Many Americans struggle to even imagine celebrating Thanksgiving without a deceased turkey on the table. Most don’t realize that in fact it’s a completely invented ‘tradition,’ woven from thin air about 200 years after the colonial celebration this holiday commemorates. The idea (surprise!) caught on like wildfire among industrial turkey producers; and the rest, as they say, is history. Modern Thanksgiving customs show clearly […]
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How to Stay Healthy Through the Holidays
Did you know that as a nation, we consume more calories on Thanksgiving than on any other day of the year? Tradition has conditioned us to feast with family and friends on this day to honor the bountiful harvest of the country’s first settlers. Today, that bountiful harvest comes from the grocery store and brings […]
Product Review & Discount: Crisp Cooking Tools
One of the biggest culinary days of the year is almost here. Thanksgiving. If you’re an eater, this is the best day ever. If you’re the cook, this might be one of your craziest days in the kitchen. You have to plan, buy, prep, create, and serve a meal to a small crowd and hope […]
Vegan and Grain-Free Pumpkin Pie
Despite possessing the usual female litany of insecurities, one skill set I’ve always felt confident about is baking. Growing up with a baker mom and an aunt who was a caterer, I learned to bake at a really young age. It wasn’t long before I felt totally at ease wielding a wooden spoon or creating […]
Humans Are Not Actually Meant to Eat Meat
“A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral.”-Leo Tolstoy As a vegan, I am pretty sure that other vegans have been asked the same inane questions that […]