If you’re like me, you scrutinize the ingredients on every item you pick up in the grocery store before adding it to your cart. I often do this with items I regularly buy, just to make sure nothing has changed. You might be surprised how often manufacturers reformulate or change the information on the label [...]

(Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen the film “Ratatouille” and don’t want to know how key plot elements turn out, skip to the next paragraph.) If you’ve seen the animated Disney film “Ratatouille,” you probably recall curmudgeonly restaurant critic Anton Ego’s reaction upon tasting the ratatouille. After the shock of being served “peasant food,” his [...]

Martha Stewart is considered by many to be one of the home baker’s best friends. Who am I to argue? Her recipes are usually pretty simple and the results are usually great and often exceptional. And even more important, many of her recipes are easily veganized. I’ve had great success converting many of Martha’s recipes [...]

In many ways, cheese is the final frontier in vegan foods. Is there a vegan alive who hasn’t heard the old “I’d love to go vegan but I could never give up cheese” line before? It seems like no other processed food has been so difficult to simulate without the animal products.
Meat substitutes moved [...]