Study Makes New Connection Between Meat and Global Warming

Many newspapers picked up on this study which suggests that the nitrous oxide produced in meat production is a major contributor to climate change. One of the best things you can do to help reduce climate is GO VEGAN (or at least greatly reduce your meat and dairy consumption). Also, the documentary, Forks Over Knives, is […]

Vegan Tacos / Tostadas

Hi folks! It’s been a while since I’ve updated the site. I made these vegan tacos the other day and they were so good, I thought it was time to do so. Any Mexican food aficionado will tell you to ALWAYS USE FRESH INGREDIENTS when cooking Mexican. Seriously, do you know any Mexicans who buy […]

Vegetarian (and Vegan) Comedians

Huffington Post highlighted 13 comedians who are vegan/vegetarian and vocal about it, some more than others.  Ellen DeGeneres recently launched Going Vegan with Ellen. (We note that Huffpo editors posted this in the comedy section and it’s cross-referenced in neither the Food section, nor the Life and Style section. Veganism is not just a laughing […]

Three Vegan Potluck Recipes

[Note: This was originally published March 2, 2011. I am able to republish verbatim thanks to reader Krys O who printed it out for me and Adobe Acrobat’s OCR feature!] So you’ve been invited to vegan potluck and have no idea what to do. Here are three cheap and easy ideas. I haven’t posted in […]

Vegan Black Metal Chef – Pad Thai

This site was off the air for a little while. Sorry about that. Several posts with yummy potluck recipes were lost but I still have the photos so I’ll try to get those back up at some point. In the meantime, we were highly amused by this video. It’s probably unwatchable for many who don’t […]

Vegans and Honey

I’m coming in very late but I found a fascinating discussion of vegans and honey at Vegan Bits. Be sure and read/skim through the comments if you go over there. This was originally prompted by an article posted on Slate. I believe Dr. Rotondi would very much side with the Vegan Bits author, Lane Wright. […]

Heavy Metal Vegan

Today, I learned about the heavy metal vegan. (Hey, Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath is a vegan!) There are some great recipes there and the video shows you easy vegan sushi. Also see the Youtube channel.

Associated Press Helps Spread the News

The influential news organization, The Associated Press, recently released an article titled “Vegan diets becoming more popular, more mainstream.” The article was picked up by dozens of local newspapers and websites. The author, Michael Hill, mentions more vegan restaurants, more vegan choices in regular restaurants, the popularity of new vegan cookbooks, and more vegan products […]

PETA Names Bill Clinton Named Vegan of the Year

Happy New Year! PETA has named Bill Clinton Vegan of the Year for doing more to promote the lifestyle than anyone. Along with PETA, the Rotondi Foundation feels it is terrific that celebrities want to talk about and promote their healthy lifestyle choices. Other celebs who have been feted by PETA (heh) include Alicia Silverstone, […]