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Taco Bell really f’d up by adding butter to its rice (beginning April 6, beware!). So vegans let them know and now the company is working diligently to veganize the recipe again. DON’T COME BETWEEN A VEGAN AND THEIR BURRITO, MAN!

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Dozens dead in New Year’s Eve nightclub attack in Istanbul, Turkey

An assailant believed to have been dressed in a Santa Claus costume opened fire at a nightclub in Istanbul during New Year’s celebrations Saturday, killing at least 35 people and wounding 40 others in what the province’s governor described as a terror attack.

Gov. Vasip Sahin said the attacker, armed with a long-barreled weapon, killed a policeman and a civilian outside the club before entering and firing on people partying inside. He did not say who may have carried out the attack. “Unfortunately (he) rained bullets in a very cruel and merciless way on innocent people who were there to celebrate New Year’s and have fun,” Sahin told reporters. (AP)

(Photos: IHA via AP, Yasin Akgul/AFP/Getty Images, AP)

See more images from the attack on Yahoo News.

[thevegansquid]

YOU CANNOT EAT RAW CHASEWS

They are poisonous! Stores do not sell raw cashews! They have all been cooked/steamed in some way! Stop calling your cashew dishes "raw"!

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[darkagendalady]

Just in case anyone thinks that milk is necessary for strong bones, I’m reblogging this. There are other ways to get calcium, such as in non-dairy milk products. They taste good, too.

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Cast Iron Tofu Pad Thai

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Fresh Green Papaya Salad (Som Tam)

luckily my papaya tree produces 40+ papaya a year, so I get to eat a lot of fresh green papaya salad. This version has chives, tomato, seaweed, carrots, peanuts, sesame seeds, red pepper flakes, chili peppers, thai basil, sesame oil, vegetarian “fish” sauce (which is basically soy sauce, vinegar, water, sugar, and red pepper flakes), and plenty of garlic.

[amroyounes]

Time for some kitchen charts to help you adult better ;)

[carnism-is]

I know this isn’t strictly vegan, but I Figure this could be helpful for a lot of you.

[nomoremrnicespice]

Um I don't understand... How is putting swear words throughout a cookbook violating black people and promoting racism ????

To start with, it’s called ‘Thug Kitchen’. “Thug” is shorthand for black male; regardless of how strictly you might try to adhere to respectability politics (i.e. cultivating an image for yourself that lets white people know you’re not like those black people), if you’re black and male you’re still seen as a thug who’s guilty of something a la Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, etc. (Here’s an article about the racist use of the word “thug” throughout the Trayvon Martin trial.)

On no planet can these white yuppies use the word “thug” without racial implications or realistically deny that those implications are intentional. There’s a reason why they were anonymous until the release of their cookbook.

Second, it’s not just swear words, they use African American Vernacular English (AAVE, or “ebonics”) and make the conscious decision to infuse it with vulgar language, which is, by the way, racist since AAVE is not innately vulgar. That’s just their interpretation of what it means to be a “thug”. AAVE is a dialect like any other, using it does not reflect any aspect of your personhood, your intelligence, your class, your education, etc, all it means is that you grew up Black in America, or that your language is influenced by Black people you grew up with.

“All up in”, “Ain’t nobody got time for that”, etc are examples of AAVE. If you read an interview with these people you’ll notice they don’t speak in AAVE naturally (some non-black folks grow up with AAVE; that is not the case here). They’re just white people who swear a lot. They could have created their corny brand around that vulgarity alone but the addition of AAVE and the “thug” archetype are exploitative and RACIST. The language they’re using is the joke. When black people make jokes that involve AAVE, the language is just the mode of delivery. Everything about this is a mockery and it’s embarrassing, I hope the realization that these people are making money off this minstrel show inspires a serious backlash.

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Why You Can’t Be An Environmentalist, If You’re Not Vegan

Part One: The Environment:

Unless you happen to own one of the 90 companies that account for 2/3 of global warming emissions, there’s almost nothing else you can do to make a difference. Going vegan is the single biggest impact any individual person could have on the environment. It’s bigger than driving a car with high fuel economy, bigger than recycling everything you throw out, and definitely bigger than remembering to turn off that CFL bulb when you leave the room. Even the UN is urging people to eat less meat, to slow global warming (I wonder how many of them have become vegan themselves).

