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As a charter pilot I'm on the road 150-200 nights a year. Sometimes I start my day at 3 or 4 AM and some days I end at that time. The point is there is very little I can count on in terms of regular meals at regular times. Even on a normal day what do you do if you find yourself at 37,000 feet over Des Moines and your stomach
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18 May 2012 at 1:38pm
Rutherford Pancake House is a storefront diner in Rutherford, NJ. It has a bunch of vegan options interspersed with loads of standard diner food. Apparently some vegans complained that the vegan menu was somehow "discriminatory" so the vegan options are now interspersed with the regular items. I personally don't see how this makes
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13 May 2012 at 1:41pm
A lot has been going on in my life this last week. Apparently a disk drive with all of my confidential information was stolen and I spent a few hours dealing with Walmart and my bank about some "purchases" that weren't actually made by me. Did you know that the Fraud department in a bank doesn't actually care that the store had information
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20 Apr 2012 at 1:02pm
Doing anything in a plane is imaginably better than doing anything not in a plane. That's the romantic bend anyway. Eating food that's a bit drippy is much much better consumed over a table where the table covering can be tossed in the trash or washing machine. Here are some pics of the raw wrap from SFO. The collard was an excellent
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11 Apr 2012 at 10:25am
Day six started in the hotel room with a boca burger, some daiya, some microwaves and a deli thin. Off to the airport a few hours later where 1/2 of the Native Foods burger was heated along with an Amy's burrito and more daiya. (I swear if they made injectable Daiya they'd be selling it on street corners and alleyways). Before
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9 Apr 2012 at 10:22am
After the Amy's breakfast I was pretty much full for the day, did an hour on the elliptical, and then had a little hunger pang. I opened up one of the small hummus containers and finished the carrots. Now I wanted a bit of something different since I had some time to head out. We took the T to Mass Ave and ended up at the Veggie
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26 Mar 2012 at 2:56pm
"I love you. Eat." I remember my Grandmother saying it as she pushed a package of Twinkies, (Tvinkies) or Hostess Snowballs my way to nurture my 10 year old body with love and sugar. Today my daughter follows in her footsteps, (albeit unknowingly as she never met this grandmother), as she's taken to baking as though she was born in
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26 Mar 2012 at 1:52pm
What started out as a chronicle of my daily food intake, I realized after a few days, will most likely be repetitive. I shopped, I nuked, I ate, rinse, repeat. So instead I'm going to summarize my go to foods for the cooler and post a few reviews of some of the amazing places I was lucky enough to be able to eat at. Two more days of
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19 Mar 2012 at 10:40am
I don't remember but I think it was -12 with the wind chill. It even looks cold in Minneapolis. Hey Minneaoplians, there are places with PALM TREES ya know. On the ramp in MSP I woke up not very hungry, well, whaddaya expect after eating 2 sandwiches for dinner? 2 cups of coffee later I was on the crew van and a short
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10 Mar 2012 at 10:21am
Off we went to Stop and Shop. My number one goal was Silk coffee creamer. I was running close to empty with the pint I had taken from home on Tuesday. I also picked up a few other things including one of my favorite on the road frozen breakfasts, Amy's Tofu Scramble. $23 for the spreeIn the plane heading out to Minneapolis
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8 Mar 2012 at 9:40pm
I do have a couple of posts to catch up on and a testimonial to write but the last 10 days off have been a whirlwind culminating in 2 days of the NYC Vegetarian Food Festival. I was an Emcee for 2 stages on day one and 1 stage for day 2 and got to meet some of my icons in the vegan world. The bummer was I didn't get to see any of the cooking
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8 Mar 2012 at 9:06pm
I'm going to add this edit to the post right up on the top. I'm still not sure but here's another very valid side of the equation to think about. My conversation with Dr. Michael Greger: This weekend I was an Emcee at the New York City Vegetarian Food Festival. I had the opportunity to spend a few minutes with
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2 Mar 2012 at 10:46am
I get into Opa Locka airport the other day in North Miami and I'm panicked. I don't know why I'm so afraid of being without food because one look at me and you know I could miss a meal or two. I'm just speaking theoretically here. I don't think I actually have missed a meal. Maybe some suppressed childhood memory of being threatened
