelnut mocha re-imagined as […]
Consume More Calm this Holiday Season
It’s that time of year – the Holidays – the grandest consumer-fest of all. We are consumers. We make the Consumer Price Index rise. We are measured with the Consumer Confidence Index. There are bureaus of consumer affairs, consumer magazines, and consumer networks. But I’m weary of being consumed. Consumption was the original word for […]
Get Ready for the First-Ever Cruelty-Free Friday
The day after Thanksgiving has traditionally been known as Fur-Free Friday, the day when fur stores around the country can look forward to having squads of animal advocates demonstrating just outside their doors. PETA, the organization that started Fur-Free Friday, wants to garner some holiday goodwill not just for animals killed for their fur but […]
Interview Series – Nava Atlas
Nava Atlas is the author and illustrator of many books on vegan and vegetarian cooking, most recently Wild About Greens and Vegan Holiday Kitchen. Her backlist includes Vegan Express, Vegan Soups and Hearty Stews for All Seasons, The Vegetarian Family Cookbook, and The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet. Her first book, Vegetariana, published in 1984, is considered a classic in its field. Nava’s book Vegan Holiday Kitchen came out in […]