Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Cookbook review "You Won t Believe It s Vegan - Inside Bay Area"

Cookbook review "You Won t Believe It s Vegan - Inside Bay Area": "Vegans are like everyone else — they want their food to be yummy and maybe even to taste like it comes from a fine restaurant. As it turns out vegans may just get their wish thanks to 'You Won t Believe It s Vegan ' a book by vegan restaurant owners Lacey Sher and Gail Doherty. Their book shares a fun uncompromising unapologetic way of eating for vegans and for everyone else."

Vegan baking tips | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

Vegan baking tips | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com: "Susan Kaplan is an experienced cook but wanted to learn more about vegan baking to create desserts all four would enjoy; she's often cooking three different dishes.

So the Norfolk mom recently drove to the Virginia Beach kitchen of Betsy DiJulio, another accomplished cook who's been a vegan for two years. DiJulio had an impressive menu ready to prepare: cookie-dough brownies with chocolate ganache, gingerbread cupcakes with orange cream-cheese frosting, chocolate mousse pie and oatmeal dried-cranberry cookies. All without dairy milk, butter or chicken eggs."

Lawyer also sculptor, marathoner, vegan -- chicagotribune.com

Lawyer also sculptor, marathoner, vegan -- chicagotribune.com: "He took up sculpture as a young attorney, displaying his work at the Old Town and Gold Coast Art Fairs. He began distance running in middle age, completing several marathons. In his 60s, he gave up meat, trying, mostly in vain, to convince old friends of the benefits of a vegan lifestyle."