You can click-through the picture to view the entire infographic about just how bad animal agriculture is for the environment, but here are some other sources as well:

Overgrazing is blamed for 35 per cent of soil degradation, deforestation for 30 per cent and agriculture for 27 per cent.  These main causes are directly or indirectly related to the consumption of animal products. (x)

The expansion of agricultural land accounts for more than 60 per cent of worldwide deforestation.  Most of this land is used to graze beef cattle. By the year 2010 cattle are projected to be grazing on some 24 million hectares of neotropical land that was forest in 2000. (x)

Industrial livestock production contributes to species loss through its demand for concentrate feed, which changes land use and intensifies cropping.  The production of feed grains, in particular, adds additional stress on biodiversity through habitat loss and it damages in ecosystem functioning. (x)

Agriculture is also the number one water polluter.  Slurry from cattle and other livestock pollutes groundwater, streams and rivers. The livestock sector is probably the largest sectoral source of water pollution. (x)

95 percent of damage to seamount ecosystems worldwide is caused by deep sea bottom trawling (x)

WWF estimates that six cetacean species may disappear in the next decade due to fishing gear entanglement. (x)

Eating animals causes 40 percent more global warming than all planes, cars, trucks, and other forms of transport combined. (x)

A  ‘typical’ US diet generates the equivalent of nearly 1.5 tonnes more carbon dioxide per person per year than a vegan diet. The authors of the study concluded that it would be more environmentally effective to go vegan than to switch to a petrol electric hybrid car. (x)

 It takes more than 10 times the water, land and grain to produce a meat eater’s diet than a vegan’s (x)

You can compare your ecological footprint here. My food imprint is 9.5 global acres, compared the American average of 65.7 ga.

That’s a quick overview of the damage animal agriculture is having on our planet. The absolute best thing you can do is completely abstain from all animal products, therefore maximally reducing the demand for these destructive practices. 

Part Two: Hypocrisy/Selective Compassion:

If you consider yourself an environmentalist, ask yourself why? Is it only because you’re concerned with the future of humans or do you read stories about animals being effected by climate change and want to help?

If these images upset you and elicit a change in your lifestyle, (TW Animal Suffering):

Ask yourself why these don’t (TW much worse animal suffering):

eggs:

leather:

wool

dairy

Pork

Why do aquariums hold seafood banquets to raise money for fish conservation? Why does Sierra Club want to save the wolves, but advertise leather hiking equipment? Why does Animals Asia advocate for the better treatment of bears, dogs, cats, and zoo animals, but mentions nothing of the animals people unnecessarily eat everyday?

I really don’t have the answers to these questions. The processes people go through to pick and choose which animals they will help to save is truly mind-boggling. I guess it’s just easier to throw cans in the recycling, than to alter your diet. If you want to help animals and the environment, the least you can do is go vegan. If you are concerned about people who can’t be 100% vegan, don’t worry, I wrote about that already. 

And before anybody starts to talk about “humane“ practices, don’t. Every time you buy an animal product, an animal suffers or dies for it. There is no excuse. Not to mention that grass-fed beef is worse for the environment than conventional.

[thevegansquid]

Seitan-Parm Panini

house seitan cooked in marinara, local spinach, and house mozzarella with parmesan, between local French bread.

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Cheesy Potato and Lentil Hash

potato, lentil, and oat hash, topped with house mozzarella and winter savory.

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Fire Noodles with homegrown broccolini and kale, organic red cabbage, and organic tempura fried tempeh.

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Hey! For a limited time you can grab The Squid Box cheese online and have it shipped straight to your door!

Head on over to TheSquidBox.com and pick up yours before they're all gone!

[thevegansquid]

Artichoke and arugula pizza with vegan mozzarella and cheddar from The Squid Box. 

I've started putting the toppings under the cheese, and now I call them middlings. More importantly it keeps them from burning before the cheese melts. I think it's better.

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Tofu Parmesan

handmade noodles with a buttery fennel sauce, spinach, and garlic, topped with an herb battered piece of marinated tofu, house marinara, and house parmesan X mozzarella crossover.

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Vegan Cannoli With house made coconut cream filling, lined with Belgian dark chocolate, and covered with powdered sugar and shaved Belgian dark chocolate.

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The Classic

Local potato chive buns, house made mayo, house made local and organic black bean patties, local and organic lettuce and tomato, with house made homegrown ginger-chili pickled cucumber. 

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