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27 Feb 2012 at 12:09pm
I had a few hours in Tampa and borrowed a crew car. Not many choices but Viitals popped up on Happy Cow and I was craving a green smoothie in the worst way. Needed. Kale. Now. I passed it by the first time as it is located on the backside of the "L" of a strip mall. You have to make a right into the parking lot, (or
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26 Feb 2012 at 1:05pm
Nothing to make a big bruhaha about. Still, had my heart skip a beat when I first saw it! Heres the response: [Thank you for contacting us regarding the nutritional information on the Quorn Vegan Burger packaging. The value for Cholesterol should be 0mg. This is an error on the packaging. We will have this amended
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21 Feb 2012 at 5:30am
The timing worked and my good friend was around to pick me up and join me for dinner. He's a great guy but so afraid of this kind of food he stopped at Arby's on the way to get me. Spilled ketchup all over his car in a panic meal but he's come a long way and I'm sure just seeing the stuff made an impression on him. Favorably or not
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19 Feb 2012 at 5:44pm
Alright, it's a bit out of sequence but in Tampa today I picked up a few things from Whole Foods and while shopping for my Amy's products I found this: So like, WHOA!!! All the rage right? So like, I pick up a box, there are 4 in the box by the way, and can't wait for dinner tonight. They are a bit small sitting atop
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18 Feb 2012 at 5:08pm
It is rare these days to stay at a major chain hotel property and not have some sort of breakfast spread. They range from minimal to expansive. I don't even check ingredients anymore since there's no likelihood of them coming up with an egg-free waffle mix or dairy free muffin. I cruise right by buffet steam tables where most guests are stuffing themselves
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18 Feb 2012 at 8:11am
While getting familiar with my new office Perhaps the most fun video game ever conceived. while in training in Wilmington I like to get over to Home Grown Cafe for a home grown meal. Eating in an efficiency kitchen and trying to cook quick, nutritious meals, while economical, doesn't alleviate the need to sit back and have someone
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4 Feb 2012 at 12:47pm
From my comment on care2.com. I am never happy to hear of anyone getting bad news, especially about their health. I truly am sorry for Ms. Deen. I'm also sorry about her choices as a very public figure. As far as I know there is no drug that doesn't have some degree of toxicity. If that's her choice, to take
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24 Jan 2012 at 6:06am
You can only eat so many boca burgers and salad and microwave only so many Amy's in a hotel room before you need a nice cooked meal. I had nothing to base my decision on since there were not all that many vegan options, i.e., one "vegan friendly" place. That actually means nothing as any steakhouse can be "vegan friendly" by offering a salad,
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23 Jan 2012 at 9:32am
I keep saying that being vegan isn't "hard" it just takes a bit more work. That being said its hard enough being vegan let along traveling as a vegan so I am overjoyed, (well, a little less joyed than "over"), when I see that food businesses in the airports the traveling public uses actually make an effort to fill our needs. I do look forward
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17 Jan 2012 at 7:14pm
Bahn Mi is a Vietnamese sandwich on French Bread. VegNews just published a recipe from Robin Robertson. I've had really good results from her books and recipes and here are the steps in living color. The recommendation is to freeze, thaw, and then press the tofu. I don't have time for such nonsense. (Well, ok, there
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9 Jan 2012 at 1:49pm
Inspired by a tweet pic Kayla Marie @kklamarie 6dVegan pizza with seitan pepperoni, veggie sausage, and cashew ricotta. Because my bf is the best.twitpic.com/81vg48 I can't figure out why the pic isn't appearing but the link <--- works. I had a craving for some real good vegan pizza. I live on the Upper East Side of
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7 Jan 2012 at 8:19pm
I have so much to catch up on from the California trip but this has been on my mind lately and perhaps a bit more important than restaurant reviews. (I know, I know, ya gotta eat.) I was at a Vegan Drinks in NY the other week and was having a conversation with someone who basically said that, as far as talking to other people about
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7 Jan 2012 at 3:29pm
Two days in Disneyland and California Adventure gave me ample time to burrow into the ingredient lists in several establishments in both parks in Anaheim, CA. Some free advertising for Brittany. If you haven't checked out her cooking videos, you should. www.tofuguru.netOK, on three, everyone put your hands in your pockets ...
