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Excuse me, there is horse meat in m

Thu, 2013-02-14 11:16
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by Ann

Do you know about the current big meat scandal in Germany? Horse meat in ready meals! Horse meat instead of beef! Gasp!

Here comes the big outcry. People are shocked because they've eaten horse meat. Horses aren't supposed to be eaten. You can cuddle horses! Horses are intelligent. Eating horses is disgusting and wrong!

A Vegman in Naples (and Capri)

Sun, 2013-01-20 15:36
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by Ann

I don't know if you know “Eat, Pray, Love”. Some might say it is a chick book, and maybe it is, even though I don't know how an autobiographic story could possibly be a chick book. However, I read it a few years ago in Morocco, and I'm still so grateful that I read it while traveling because the story stirred a very old yearning inside of me. Traveling and writing...

A Vegman in Poland

Mon, 2012-10-15 14:55
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by Ann

I grew up with a grandma telling stories about her home in Silesia, about cows and fields and chicken hatchlings... but also about expulsion and flight, about starting all over again.

This month, my childhood stories got alive, as we rented two mini-busses and hit the road. 14 people. The past in the present. Family chaos.

A Vegman in Prague

Mon, 2012-08-13 19:49
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by Ann

Just came back from a weekend trip to Prague and I have to say: AMAZING!

You're walking on cobblestones, crossing a medieval bridge, breathing in centuries full of history and, above everything, there is Prague Castle, the biggest castle in the world at about 570 metres in length and an average of about 130 metres wide.

A Vegman on the Azores

Thu, 2012-07-26 11:42
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by Ann

For the past ten days I've been teetering on the brink of eating fish. And cheese.

Waffle Ruffle

Wed, 2012-06-27 10:16
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by Ann

Wikipedia says, "A waffle is a batter- or dough-based cake cooked in a waffle iron patterned to give a distinctive and characteristic shape. "

Veganizing the recipe was easy enough, I used water instead of milk (I've always done that, even back then in my omnivore life, it makes the waffles crispy) and my friend No-Egg came to the rescue.

Little Travel Stories

Wed, 2012-05-23 20:21
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by Ann

Upon boarding the Amtrak train to the US:

"Oh, you're going to Bellingham? Lovely. My nephew lives there. He is in the band Death Cab For Cutie."

Stopping in a little café while walking the South Bay Trail along Bellingham Bay:

"Do you have anything vegan to eat?"

"Oh, I wish we had, I'm vegan myself!"

A smile, a blink, a bond.

I Feel So Raw Inside...

Mon, 2012-05-21 03:08
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by Ann

After three days of dazzling sunshine, British Columbia has finally remembered that it is supposed to be rainy and foggy. Now you are able to recognize all the places from the x-files (insert title melody).

A Vegman in Vancouver

Sun, 2012-05-20 05:21
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by Ann

Greetings from British Columbia!

I'm currently lying in my hostel bed, my feet hot and heavy after a day of walking around. Most awesome thing today? Spotting wild black bears next to the highway. Second awesome thing today: Sitting on a glacier in the snow.

Panic power outage bangers

Sun, 2012-04-15 13:42
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by Danaliese Radley

In the first few days of my new job I hit the ground running, which is usually the case in any kitchen, trial by fire, hopefully not literally although once it was but that’s another story. With a bunch of hungry volunteers chomping at the bit for some tasty vegan fare I was given the warmest of welcomes.

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