Maybe it’s just my interest in cooking unique, healthy, fresh food. Maybe it’s the appeal of vegetarianism. But it seemed to me that this week there were a lot of blogs writing about vegetarianism and veganism. I’m still neither of those, but I really admire people who are and I’ve really enjoyed exploring them recently (I just got Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals
Highlights for February 14-20: Veganism and Vegetarianism
Sometimes I think these diets seem more popular because I’m so aware of them, but I’m clearly not the only one interested. Alicia Silverstone’s vegan cookbook, “The Kind Diet ” was topping Amazon’s bestselling cookbooks list.
No Meat Athlete is one of my favorite blogs for vegetarian recipes, and there’s a whole category of healthy desserts, which are almost always vegan.
People often comment that vegetarian/vegan diets don’t supply enough nutrients. Planet Green says you can get more iron than Popeye as a vegan
Endless Simmer examines the question “Can a vegetarian/vegan be a “foodie”” (The answer? A resounding “yes”. Duh.)
Also from Planet Green, “Meat the Press: 6 Ways to Decode Media Coverage of Vegan Issues”
A spin on Bittman’s “Vegan until 6,” Graham Hill is promoting weekday vegetarianism. I know ideas like this upset “real” vegetarians sometimes, but I think it’s really great. In fact, in the 14 months since I cut my meat consumption by more than half, full time vegetarianism has become more and more appealing.
Every Saturday, I choose a theme and highlight blog posts, websites and news articles from my Google Reader which I found interesting (and hope you do too!) If you want more reading, check out “What I’m Reading” on my sidebar.