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31 Dec 2011 at 10:58am
It's been an interesting couple of days. So many things came across my plate, yes, figuratively speaking too. My trip took me through Chicago's O'Hare airport. I planned to pick up a Seitan Burrito at CIBO which had previously carried Soul Vegetarian's offerings, (now it's Soul Gourmet). So of course there wasn't a Seitan Burrito
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19 Dec 2011 at 1:25pm
Here is the link to the Vegsource article. It's a testament to our hard work, our ceaseless advocacy for the animals and veganism. It's a reward for every time we had to answer the, "Where do you get your protein?" question or respond to the "Animals are put on this earth for us to eat," statement. Over and over again we step up to
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12 Dec 2011 at 9:33am
My job kills me in so many ways. Well, not death killing but exasperation killing. I can't make plans because I'm on call so often and never knowing where I'll be makes it counterintuitive to pay for something when you have no idea if you can be there. Life becomes last minute. I wanted to attend this cooking class but when
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5 Dec 2011 at 11:11am
After a NYC Vegetarian Meetup at The Vault at Pfaffs on Broadway, (history steeped wonderful venue but not exactly what I'd call a vegan friendly menu), I was walking to the train on Bleeker and spotted Two Boots Pizzeria. I heard they were going all Daiya and poked my head in to see. Eureka my friends. Here's what I saw
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20 Nov 2011 at 9:04am
Saturday was a whirlwind. First a lecture by Melanie Joy, author of "Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows." It was held at the Universalist Unitarian Congregation in Long Island. The Long Island Vegan Meet up group was also, (entirely?) involved in it's organization. I finally met Jennifer Green who
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15 Nov 2011 at 1:18pm
From Mylene's blog, succinct.
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8 Nov 2011 at 11:06am
After the Marathon orientation was over I wandered aimlessly around the village. It's what many people who are there are doing. Nothing's changed in 40 years and I like it that way. So my wanderings take me past the old "Googies" bar. It looks all slicked out Irish Pub style now but the bar itself looks like it did from back
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5 Nov 2011 at 10:29am
This says it all: "... the best I can do is to consciously exclude as many animal products from my life as is within my control." It's not about perfection but intent cannot be said often enough. Marty from Marty's Flying Vegan Review www.martysnycveggiereview.blogspot.com
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5 Nov 2011 at 7:03am
Everyone seems to be selling everything these days. I remember when I first saw a clothes rack in a supermarket and thought, "How odd. Who would eat shirts?" Before long you'll be able to get your hair cut whilst waiting for an oil change and your hairstylist will also do your dry-cleaning. New York City has always been
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4 Nov 2011 at 12:46pm
For the past six years or so I have volunteered to be a on the medical team at the NYC Marathon. I love it. Its my way of giving back to the community. This year the orientation was at NYU. One of among 1500 volunteers. 49,000 runners. "Can I take care of that blister, Sir?" and right outside the building
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1 Nov 2011 at 1:08pm
Serves 3 to 4 -spray of oil (you can do this entire recipe as a water saute) -3 med potatoes diced -2 med onions chopped -1 red pepper -Pinch or two of mixed spices to taste (Spice mixture from "Fresh at Home" by Ruth Brown Tal) -12 baby bello mushrooms, more or less -chicken seasoning
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1 Nov 2011 at 11:47am
Activism and Veganism Reconsidered | Vegan Outreach
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27 Oct 2011 at 1:49pm
Throughout my journey from a long time pesco vegetarian through vegan activist (and blogger), there was a gentle voice in my ear storytelling, cajoling, rebutting, nudging, and keeping a soft pressure on my logic stream. I thought about what this woman said, how she said it, how I could fit it into my way of thinking. I looked forward to
