From A to Vegan

Review: Vegetarian Plus Vegan Pepper Steaks and Spareribs

  Vegan Black Pepper Steaks Before I begin my review, have you read my recent post “To Vegan Meat or Not Vegan Meat?” In case you didn’t know, and I didn’t, VegeUSA has a line of food products called Vegetarian Plus, with over 20 items, 13 of them vegan. They were nice enough to send me a couple of coupons so we could try some of their vegan products. Unfortunately,... Read More

Review: Soyummi Pudding

Last year I got a couple of coupons for free Soyummi puddings. I was so excited because I had seen them at my local grocery/health food store, but when I went to buy them they didn’t carry them any more I searched all my local stores for months and they’re finally back on the shelves (in the refrigerated aisle). I got two flavors, the Soyummi dark chocolate and rice puddings.... Read More

Review: Vgë Café – Bryn Mawr, PA

It’s been a year since Vgë Café opened and we finally got out there to try their delicious sandwiches. Mauro and I decided to check it out on one of our drive-abouts a couple of weeks back. And let me tell you, we really missed out on some good stuff this past year. We took a nice scenic and hilly route out there. It was a gorgeous day and perfect weather for driving around,... Read More

Review: Artisan Exchange – West Chester, PA

A couple weeks back I contributed to Vance Lemkuhl’s article “Vegan dining in the Philly ‘burbs” on Philly.com and I really wanted to try the Rawsome fudge listed. I visited Artisan Exchange‘s website to see if there were any other vegan vendors and I saw that a couple other favorites listed. Since we were headed out that way one Saturday anyway, I decided to give... Read More

Review: Veganissimo A to Z

If you are like me and basically every single vegan I know, you read the ingredient labels of everything you buy, even when the package says “vegan”. Besides the obvious precautions to avoid consuming animal products by accident, a lot of vegans tend to develop an aversion to long, unreadable ingredient lists. So, when you’re faced with a label like the one in... Read More

Review: Om Nom Nom Cookies

The lovely folks at Om Nom Nom Cookies were sweet enough to send me a few samples of their, well, appropriately named cookies to sample and review. The name says it all for sure! I sampled five flavors: orange zested chocolate chip, chocolate snickerdoodle, spicy Mexican snickerdoodle, chocolate chip, and ultimate peanut butter. I actually managed to contain myself to sample them... Read More

Movie Review: Madonna of the Mills

Madonna of the Mills is a documentary about Laura Flynn Amato, a Staten Island woman who spends her weekends driving to Lancaster County, PA, and rescuing dogs from puppy mills. It’s clear from the beginning of the movie that she has always has an affinity towards animals and is dedicated to making it her life’s mission to save as many dogs from the mills as possible (the film... Read More

Vaute Couture Fall and Winter Fashion Show

I went to the Vaute Couture fall and winter fashion show on February 6, 2013. Leanne put out some amazing, beautiful clothes. There were a lot of vegan celebrities there including, Jasmin and Mary Ann from Our Hen House, Chef Chloe Coscarelli, Joshua Katcher from The Discerning Brute and Brave Gentleman, Victoria Moran from Main Street Vegan, Danielle Konya from Vegan Treats, and... Read More

‘Tis the Season to Give – Give-away

We’ve been posting a lot of great veg- and earth-friendly gift ideas for this holiday season. So what could be more earth-friendly than a digital magazine subscription? I’ve been a subscriber to Zinio digital magazine for 4 years and absolutely love taking ALL of my subscriptions with me wherever I go. They have thousands of magazine titles, including VegNews and Vegetarian... Read More

Dinner at Vedge

On December 1, 2012, Chris, Mauro, Lydia, and I went to see War Horse at Philadelphia’s Academy of Music. Nick Stafford adapted the play from Michael Morpurgo’s novel of the same name. War Horse is the story of Joey a horse that is bought at auction and survives the battlefields of World War I to go back to his owner. All of the animals in the play are puppets. Since our... Read More