Will Tuttle, author of “The World Peace Diet” at Worcester’s Loving Hut (Review)

This past Sunday, July 22nd, Dr. Will Tuttle, award-winning speaker, educator, musician and author of the #1 best-seller The World Peace Diet, gave a presentation at Worcester’s Loving Hut (Chandler.)  The World Peace Diet: Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony presents the outlines of a more empowering understanding of our world, based on a [...]

July 23, 2012  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading Group, Buddha Hut, Events, Misc  No Comments

By Any Greens Necessary – Tracye McQuirter Speaking at Worcester VegFest

You may have already seen this on posters around town: Tracye McQuirter is speaking at the Worcester VegFest on April 17 at Worcester State.tr A vegan trailblazer, public health nutrition expert, speaker, and author, Tracye McQuirter, M.P.H., is passionate about inspiring people to live healthier, happier lives. Her best-selling book is titled By Any Greens [...]

March 23, 2011  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Events, Worcester VegFest 2011  No Comments

Terry Hope Romero Giving a Cooking Demo at Worcester VegFest

Terry Hope Romero will be joining Will Potter and Bruce Friedrich as one of the 4 presenters at the 2011 Worcester VegFest on April 17 (facebook event). You’ve probably seen her cookbooks and you’ve probably even eaten food made from recipes that she created. If you ever had a cupcake from Worcester’s own Barely Legal Treats, [...]

March 11, 2011  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Misc, Worcester VegFest 2011  One Comment

The China Study Gets Some Play in the NYT

The New York Times recently published a short interview with T. Colin Campbell M.D. about his book The China Study. Remember when Bill Clinton went on CNN and talked with Wolf Blitzer about he switched to eating a plant-based diet and lost 24 pounds? Well, it was because of Doctor Campbell’s research and this book. From the [...]

January 11, 2011  Tags:   Posted in: News  No Comments

Veg Books Take Over Amazon Bestseller List

Take a look at the Amazon.com bestseller list, vegan books are once again topping the list. On Sunday, March 14 World Peace Diet sat at #1 for 12 hours. The Kind Diet (Alicia Silverstone’s vegan cookbook) and Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes are right up there too. Both advocate eating a vegan diet for health [...]

March 15, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Misc, Veg Advocacy  2 Comments

Today on WBUR 90.9: Melanie Joy Discusses Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows

Were you listening to 90.9 today? On today’s edition of WBUR’s program Here and Now, Robin Young interviewed Melanie Joy, the author of Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the interview. Earlier this year Joy released a video promo for the book. Her video [...]

February 22, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Animal Rights, Misc  No Comments

Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows [New Book]

Melanie Joy, a social psychology professor in Boston, just released her new book, “Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: In Introduction to Carnism“. This is 2010, even a book has a trailer: This book is a good follow-up to Eating Animals by Foer.

January 14, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Animal Rights, News, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

Veg Books Top the Amazon.com Best Seller List

There are three notable veg books that are creeping up the Amazon.com 100 best sellers list. Each of them look like pretty kick-ass books, especially Jonathan Safran Foer’s. At a time when the United States is abusing and killing over 10 billion animals every year for food, it’s good news that vegetarianism is getting so [...]

November 5, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading Group, Misc  2 Comments

Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar [New Cookbook]

Isa Chadra Moskowitz, the woman who brought you Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, Vegan with a Vengeance, the Veganomicon, Vegan Brunch, has just published a new cookbook. Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar has 100 original animal-product-free cookie recipes. The book is all finished, but has not yet been release. However, it is available [...]

October 16, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Barely Legal Treats, Misc, Vegetarian Recipes  One Comment

Vegetarian Cooking for the Masses (Telegram & Gazette)

There’s a good article in Sunday’s Telegram & Gazette about the rise of vegetarianism in the United States. It’s called Vegetarian Cooking for the Masses and it is an AP story, which means that it was likely syndicated in newspapers around the country. Sweet! The article recommends a handful of cookbooks, including Short-Cut Vegan, Vegan [...]

July 5, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Misc, News  No Comments