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24 Oct 2011 at 1:51pm
Throughout my journey from a long time pesco vegetarian through vegan activist (and blogger), there was a gentle voice in my ear storytelling, cajoling, rebutting, nudging, and keeping a soft pressure on my logic stream. I thought about what this woman said, how she said it, how I could fit it into my way of thinking. I looked forward to
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19 Oct 2011 at 1:53pm
The bell curve. Anything in life can be analyzed by it. In this case there are people on one end you will ALWAYS listen to and on the other those you will NEVER listen to. Food choices also have a bell curve. A vegan diet is at one end and I suppose the late Dr. Atkins on the other, but most fall in the middle somewhere. Vegans
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12 Oct 2011 at 8:31am
Life is serendipitous. Look in just the right place at just the right time and you spend the rest of your life with your soulmate. Sliding Doors and all that. So I was bored and just looking at my iPhone Tweetdeck and I see the menu of the day scroll by. Serendipitous, right? I ask half heartedly where this feast is being
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11 Oct 2011 at 12:07pm
The Chicago Diner. What can I say about it that hasn't already been said before. I usually fly into Midway and on a good day it's about a 30-40ish minute drive. This wasn't a good day. It took almost an hour. Yikes. I hope nobody back at the ranch was waiting for the crew car to get back. The guy I was
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5 Oct 2011 at 9:10am
This is a long one folks. There are 3 places in this post: Counter Culture, Conscious Cravings, and the Vegan Yacht. I have looked forward to a night in Austin ever since the Food Network did that special on Vegans. Or was it vegetarians. And I looked up vegan Austin and saw choice after choice after choice. My facebook
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3 Oct 2011 at 12:00pm
While in Raleigh for a few hours I met my friend Helen who took this picture. Well, it is sort of a nice picture so I jokingly said, "Maybe the next blog picture." Hmmm. So what do you think? Do you like the sunset behind the plane in New Orleans (the current picture) or this one?
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17 Sep 2011 at 4:01pm
Foodswings, it's black veneer clearly designed by the devil himself with a menu put together by the very same Satanic forces of evil. Like the mythical Isle of Lesbos, Foodswings calls to me, forcing me to alter my course into the vegan dietary shoals. I hit hard and boy am I aground. Part of why I am a vegan is of course
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3 Sep 2011 at 10:21am
There were many areas that were prominent displays of water overflowing river banks and parking lots half under water. Here is the Thames River in Connecticut. Or maybe it was the Connecticut River. I don't remember when I took the picture on the way to Hanscom Field in Bedford, Mass., a reliever field outside of Boston.
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31 Aug 2011 at 12:21pm
A view of Molly Gibbons Lodge where we stayed.
Lunch outside on the balcony. Much better than lunch on the streets of NY where everyone gawks at your plate as they pass by. So relaxing over the bookstore.
I tried the Pyramid Bistro my first night here but the restaurant was closed due to the Nutritarian Event hosting Dr.
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28 Aug 2011 at 5:44pm
After walking over from a meeting I had near Penn Station I and my sweaty self arrived early at Angels and Kings bar at 500 East 11th Street for the Vegan Drinks meetup. The focus of the evening was to help raise money for Asian Moon Bears through the Animals Asia organization. If you would like to donate here's their link (Animals Asia).
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28 Aug 2011 at 1:08pm
It's getting late, the place I had in mind closed at 9PM but when we got there at 20 to there was a private function going on and the place was closed. We wandered down main street on our own. I remembered the young lady in our hotel mentioning the Cantina as having a few vegan options, there was a sign saying "Cantina," so in we went.
