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Top 10 Feel-Good Foodie Movies
Fall is time to spend more time indoor, by the fireplace, bring out warm fuzzy clothes, clean our closets, cupboards, garages… it is also a great time to treat ourselves to a feel-good foodie movie with beautiful food, romance, and travel to other parts of the world while traveling is not happening! Below is a […]
How to Boost Your Immune System with Trace Elements
This week, I wanted to write about something different that is important this time of year. We all know about the importance of minerals for our health and well-being. Whether it is calcium and magnesium for bones, nerves, potassium for muscles, and better sleep but what about trace elements? I was first introduced to them […]
Review of Farm Spirit Restaurant
Months before the pandemic, we chose to treat ourselves to a special 12-course meal at Farm Spirit for my birthday. I went ahead and made a reservation. I knew that it was going to be a very different kind of experience. Instead of the usual entrée, main dish and desert, you are served a multi-course meal, […]
Make Being Vegan Your New Year’s Resolution!
So we have all made our share our New Year’s resolutions that we thought at the time we could keep but turned out to fizzle over time. Exercise more, stop smoking, volunteer, eat better, watch less tv read more etc. While all are all worthy of our efforts, they mostly benefit us and a handful of […]
Vegan Holidays, Because Eating Turkey is Foul Alright!
Have you ever wondered, what is it with the human specie and the need to kill something every time we celebrate an event? I probably should say with men, since I somehow can’t imagine women coming up with this strange practice that has become so ingrained in our culture. It would be like saying “Today, […]
The Many Faces of Kindness
I had a recent conversation with a friend at a dinner about hunger in the world. When I mentioned that the Western world was very much responsible for children, let’s say in Africa, dying daily of starvation, my friend opened her eyes really big and replied “what does this have to do with me and […]
Vegan Dining at the Wynn Casino in Las Vegas
Sin city must be looking for some redemption because it is now offering vegan choices in Wynn and Encore hotels and restaurants. With endless huge buffets where vegans can usually only find meager selections and not always very flavorful ones, the news of vegan options will be music to your ears! Who do we have to […]
Meat boycott in Sudan!
It is funny how things work. The sharp rise in meat prices (40%) in Sudan is forcing people to make bold decisions such as boycotting lamb, beef, and chicken which are prominently featured in the Sudanese diet. Too much in fact. Add to this a 21.1% inflation… So people are upset, thinking that maybe so […]