I stumbled across a list of animal ingredients and their alternatives as compiled by PETA. This list is a great reference point, and I wanted to share it with you, we’ve added it to our vegan resources page as well.
Animal ingredients are used not because they are better than vegetable-derived or synthetic ingredients, but [...]

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After six-plus months of eating vegan, Jane and I have developed a sense of what foods we might not be able to eat. Since going vegan, we’ve read countless food labels and many informative articles on non-vegan ingredients hidden in otherwise vegan foods. So we’re fairly comfortable knowing what foods we’re going to [...]

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I had lunch with a colleague today. We went to an Indian restaurant he knew of, very close to our meeting site, which was important since the weather wasn’t cooperating much. The restaurant shall remain nameless, since it isn’t one I care to refer to anyone!
Regardless, our server was great. He helped [...]

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Jane and I read labels now, religiously. Adopting a vegan diet has ensured that we read labels because who knows what they’re sneaking into your food! The thing that makes me most insane is the milk product in most soy cheeses. If you’re not manufacturing a dairy based cheese, why would you [...]

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Jane used to serve home-made chili and beer to me and my friends during football season. (Have I mentioned how great my wife is?) Prior to this vegan diet we were not red-meat eaters. Jane would have the occasional cheeseburger or pork product (she was completely addicted to bacon when we went out [...]

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