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27 Aug 2011 at 9:02am
Initially our trip was to go down to Raleigh, wait a few hours and fly our passengers home. A mechanical glitch turned that into a 3 day culinary adventure but for our quick lunch on day one we were driven over to a pretty nice sized shopping center. I have to guess that half of the stores there were restaurants. While searching for
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20 Aug 2011 at 12:54pm
Bulgur Wheat. Just sitting around. Sauteed up some frozen shitake shrooms and onions, sauted for a few minutes then added garlic and porcini mushroom powder. Mixed in some veggie broth base, added water and soy sauce and simmered covered for about 20 minutes, then let stand. I had some hydrated soy curls,
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10 Aug 2011 at 1:58pm
I had only an hour to make it from our hotel to this place in Rye, get back to the hotel and pick up the carnivore and bolt to the airport. It was a time well worth spending as although Andy's doesn't look like much, I do believe I might make it a stop anytime I travel route 95.
If you're not looking for it you could drive right by. If
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9 Aug 2011 at 11:44pm
I take such care when I shop. I read labels and ingredients. I think it takes me twice as long as anyone else I know. I look for allergens where milk and eggs are plainly listed. I look for a V. Sometimes I read what I want to read though. I never even saw the K D indicating Kosher and Dairy. As a vegan it sucks
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9 Aug 2011 at 12:39pm
In Van Nuys for a quick overnight I am psyched to find a vegan restaurant so close to the airport. I have no idea why I haven't found this place before because "find" is the operative word. I sat next to a couple who were not vegans and said they came there every Tuesday for dinner because they just loved the food. Now I know what
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6 Aug 2011 at 11:36am
I've been to Bermuda many more than a few times. Our overnights are usually planned to arrive around dinner time and depart after breakfast. There usually isn't much time to explore so in all of my visits to The Grotto, I have never actually gone further than The Swizzle Inn. Or is it the Stagger Inn ... perhaps the stagger out. I
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5 Aug 2011 at 8:54pm
Boba House is a very pleasant double storefront restaurant in Greensboro. Not all of the food is vegan but all food is marked that can be made vegan. I think most of the items are but just to make sure you discuss with your server they put a "v" next to almost everything. It's a good idea to make sure you don't have eggs or such
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28 Jul 2011 at 7:53am
The All American Burger from, "The Best Veggie Burgers on the Planet" by Joni Marie Newman, on Rudi's 7 Grain with flax. Sautéed in canola oil spray in a non-stick fry pan each side coated with Spike, Adobe, pepper and garlic powder, lightly salted. While first side cooked, seasoned second side. Then after I flipped it,
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23 Jul 2011 at 9:45pm
On one of my overnights in San Jose I had the opportunity to head into San Francisco and meet up with a fellow blogger, Jenn from TGWB. This meeting happened a few months ago and as sometimes happens, things sit in my queue. And sit. And sit. Sometimes blogs just sit for awhile. And sit. Oh yes, you know what's next
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19 Jul 2011 at 4:27am
We ate at the Pepper Tree and it was an excellent choice. Review in the works. Sometimes I wish I had all the time in the world to eat my way through a city but I look forward to heading back to Houston one of these days. Does anyone have any suggestions for a good vegan restaurant in Houston. Heading out to dinner
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14 Jul 2011 at 1:26pm
This is a pretty easy and quick post. My 11 year old daughter obviously misses her dad and the other day when I walked in there were about 2 dozen chocolate cupcakes waiting for me. Not just any kind of chocolate cupcakes mind you but VEGAN BEER chocolate cupcakes. When I was in college I had a lot of help putting on those "college
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11 Jul 2011 at 10:59am
I'm sorry if this upsets some people but I don't think I'm jumping up and down about the new Federal law proposal regarding egg laying chickens. I'm all for giving animals more humane treatment. That's why I don't eat them. I don't eat chickens or their eggs. I figure that by being vegan, the chickens I haven't eaten over the
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8 Jul 2011 at 9:54am
