Vegan Blog Hezbollah Tofu

Ever flipped past the Travel Channel and been hit with an earful of vegan-vitriol from the lanky host of “No Reservations,” Anthony Bourdain? Luckily for the vegged-out in our Web 2.0 world, if you have an, ahem, beef with someone, you can have your revenge, blog-style. In his book Kitchen Confidential, Bourdain writes, “Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans, are a persistent irritant to any chef worth a damn… [they] are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit, and an affront to all I stand for, the pure enjoyment of food.” Sarah Boatright Patterson had heard just about enough anti-veg rhetoric from the television chef, so in cyber-perfect response, she started the wickedly funny recipe blog, Hezbollah Tofu. From Roulade of Wild Seitan to Chocolate Mousse, all of Bourdain’s signature dishes are getting a thorough vegan makeover. Ultimately, Boatright Patterson hopes to publish and sell the blog recipes, with proceeds benefiting Farm Sanctuary. “And, of course, the donation will be made in Anthony Bourdain’s name. What better way to counteract his loathing of vegans than to allow “him” to donate to a vegan-oriented charity?”