I love my local library. You just never know what treasures you can to find. For a not-so-vegan-friendly community where I live (that is, it’s hard to find a restaurant that doesn’t use animal products in every dish), I’ve been surprised to discover quite a few books on vegan topics.
The latest find is RAW from Charlie Trotter and Roxanne Klein — two celebrated US chefs who actively promote sustainable living and showcase it through their incredible culinary pursuits. Many of which are featured in RAW.
With recipes such as Mediterranean Cheese Salad with Dragon Crackers and Indian Red Peaches with Vanilla Ice Cream and Pecan Praline, this talented duo show just how diverse and satisfying a raw diet can be (although they do include not-so-veganesque raw honey in some recipes, which I’d suggest switching up with raw agave nectar).
Plus with gorgeous pics from photographer Tim Turner you’ll want to un-cook every recipe in the book. I’m starting with the sweet stuff: banana chocolate tart with caramel and chocolate sauces, minus the honey of course.
I just signed up to Alicia Silverstone’s website, The Kind Life. If you thought being vegan meant never eating cheese again, think again. Check out her blog about delicious gourmet vegan cheese from Dr Cow!
This non-dairy, organic cheese is made from 100% raw, organic nuts, with home-made acidophilus and a pinch of royal pink Himalayan salt. There are also zero preservatives, stabilisers, artificial ingredients or additives of any kind. Now that’s my kinda cheese. Oh how I wish it were available outside the States…
In a recent Huffington Post article, long-time vegan Michael Parrish DuDell called out (although not by name) a high-profile green group for holding an eco-conscious soiree that, well, wasn’t.
“Resting stylishly on recycled bamboo serving platters sat a ménage of beef tartar, pork belly something-or-other and a trilogy of pungent unidentifiable cheeses,” DuDell wrote. “I was frustrated that nobody on staff had made the seemingly obvious, absolutely critical connection between what we eat and the health of our planet.”
What Michael experienced at this party, is unfortunately common place amongst many high-profile greenies (Al Gore is one case in point). These peeps won’t give up their lamb chops and barbecued steak because, they have been quoted as saying, it’s just too hard for them and their followers.
Michael’s Huff Post article explains further:
At a recent concert in Sweden, Moby asked Al Gore why he didn’t mention the heavy environmental impact of animal production in his film An Inconvenient Truth.
“He answered honestly,” recounts Moby, “basically saying that getting people to drive a hybrid car isn’t that difficult. Getting people to give up animal products is almost impossible.”
Mr Gore, The Lazy Environmentalist guy and other self-proclaimed greenies are definitely doing wonderful things by getting the green word out. But in order for the planet to repair itself, we need to be educated on what’s doing the most damage. That without question is meat and dairy production.
A 2006 report from the UN stated that raising animals for food generates more greenhouses gases and contributes more to global warming than every mode of transportation in the world combined.
Read the full Huffington Post article HERE.
Glowingly-gorgeous Alicia Silverstone is sharing her beauty and health secrets, with the release of her book The Kind Diet, with a forward by fellow-veg Sir Paul McCartney.
The actress writes about the benefits of adopting a plant-based diet, from effortless weight loss to clear skin. She also spills the beans on how her vegan diet has given her boundless energy and a digestion that works how it’s supposed to.
While her name may be associated with Clueless, the health-happy celeb is anything but. While the vegan diet she recommends will be kind to your bod, Silverstone also explains why chowing down on meat, fish, milk and cheese causes permanent damage to the planet—so deleting it from the diet is a sure fire way to keep people and the planet healthy.
May The Kind Diet hit the bestseller lists everywhere!
