This Neapolitan Classic is a holiday favourite. Struffoli are little fried dumplings covered in honey, hazel nuts and festive sprinkles. They’re a typically Neapolitan sweet, also found all over southern Italy, and generally made around Christmas and New Year. In Naples, their texture will be crunchy. In some places and especially among the descendants of…
Neapolitan classics: Crusty bread
This is a recipe for a classic Neapolitan no-knead, crusty bread with a chewy crumb. You’ll want to eat immediately out of the oven. I like bread that has a significant crust and a chewy interior. It’s a standard in Neapolitan bakeries and it’s often referred to as pane cafone, meaning peasant bread. The basis…
Vegan Panettone Review 2021
We’ve returned for a third edition of our vegan panettone review. We’re doing it differently this year This year, we’re drawing from our 2019 and 2020 archives because there are fewer panettoni available. It seems the best ones have mede it through the wilderness somehow. Choice is more limited this year. Reasons? Ach, I’m not…
Events Calendar & Press
All upcoming events, interviews and press coverage for Think Like a Vegan and Birchfield Rewilding
Vegan 101: My Favourite Vegan Cookbooks and Vegan Food Blogs
A few readers of our book, Think Like a Vegan, sent us messages asking about vegan cookbooks and vegan food blogs to help them learn about vegan food. I’ve written a few of these types of lists over the years. It’s time to pull them together properly.
Pablo Escobar’s hippos are … still only hippos
Truly transformational change for animals will come when the legal status of animals is no longer property. I long to see case law shifting in that direction. Despite headlines and online chatter, I don’t believe the recent court order about Pablo Escobar’s hippos gets us much closer. When I began seeing the headlines about the…
Canada Goose: it’s not what you think
In the last 24 hours, the Veganverse and news media have been announcing the publicly traded jacket company, Canada Goose, is ending all use of fur on its jackets. This is simply incorrect. Is it poor reporting? Poor reading skills? I don’t know. I’m not surprised. I’m used to looking things up myself and have…
Oatly vs PureOaty
The recent Oatly vs “family owned” PureOaty trademark infringement case is getting people upset. What’s the deal here?
Book cover quotes
We have cover quotes for Think Like a Vegan: What everyone can learn from vegan ethics! We’re deeply grateful to Seth Tibbott and Kuntal A. Joisher. Seth is an extraordinary person and the founder of the legendary Tofurky. He’s also the author of the must-read book, In Search of the Wild Tofurky, which is about…
Book news!
It’s the one year anniversary of successfully funding Think Like a Vegan, ensuring its publication by the brilliant publisher, Unbound! To celebrate, we have three thrilling updates for you. Drum roll please… Our cover reveal! Unbound’s art director, Mark Ecob (@mecobtweets), created this eye-catching cover for our book. We’re delighted with it and hope you are too. It’s…