I started looking for vegan places during the drive up to Vermont for the wedding weekend. I wanted a place not too far of a detour and between the car's navigation, my TomTom and two iPhones came up with The Alternative Bakery in Rosendale, NY. I had never heard of Rosendale but it was near New Palz and Kingston, (their former home actually),
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2 Jul 2011 at 8:54am
On day one of my brother and nieces visit, the start of "wedding weekend," his California borne craving was for New York Pizza. We picked Zesty's Pizza on 3rd Ave and 95th Street. Just on a whim, I grabbed a sealed bag of Daiya Cheese and off we went. I figured I'd at least be able to get a salad or something. Zesty's has
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2 Jul 2011 at 8:20am
My brother and niece came into NYC for the start of a wedding weekend commencing in Middlebury, Vermont. I had to work on their first day in but we were going to meet up for dinner at Max Brenner's The Bald Chocolate Man later that day. I have a blog post about my dinner there last summer. At that time my only option was a Dr. Praeger Vegan
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2 Jul 2011 at 7:46am
My brother and niece came into NYC for the start of a wedding weekend commencing in Middlebury, Vermont. I had to work on their first day in but we were going to meet up for dinner at Max Brenner's The Bald Chocolate Man later that day. I have a blog post about my dinner there last summer. At that time my only option was a Dr. Praeger Vegan
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2 Jul 2011 at 7:37am
First of all two of my favorite words are taco and bar. Not really but it wasn't called chimichanga bar. There is a rule somewhere that says, basically, all good things shall start with, a pet peeve. Why did I have to ask for the vegan menu? Why was there nothing in the menu even saying "Hey, look what we did!!!!"
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27 Jun 2011 at 10:23am
For some reason, on this trip, my culinary discoveries were made while the girls were out buying things. I found The Pizza Cookery whilst California was being lightened of their excess shoe inventory and found this oasis while the shopping sharks circled the overstock of bathing suits. All I wanted was a nice green smoothie, Happy Cowed the
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26 Jun 2011 at 11:17am
Happy Cow to the rescue. The girls were going nuts at the Off Broadway Shoe store. I just don't get it. I have a pair of work shoes and a pair of sneakers. When I wear out one I'll head down to Moo Shoes and get another. But it was a feeding frenzy and that made me hungry so I Happy Cowed and found a veg-friendly place a block
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20 Jun 2011 at 9:14am
Someday in my heart of hearts I know that there will be no more animal suffering and death for the purpose of amusing our palates. Until then vegans need places to go to with their un-enlightened friends where no one needs to whine about the lack of choices and Remedy Diner in Raleigh, North Carolina could be the template for such a place. I'm
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19 Jun 2011 at 4:59pm
As I've said in the past, every meal doesn't have to hit a home run but has to cross a line. Raleigh proper was about 25 minutes away so one of our options was a super cool market called Earth Fare. (I know they must hate this but I'm going to say it's somewhere between a Trader Joe's and a Whole Foods). They have a pretty extensive
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19 Jun 2011 at 2:49pm
You know, coming from NY with its Chinatown and a take out or eat in restaurants on every other block, Kowloon is a monstrosity on the side of Route 1. It's scary. It's huge. It's stereotypical of every Polynesian 1960s restaurant looked like. The parking lot probably can hold a hundred cars easy. And the menu is just a
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17 Jun 2011 at 10:07am
NY Times Meatless Mondays in Aspen I've never really cared why someone when vegan or even if it was temporary. I'm not saying a life of veganism isn't better for all concerned but it's better that my flying partner opts for a vegan meal then a double bacon cheeseburger. I can keep working on him and oh, by the way, the double
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17 Jun 2011 at 8:39am
After eating one of the best vegan veggie burgers in Cleveland I found another place called "Now That's Class" which served a mixed vegan/omni menu. The venue is akin to NY's CBGBs or the old Ron's Place in New Haven. Punk? Is that dating me? Do I care? Nope. We walk in and I don't feel 100% out of place
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14 Jun 2011 at 2:02pm
Hunan Cottage is your basic Chinese restaurant with a selection of mock meats on a separate menu. It's a bright, cheery place, (unless you take exception with the fish tank), that calls out suburbia. There is acre after acre of floor space between the tables, and this much real estate would never be allowed in NYC. It's almost lonely
