Month: June 2008

  • What’s Wrong With What We Eat & The Humane Myth

    Two recent finds online worth sharing. First, a video which came through the TED Talks video feed in Miro. It’s not actually from TED but from EG, which is a similar conference in Monterey focused on innovative ideas and wealthy audiences. It’s Mark Bittman, a food critic for the New York Times (and author of…

  • Vegan Chicago – Karyn’s Cooked

    Vegan Chicago – Karyn’s Cooked

    While in Chicago for a conference, I had dinner at a new (to me) place in the North River neighborhood, not far from the Hilton Garden Inn: Karyn’s Cooked. It’s part of the broader Karyn’s set of restaurants, cafes, and spa, run by Karyn Calabrese. (Photo by PJ Chmiel, from his fantastic Vegan in Chicago…

  • Starbucks, Soy, and Wifi (Rewards)

    Starbucks, Soy, and Wifi (Rewards)

    I have something of a love-hate relationship with mega-chain Starbucks. On the one hand, they consistently offer soy milk in (almost) every store, which I appreciated as a vegan. On the other hand, they are a mega chain, and I prefer to patronize local independent coffeehouses when possible, and they charge $0.40 extra for drinks…