Traffic Jam: The Week Ending November 18
This week, the VN editors give you the best of the internet—five links at a time.
In honor of the upcoming stuff-your-face-‘til-you-turn-blue holiday known as Thanksgiving, we present to you five links, all of which contain Thanksgiving-themed food porn. Whether it inspires next Thursday’s dinner or just makes you drool over your keyboard a little, we hope you enjoy. Happy Thanksgiving!
1. Beer-brined Tofurky atop Brussels sprouts marinated in a dark-beer reduction? You’re killing us, Meet the Shannons.
2. Chloe Coscarelli, the vegan chef who is so cute and nice we imagine that talking forest animals dress her in the morning, made Pumpkin Tiramisù for The New York Times. Oh, and she threw in Curried Lentil, Squash, and Apple Stew and Country ‘Meatloaf’ with Golden Gravy for good measure.
3. “I mean, I just think it’s crazy.”—VN Managing Editor Elizabeth Castoria’s reaction to Thanksgiving meat cakes (yes, that would be seitan + mashed potatoes with mixed vegetables + stuffing + mashed sweet potato + more seitan + more mashed potatoes with mixed vegetables + more stuffing). Crazy awesome, that is.
4. Want to know what genius-chef Tal Ronnen’s Thanksgiving menu looks like? Beet and Orange Autumn Salad, Sage and Pumpkin Seed-Encrusted Gardein, Green Beans wih Fresh Cranberries, Sweet Potato Biscuits, Creamy Mashed Potatoes, and Oven-Roasted Banana Rum Cheesecake. Nicely done, sir. Nicely done.
5. And for dessert, we give you Isa and Terry’s Pumpkin Cheesecake with Pecan Crunch Topping. Because pumpkin-cheesecake delicious is on its own level of deliciousness.
BONUS: OK, so this recipe from Vegan Dad was posted in October, but the Pumpkin Pull-Apart Rolls looked so good, we’ve saved them for this moment. VN's Anna Peraino basically plans on face-planting into a pan of these come Thursday.
Vegan Chef to be Featured on Food Network’s Chopped
Popular vegan restaurant Vedge’s chef Rich Landau will be duking it out with fellow contestants on the hit show next month.
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UK Kicks Off National Vegetarian Week Festivities
May 20 to 26 is the UK’s official meat-free week, marked with special events and promotions.
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A Fitness and Food Venture Takes to Indiegogo
Fresh, a Florida business focused on healthy living, is raising funds with an online campaign on Indiegogo.
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Factory Farm Manure May Be Causing Explosions
The toxic manure from animals develops a foam that is highly explosive and has led to the death of more than 1,000 pigs.
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Dun-Well Doughnuts Entered in Business Competition
The New York doughnut shop’s cruelty-free confections have put it in the running for OpenSky’s Breakthrough Award.
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More Flashbacks
- Vegan Baker Uses Kickstarter to Launch Business
- Vegan Ice Cream Hitting New York City Streets
- New Casual Vegan Eatery Opening in Los Angeles
- Vancouver: Citywide Meatless Monday Celebration
- Chicago’s Vegan Eatery Kitchen 17 Recently Opened
- Rally at the Capitol to Prevent Horse Slaughter
- Kaiser Permanente Encourages Plant-Based Diets
- De Rossi Shares Recipe For Ellen’s Favorite Dish
- Starbucks Rolls Out Veg Salad On its Spring Menu
- World’s First Lab-Grown Hamburger to Be Eaten Soon
- New Jersey Legislature Passes Gestation Crate Ban
- E! Proclaims Jackfruit the New Hot Veg Substitute
- Tennessee Ag-Gag Bill Killed by State Governor
- High Levels of Arsenic Discovered in Chicken Meat
- New Meat-Free Restaurant to Open in St. Louis
- TN Attorney General Calls Ag-Gag Into Question
- Tyson Foods Sees 43 Percent Fall in Net Income
- Vegan Confectionary Boutique Recognized on Zagat
- Vegan Pop-Up Restaurant Coming to New York City
- May 11: Consumer Campaign for World Fair Trade Day
