October 2009
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vegan coming of age: tartex
what speculoos is to vegans these days, Tartex was to the (European) vegans back in the 90ies: everybody loved it, traveling punk bands lived off of it, cans of Tartex were exported to the US by traveling vegans in vast quantities.
I am always amused by the slight smell of dog food or liverwurst even (gasp!) upon first opening a can of the spread, but the pleasant texture and yummy taste has me...
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interview with a vegan pt. 2
(one day late!)
The wonderful Melisser, also known as The Urban Housewife in the vegan blogosphere, is my traveling hero! She is also the mastermind behind Sugar Beat Sweets and in the process of opening her own storefront in SF! This woman is an inspirational blogger, traveler and friend!
Melisser showing local products well deserved love.
1. when did you go vegan? I went vegan about 2...
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the vegan goods i picked up in bratislava
organic vanilla and cinnamon sugar; hazelnut rice milk
chocolate bananas and oranges
TVP for 0,40 to 0,70€
soyghurt and soy pudding
marinated tempeh (some of the best I ever had!) and tofu
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vegan travels: Bratislava, slovakia
Since Bratislava, Slovakia is only a one hour train ride away from Vienna the International PPK vegan gang decided to take a day trip there.
Hungry after a fun and loud train ride we decided to go straight to grab some lunch.
Happy Cow lists a few vegetarian options, one of them is the Govinda Hare Krshna restaurant located at Obchodna 30 in the Old City. We decided to pass up curries,...
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Sunday is for late night baking!
Vegan MoFo is only on its 4th day and I am already way overwhelmed. Phew!
On Sundays I will pull out neglected cook books and bake a late night sweet treat. I like baking late at night in my quiet kitchen best, with the balcony door open. Since today was spent with napping and having pizza from across the street and hanging out with a friend, I started the Sunday MoFo baking with an old...
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Interview with a vegan pt. 1
I have been wanting to start a little series of interviews with some of my favourite vegans for a while now and Vegan MoFo 2009 gave me the extra shove I seem to have needed to begin this fun little project. 4 (four) quick never changing (unless I get sick and bored of them!) questions about veganism, food, vegan foodism posed to the vegans around me. First up is Mike, my favourite vegan. He likes...
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Happy Vegan Mofo! Happy day of the coffee! oh, and...
And so, it begins! A month of vegan & fun blogging! Thursday will be random food themed photo day! Autumn started a few days ago and the farmers markets have been filled with amazing colourful produce, sunsets watched from my balcony have been orange and pink and the leaves of my ivy on the very same balcony are showing the most fabulous red and orange tones as we speak. But less talk, more...