Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Bears at Yosemite Returning to Vegan Diet
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2573720/What-Yogi-Boo-Boo-think-Yosemites-bears-stealing-fewer-pic-nic-baskets-turn-VEGAN-diet.html
"Don't Be a Spoiled Sport"--My Annoying Vegan Ways
My friends were having ice cream in Yosemite Village, so I investigated what--if anything--was available for vegans.
When I returned to the their table, I said, "I'm disappointed that they don't offer any vegan options in a national park. They should even promote veganism."
One of my friends, obviously annoyed by my cause, said, "Don't be a spoiled sport."
Did she think that I was upset that I couldn't eat ice cream? I could. I can. I just don't.
But her husband was willing to hear why I thought veganism was important to both the environment and to animal welfare.
When I returned to the their table, I said, "I'm disappointed that they don't offer any vegan options in a national park. They should even promote veganism."
One of my friends, obviously annoyed by my cause, said, "Don't be a spoiled sport."
Did she think that I was upset that I couldn't eat ice cream? I could. I can. I just don't.
But her husband was willing to hear why I thought veganism was important to both the environment and to animal welfare.
Yosemite National Park--So Beautiful but Missing the Eco-Vegan Options
We had a wonderful time in Yosemite with friends, oohing and ahhing over the splendor and deciding that there should really be only shuttle busses (or a train?) to do away with the bumper-to-bumper cars--especially in a place that is all about keeping the environment beautiful.
Another way that there seems to be no awareness is in food options. This is a place that should be educating people about vegan options and REASONS that vegan options are kinder to animals and to the environment.
Instead they had nothing vegan on their menu. It was a question of removing things.
This was fine as a snack: Crostini Broschetta and tomates with assorted olives. But since they had chili con carne, couldn't they have had another vat of no-beef chili?
Our hostess made vegetarian chile with tofu for us our first night, a very nice gesture that Yosemite could make.
We had two other delicious dishes made by those being hosted--gallo pinto, the famous Nicaraguan-Costa Rican dish, and a Nigerian stew.
For shame that I did not make any of these dishes! I believed it when I heard that the hostess liked to cook for us, so I thought we would take her out to dinner when she tired of cooking!
Next time I'll take along dishes and recipes just in case! (I did walk with my suitcase for half a mile, take a streetcar and then a BART train, and I DID bring some vegan crescent cookies.)
Okay, Yosemite people: You and I have got to do better!
Another way that there seems to be no awareness is in food options. This is a place that should be educating people about vegan options and REASONS that vegan options are kinder to animals and to the environment.
Instead they had nothing vegan on their menu. It was a question of removing things.
Our hostess made vegetarian chile with tofu for us our first night, a very nice gesture that Yosemite could make.
We had two other delicious dishes made by those being hosted--gallo pinto, the famous Nicaraguan-Costa Rican dish, and a Nigerian stew.
For shame that I did not make any of these dishes! I believed it when I heard that the hostess liked to cook for us, so I thought we would take her out to dinner when she tired of cooking!
Next time I'll take along dishes and recipes just in case! (I did walk with my suitcase for half a mile, take a streetcar and then a BART train, and I DID bring some vegan crescent cookies.)
Okay, Yosemite people: You and I have got to do better!
Monday, April 10, 2017
Vegan Cookies Appreciated by Peers and Millennials over Weekend--Hooray!
I'm so grateful when people like what I make because I'm really not a a very good cook, and because I'm now so devoted to the vegan (environmental-animal welfare) cause, I'm especially grateful when they don't notice anything missing!
Here you see Zacarias Palacios, a CCSF Student Ambassador, with one in hand, and he and the others who tried these cookies seemed sincere when they told me they were good.
The day before, I'd taken along this batch of cookies to lunch in Point Reyes to share with friends after lunch and before Dennis Johnson's benefit piano recital, and they'd also seemed to mean it when they said they liked them.
The day before, I'd taken along this batch of cookies to lunch in Point Reyes to share with friends after lunch and before Dennis Johnson's benefit piano recital, and they'd also seemed to mean it when they said they liked them.
Friday, April 7, 2017
Am I a No-Honey Vegan?
Am I a No-Honey Vegan? a friend wants to know.
I don't know.
So I looked up "Why isn't honey vegan," and I got the Vegan Brothers, who apparently are no longer vegan. But they were vegan at the time they made a video giving the reason that honey IS vegan:
http://veganbros.com/1-reason-honey-vegan/
I don't know.
So I looked up "Why isn't honey vegan," and I got the Vegan Brothers, who apparently are no longer vegan. But they were vegan at the time they made a video giving the reason that honey IS vegan:
http://veganbros.com/1-reason-honey-vegan/
Jon Ossoff Supporters Are Awesome, But Are They Vegan?
Yesterday I attended a fund-raiser for Jon Ossoff, to support him in his bid to take Tom Price's place in the House of Representatives, District 6.
I wrote on another blog (SF Vistas) about that, but here I want to mention that the wine was vegan, but the cream sauces were not.
I thought young people were doing better than us older folks.
They had pure raw veggies, but I'm not that pure. I like sauce. Cashew spread. Humus dip.
Just thought I'd mention it.
I wrote on another blog (SF Vistas) about that, but here I want to mention that the wine was vegan, but the cream sauces were not.
I thought young people were doing better than us older folks.
They had pure raw veggies, but I'm not that pure. I like sauce. Cashew spread. Humus dip.
Just thought I'd mention it.
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
The New York Times Declares that the Hippies Have Won the Culinary Battle
Bill Shoaf, the friend who went on the last 110 miles of the Camino with me, sent this link, which I'll elaborate on tomorrow.
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