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11 Jun 2011 at 6:27pm
A very early departure put us in Cleveland early in the AM. Our rooms weren't ready yet so after killing a half hour in the lobby we got one of the two rooms and went to hang out. After another half hour the second room was ready. That was my room. As I travel down this road of life various questions percolate to the surface
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9 Jun 2011 at 2:05pm
I've started back on the Dr. Fuhrman "Eat to Live" program again focusing on mainly raw and cooked greens and salads as the primary foods. It makes sense to eat this way most of the time at any rate but this "diet" plan is a "life" plan. Here's a dish I cooked up for lunch in a Fuhrman "clean out the fridge while you're at it"
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8 Jun 2011 at 10:49am
Port Jefferson, NY is a quaint village on the North Shore of Long Island. It's where the cross sound Bridgeport CT ferry docks and in the summer, (this was Memorial Day weekend), it can be nothing less than a madhouse of traffic and tourists. (Note me raising my hand as part of the problem on this day). I also feared that with 2 cars, (I
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4 Jun 2011 at 9:51am
I tweeted (@veganpilotmarty) about where to eat in Tarrytown, NY and got a great bunch of suggestions from http://www.tarrytownthirdfriday.com/ (@Tarrytown3rdFri). So first off, thanks! We decided on The Santa Fe Diner, a Mexican place offering TVP choices on the menu. Whenever I see that I figure they know about vegan stuff. Our
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2 Jun 2011 at 4:36pm
Lawton, Oklahoma. Not a place that comes to mind when you say "vegan." I certainly had fears of only being able to find potatoes baked in bacon fat or fried in duck grease. And not in a haute-cuisine sort of way. I packed a bunch of food stuff. We were staying at Homewood Suites, a place with a stovetop, microwave, and full
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31 May 2011 at 9:10am
One of the vegan restaurants in Pensacola is closed on Sunday and the other, a cafe called By the End of Trail was closing in 20 minutes. No way I could make it down there. I called and a very helpful Trailender suggested Tu Do. It wasn't vegan but they would prepare anything vegan and were very helpful he said.It's a very obvious
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30 May 2011 at 3:08pm
I really get excited when I think about eating at Millennium. It is hands down one of the best restaurants I have ever eaten at. Period. I don't really go to review the food but to enjoy a DINING experience. I'm so excited I started taking pictures just DRIVING by the place.Hey, New York. Get with the program. You
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21 May 2011 at 12:23pm
First, if anyone can find an online menu please leave a comment with the link. Thanks in advance. This is one of the funkiest places on the planet. I think everyone is tattooed in some bodily location. Who knows, if I was 30 years younger I might be too. If nothing else, it's a center of people watching, coffee drinking,
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13 May 2011 at 3:59pm
One of the truly GREAT things about living in New York is that you have the best of the best at your doorstep. OK, 5 blocks in any direction is what we New Yorkers call a different neighborhood and I do miss the convenience of getting in my car and driving from strip mall to strip mall and back to my suburban driveway but for now I live in the
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9 May 2011 at 11:08am
I've been wanting to move towards a more raw diet. I'm not saying I'm becoming a raw foodist, (yet, but doubtful), but am very interested in dabbling in ways to turn plain ole veggies into delicious meals. I purchased 2 books, both from Jennifer Cornbleet. I just picked them. No recommendations, no reviews, just click and
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5 May 2011 at 11:59am
Everything made fresh everyday. How can you go wrong? It seems like you can't and this small vegan bakery in Rutherford, NJ proves it. In my pursuit of vegan food sometimes I have to put in a real effort to get where I'm going. I stopped by the SABS last week only the store was closed up and everyone was on vacation. Best
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4 May 2011 at 5:34pm
Ah, you think the life of a pilot is all glamor and fun, laying on the beaches of exotic locations and of course, let's not forget the frolic! So. Much. Frolic. My schedule as a charter pilot is a bit more mundane. If I'm not scheduled to fly and I'm not "OFF" I'm on standby. I have to be ready to respond to
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3 May 2011 at 6:16am
