With summer now in full swing, this is the time to fire up the grill (or frying pan) for vegan burgers. There’s no reason for meat eaters to have all of the fun when the possibilities for animal-free burgers are endless.
Building a great vegan burger is easy; all it takes is the right ingredients and [...]

I’m starting to come out of the sugar hangover. It’s still a bit of a blur, but the last thing I clearly remember from Saturday is standing outside Herbivore restaurant on Valencia Street and handing over several large bills in exchange for boxes full of cookies, donuts, cupcakes and other delectable treats that no sane [...]

It’s amazing how quickly plans can change. After posting round 1 of the Vegan Cheese Challenge, a comment was left by Martin Alcock, who just happens to be the US Importer of Cheezly, informing me that the Cheezly cheddar I was using is not one of their melting varieties. That would certainly explain why I [...]

It’s been nearly four months since I posted my initial impressions of Daiya cheese, and in that time, Daiya has shown up in more restaurants, retailers as well as in packaged foods. It even won the VegNews Product of the Year Award. Add to that the recent arrival of cheddar style Daiya here in the [...]

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 [...]