New Cook book for Vegan Day 2004

Photo from; Vegan, Hamlyn Publishing, 2004

Just in time for the holidays, on the eve of Vegan Day 2004, the Diamond Jubilee, we received a copy of Vegan, by vegan chef Tony Weston and nutritional tharapist Yvonne Bishop; publishers, Hamlyn.

Published for The Vegan Society and released to coincide with World Vegan Day celebrations, the new 120 plus page vegan cookbook is in full color, and

Southern Blogs back on line

A rich heritage of Southern blogging has reemerged as the new Southern Blogs Ring. Full of good reading, eating, the politics and probity of the south all wrapped up for the holidays in a new and improved Southern Blogs Ring.

There is a special blog, the Southern Blogs Home, where you can display your Link banner, post comments, make suggestions to expand and improve the Blog Ring and check in

Crepes with curried banana and raisins

Almost everyone has their favorite restaurants or diners, some place that you know and that knows you. One of ours is Benedict's in Dunedin. Benedict's serves great food consistently and they do something else that makes them special to vegetarians, they will make changes to the menu on request.

We give you Benedict's Indian omelet, for vegetarians - no eggs, using crepes instead, delicious. We

Hot Kentucky chicken ham sandwiches with gravy and mashed potatoes

OK, it's a mouthful, but isn't that the point?



Ingredients

sandwiches

2 vegetarian chicken patties
4 slices vegetarian soy ham
4 slices of whole grain bread

gravy (roux)

2 ounces sliced mushrooms
3 Tbls vegetable oil
3 Tbls all purpose flour
1 tsp vegetable bouillon paste
1 tsp soy spread
3/4 Cup water
1/4 Cup Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey
black ground pepper to taste

1 Cup mashed

Boeuf Bourguignon

This recipe started as a vegetarian homage to great French cuisine and ended somewhere south of the Greek archipelago with a nod to the Chilean highlands. You can use a merlot from Maipo - Santiago de Chile or an Agiorgitiko from Greece.

excerpt from: A Vegetarian Cooks' Book, The Green Cutting Board, 2004

Ingredients

4 oz soy steak sliced
1 cup flat noodles
4 oz sliced mushrooms
1 small

Kitchen garden soup

My grandmothers both had kitchen gardens on their farms, gardens from which grew this and other great recipes.

Ingredients

1 bunch leeks
4 oz mushrooms
1 medium potato
1 tsp vegetarian bouillon
1/3 cup vermouth
2 Tbls soy spread
1 tsp cane sugar
2 1/2 cups water
1 oz smoked Gouda (soy cheese if vegan)
salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Wash the potato and cut into 3/4" cubes. Bring to

World Vegetarian Month, 2004

Inaugurated in 1977 by the North American Vegetarian Society October 1st is International Vegetarian Day and kicks off a month long celebration around the world. Governments, organizations and individuals are encouraged to observe the occasion through education, conferencing, festivals, social events or simply by coming together as friends and family to enjoy a vegetarian experience.

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