You know Val, even if you ONLY look at your vegan questions from a nutritional aspect you have to ask yourself what is good for you and what is, well, in essence, poison. My last holdout was fish. I figured hey, they eat their freakin' babies for chrissakes. When I read a government study finding mercury in 100% of the fish taken from
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30 Apr 2011 at 2:55pm
Wow. This is perhaps the best Gobble Green dish to date. I am not sure it has anything a all to do with breakfast unless you're into a bit if savory early in the day. This dish is balanced in texture and taste. It has beans, corn and sweet potatoes in a sauce with a perfect touch of heat. The corn and onions give it a nice balance of
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30 Apr 2011 at 9:03am
I am thrilled that youtube banned this video. The video itself is a disturbing and revolting look at the treatment animals are subjected to on a dairy farm. If any vegetarians continue to think that their milk and cheese consumption is cruelty free then seeing these gentle dairy cows in their last moments of life should dissuade them and
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29 Apr 2011 at 10:21am
I had no experience with a Meetup group and so with typical abandon I jumped into the deep end and went to the NYC Vegetarian Meetup at John's of 12th Street in NYC. Of course I chose not to just start out slowly where there were 5 or 10 people in a nice quiet setting but 80 people cranking away on vegan Italian food. It's even better than
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29 Apr 2011 at 6:21am
Check out my guest blog post on Vegansaurus! Captain Marty's Rules for Vegan Dining in a Non-Vegan Establishment http://vegansaurus.com/post/4926183583/captain-martys-rules-for-vegan-dining-in-a-non-vegan
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25 Apr 2011 at 9:05am
There's an old adage about the 2 things that happen when a cat sits on a hot stove. One: It will never sit on a hot stove again. Two: It will never sit on a cold stove again. So you can understand, after I was served a chicken burrito during my last visit to Blockheads, why I might not have wanted to sit on any stoves. I
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24 Apr 2011 at 10:59am
While the brisket and fish made their rounds and a lamb bone was held high I pondered the meaning of freedom that the Passover Seder represents. The story, called the Haggadah, is replete with ritualistic slaughter and traditional seder food preparation brings forth cooked animals. Although I have attended many seders as a vegetarian this was
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19 Apr 2011 at 12:09pm
If you know something is dangerous you have 2 choices; either take all sorts of precautions to try and mitigate that danger, (and of course don't whine if you still get hurt), or just find something else to do. style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none;
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18 Apr 2011 at 9:02am
If you know something is dangerous you have 2 choices; either take all sorts of precautions to try and mitigate that danger, (and of course don't whine if you still get hurt), or just find something else to do. There is mercury in fish, ecoli in your meat and now staph in your chicken. Eating animals might be a pleasure
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18 Apr 2011 at 8:28am
See? It can be done. This is not merely gratuitous proof but overwhelming proof done exceedingly well. There are so many situations where we have no choice but to break bread with those who insist on eating meat. Unfortunately we're often left with few culinary options above and beyond the grilled veggies or salads. This all changes here.
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16 Apr 2011 at 7:12pm
I found this pic from a lunch I had a few weeks ago and it is too colorful to not post. Vegetarian Juice Bar is a no frills place in Miramar, Florida that I have posted about before, (and have another post in the hopper), and look forward to eating at when I'm around Miami. Talk about eating a full color meal!I stopped by for a quick
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16 Apr 2011 at 7:26am
After my debacle at Twisted Noodle I was jonesing for a meal I could enjoy. I didn't want to worry about ingredients and I wanted something that tasted good. I wanted a place where everyone else could enjoy the food too. I also wanted something I couldn't get in NYC. Native Foods is on my list but I have to go back there by myself.
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14 Apr 2011 at 11:35am
Apparently Natalie Portman slid off the vegan wagon because she missed a few things and wanted a more convenient life. (I should be so misfortunate). There is nothing convenient about being a vegan. Nothing. We live by a set of ethics that trump ease. We read nutrition labels like mad scientists and download apps that tell
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