Spare with me this morning, I'm an angry little vegan.
Just curious to any vegans out there: How supportive are your family and friends?
Mine are not at all.
Let me rephrase: I get ZERO support. And it drives me crazy. While my dad is your typical "Meat-and-Potatoes" kind of eater, it's my mom who gives me the hardest time. Aside from what my dad thinks is a joke (Every time I make a dish, he gets a kick out of saying "You know what this dinner could use? Some meat!" Dear dad, that gets old after about... the first time), my mom non-stop criticizes my choice. I find this ridiculous because I love to cook, so she doesn't have to slave over making me some special dish. She LOVES everything I cook. She's into being healthy and eating less meat and more produce. So WHY is it so hard to deal with your vegan child? If I had a dollar for every time I heard "If only you ate a little cheese/milk/egg...", I wouldn't be so broke. (Note to self: start charging mom every time she makes an an ... more »
Posted: October 1, 2009 11:40 am | 1 comment
Tags: Vegan
Love o' My Life.
Seriously. Eat here.
I have not had the privilege of eating a fully topped pizza in over 2 years. I now have that privilege back.
Enter Peace o' Pie, a 100% vegan pizza place in Allston. When I stumbled across their website, and found out they had just opened, I knew I had to go. Even better-they were hiring. So I headed on down there, resume in hand, dragging my best friend along.
Well, this is a vegan blog, not a story-of-my-life blog, so forget my on-spot interview, and move on to how I am now writing to you in a semi-food coma.
We ordered "the MD"- Herb-roasted onions and zucchini, smoked apple sage "sausage", and whole wheat crust, topped with Vegan Gourmet "cheese". And it was delicious, even to Katherine, my non-vegan friend, who was nervous to eat such a "strange" food. She claimed she did not anticipate it to taste bad, only too different to be real. So, for every non-vegan out there, I'll review this pizza along with her reactions.
The crust: You ... more »
Posted: October 6, 2009 10:20 pm | 1 comment
Tags: Pizza, Vegan
For anyone who did not read my last post, I applied to work at a 100% vegan pizza place in Allston called Peace o' Pie. While I was home during Columbus Day weekend, they hired me. My first day of work was Friday, and it was defiantly a huge change from any other job I have ever had.
Since I am the only vegan in my family/group of friend/work, I'm use to conditions being less-than-accommodating. At family dinners, I have to make my own dish. When my friends decide to bake, they break out the butter and eggs. When there's something to celebrate at work, here come the chicken wings. For the first time in my life, this is far from the case.
I am surrounded by veganism. I can eat everything I see. No one questions my beliefs. I can complain about the omnivorous world and everyone agrees. It's liberating, but at the same time, nerve-racking. I began to wonder if they're judging me. Am I "vegan enough" for them? The worry that I might not be a good enough vegan had never ente ... more »
Posted: October 19, 2009 1:02 pm | 1 comment
Tags: Vegan
While at work yesterday, an older man entered the restaurant and identified himself as a vegetarian. My boss was talking to a customer, when the man broke into the conversation saying "You know, vegans need to watch their b-12, or they'll go blind." Since myself, my boss, and the customer are all vegans, and we can all see, we assured him it we were not deficient in any nutrients. He then proceeded to leave.
I know he was older, and had probably had the notion that vegans could not get proper nutrients in his head for years, but it reminded me just how ignorant some people can be. I would not say that veganism is synonymous with healthy, but a proper vegan diet is not hard to follow, especially now when most products specified for vegans are fortified.
I think when people find out you are excluding "normal" food from your diet, they automatically want to correct you, and tell you you're wrong, because to them, it's so abnormal they can't fathom it being okay. Not to say that e ... more »
Posted: October 26, 2009 2:27 pm | 0 comments
Tags: health, Vegan
