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Bugs in your food

Tara Parker-Pope, one of the NY Times' Health bloggers, addresses one of the less commonly known non-veg*n ingredients: bugs. Or, to be precise:


Cochineal extract and carmine, used to dye food, drinks and cosmetics various shades of red, orange, pink and purple, are extracted from the dried bodies of the female cochineal bug.


The FDA has recently finalized a rule that such ingredients must be called out if they;re in a product, because some people have severe allergic reactions to them.

Tara brings up that many folks think they should go a step further to indicate that carmine and cochineal extract come from bugs, so that vegans and vegetarians will know.

Of course there are MANY ingredients that are called out, but not obviously animal in origin to a lot of folks. So, it's a slippery sloe indeed.

Would I appreciate it if they did it? You bet.

Do I think it's going to happen? Nope.

Just check out some of the nasty comments on Tara's post. Or on second thought: Don't bother. No need to ruin your day too :)

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Vegan MoFo Day 15: The NY Times finally reviews Candle 79

Frank Bruni gives NYC vegan restaurant Candle 79 what must be one of the most begrudging good reviews I've ever read in the New York Times today. From the article's headline ("Not Missing the Meat (Mostly)" to its conclusion ("That regimen has its rigors, but it's not without its rewards") Bruni seems both surprised and surprisingly loathe to admit that the vegan food at Candle 79 is satisfying, tasty, hearty, even delectable.


I've only been to Candle 79 once, but it made an indelible impression on me. I had the Picatta that Bruni praises, and found it scintillating. In fact, it may have been what turned me on to buying and cooking with seitan myself!

Bruni brings up a common bone of contention in the vegan world: Is it OK to seek out and create and prefer dishes which, by name and by presentation, attempt to emulate or evoke non-vegan food?

I say "yes." Come on people: Yes, it makes a difference that the burger is not really a burger when we all know that it's not a burger. I think it serves a purpose to say, "I can have fabulous boots without killing a cow. I can eat ice cream that requires no dairy. etc."

Now, perhaps for the carnivores among us, the look and name of something meat-like which isn't actually meat dazes and confuses them, but I like to think people are smarter than that.

And frankly, as a long-time veg*n it really seems all the same to me :) Except for, you know, without the killing and cruelty and stuff.

Post a comment Tags: vegetarian, new york times, vegan, candle 79

NY Times endorses California's Prop 2

Vegan.com cuts to the chase here.



Vote Yes on 2, even if, like me, you are unconvinced by dancing pigs.

2 comments Tags: new york times, animal rights, animal welfare, vegan.com, proposition 2

Great post form Vegan Soapbox: Truly, you can eat vegan anywhere

Eccentric Vegan isn't too happy with how a NY Times writer (and author of a new guide to being a vegan in NYC) answers someone's question about how to eat out as vegan other than actually going to a veg restaurant. Eccentric Vegan comes up with a much better answer, which boils down to:


Ask for what you want and explain why.

It is far more common for me to encounter restaurants and wait staff who are happy to help than it is for me to encounter pretentious dicks who don't care if you ever come back to their restaurant.

Sure I tell you every time I encounter one of the bad 'uns, but I hope I also make clear that 90% of the time I am accommodated...when I'm traveling, when I'm ordering room service, when I'm at a cheap diner and when I'm at a fancy restaurant that isn't built around catering to my needs.

but you really do have to be unafraid of asking the questions, and of telling the waiter why you're asking. Telling them helps them to be proactive and anticipate your needs. And most of them will really try to do that.

They really well.

Snotty NY Times guy's response was find a veg. restaurant or brown bag it.

Silly, silly NY Times guy. 

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Post: Excerpts and my comments on NY Times article re: "Meat-guzzling"

You can read my thoughts, get the link and read some excerpts over at my personal blog.


Bottom line: Very comprehensive article on every aspect of meat-guzzling except the animal cruelty aspect. Step in the right direction, but is it enough to really bring change?

2 comments Tags: vegetarian, new york times, vegan, animal rights, meat production

Vegan Hedonism in the NY Times

Very positive article about Vegan cookbook author Isa Chandra Moskowitz in yesterday's NY Times. Comes complete with three vegan recipes, for:

Devil's Food Cupcakes (yes, like the Hostess kind)
Spicy Peanut Stre
Butternut Squah Rice Paper Rolls

Sounds yummy, and paints a very positive, pleasant, welcoming picture of vegans.

Here's my question though: what do you think of the analogy drawn between becoming vegan and coming out of the closet? Certainly hadn't heard it before. If I were gay I'm not sure I would appreciate it, because comparative talk of having an "aha moment" and choosing veganism sends a really mixed message about nature vs. nurture and homosexuality.

Anyone else have thoughts on that?

3 comments Tags: vegetarian, new york times, vegan, isa chandra moskowitz
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