GO VEGAN. WHY NOT?

Truth Speaker - Freedom Fighter

gary francione is a distinguished professor of law and nicholas katzenbach scholar of law and philosophy.@ rutgers school of law in newark, an author, and tiresless advocate for the animals.

if you google gary, you'll find him in plenty of places - many times recorded for radio shows.  the last i heard was a radio netherlands debate.  creative, nonviolent, vegan education - that's his thing.

below are gary's '6 principles of the animal rights position'.  these principles are a snapshot of his life's work, fighting the oppression of all animals, human and nonhuman and can be found @ his abolitionist approach website.  gary francione inspires me no end.

The Six Principles of the Animal Rights Position

1. The animal rights position maintains that all sentient beings, humans or nonhumans, have one right: the basic right not to be treated as the property of others.
2. Our recognition of the one basic right means that we must abolish, and not merely regulate, institutionalized animal exploitation—because it assumes that animals are the property of humans.
3. Just as we reject racism, sexism, ageism, and heterosexism, we reject speciesism. The species of a sentient being is no more reason to deny the protection of this basic right than race, sex, age, or sexual orientation is a reason to deny membership in the human moral community to other humans.
4. We recognize that we will not abolish overnight the property status of nonhumans, but we will support only those campaigns and positions that explicitly promote the abolitionist agenda. We will not support positions that call for supposedly “improved” regulation of animal exploitation. We reject any campaign that promotes sexism, racism, heterosexism or other forms of discrimination against humans.
5. We recognize that the most important step that any of us can take toward abolition is to adopt the vegan lifestyle and to educate others about veganism. Veganism is the principle of abolition applied to one’s personal life and the consumption of any meat, fowl, fish, or dairy product, or the wearing or use of animal products, is inconsistent with the abolitionist perspective.
6. We recognize the principle of nonviolence as the guiding principle of the animal rights movement.

WOW, gina lolabrigida says "go vegan.  why not?"

 

latest inspiration - check him out

dino sarma rocks!  check out his blog and have fun learning.  he calls himself the 'alternative vegan' and podcasts out of manhattan. 

tofu, tempeh, seitan, etc., that's not his thing.  produce, that's dino's thing.  creating meals of fresh produce creatively, understanding what you're doing.  yes there's a healthy dose of indian cooking that you'll love to have broken down and made accessible, but dino's an educator first and foremost.  i.e., his incomparable 'oils' podcast will have you saving $ on oils forever!  oh, and the other thing about dino that i'm lovin'?  he wants you to save money.  LOTS of money.  listen and learn how.

by the way, aishwarya rai says "go vegan.  why not?"

shut your mouth biscotti

         

i brought a batch of these biscotti to the church potluck today.  a woman asked me if i would sell them to her for a party she was throwing that day.  but you know, they were for the 'flock'.  ;-)  she did take home what cookies remained at the end of the church lunch, and made a nice donation to the church for 'em.  WOW do you know that most biscotti recipes call for a stick of butter and 2 - 4 eggs.  these don't and everyone will think you're a genius.  above is a picture of the logs after the first baking.  one is overturned so you can see the color.  that color determines whether it's time to take it out.   the next picture shows the biscotti cooling on the rack after the final baking.  and yes, those biscotti were made with pistachios.  pistachios and orange zest to be exact.  i like the almond-anise so much better.  but it just goes to show: use what you got!  ;-)

almond - anise biscotti - makes 50 - 60

whole wheat pastry flour: 1-1/2 cups

all purpose flour: 1-1/2 cups

baking powder: 1 Tablespoon

salt: 1/2 teaspoon

white sugar: 1-1/2 cups

smooth, unsweetened applesauce: 3/4 cup liquid measure

vegetable oil: 2 Tablespoons (from 1 to 3 Tablespoons.  less oil = harder cookie /more = softer cookie)

vanilla extract: 1 teaspoon

almond extract: 1 teaspoon

anise seeds: 2 Tablespoons

almonds: 1-1/2 cups, lightly toasted on a sheet pan in a 350 degree oven, when cool, roughly chop

this recipe pulls together quickly - so get ready.  preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  line two cookie sheets with parchment paper or aluminum foil and lightly spray with vegetable oil.  this dough is very sticky.  

in a large bowl, whisk together the two flours, baking powder (push it through a sieve to get the hard lumps out) and salt.

in a medium bowl whisk together the sugar, applesauce, oil, and extracts.  pour the sugar mixture into the flours, adding the nuts and seeds.  finish mixing with your hands and pour out onto a floured board.  cut into two pieces.

with floured hands, form each ball of dough into a log, three inches wide, 3/4-inch thick, with squared-off ends.  transfer each to its  pan and bake for about 25 minutes or until the bottom of the log is a pale golden brown.

remove the logs to a cooling rack for 15 minutes and reduce heat to 300 degrees.

cut each log straight across into 1/2 inch slices.  arrange the slices on the baking sheets, cut side down, and bake 20-25 minutes until a light golden brown.  flip to reverse side and continue baking until the second side is a light golden brown.

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tip 2: best foaming milk

i love love love our 'bialetti mukka express'.  you know bialetti.  they've been making the classic aluminum stovetop 'moka express' since 1933.  the 'mukka express' is said to make cappuccino.  well, it doesn't make cappucinno.  but it does make an addictive frothy cafe au lait.

do all soy milks froth equally?  no indeed.  so this is my tip.  whether using the mukka or a separate frother, kikkoman pearl organic soy milk stands head and shoulders above the rest.  original or vanilla work equally well.  oh, and another tip, you can buy it @ 'cash and carry', 170 south van ness for less that half of what safeway charges.  i buy them  by the case.

that's a good tip!

oh, by the way, sophia loren says "go vegan.  why not?"

tip 1: dust off that bundt pan!

  

just a tip:

big red beautiful peppers are in season and begging to be stuffed with your leftovers!  but, make life easy for yourself when preparing them.  after rinsing, slicing the top off, pulling out the seeds, and then blanching in boiling water for a few minutes, stand 'em up in your lightl oiled bundt pan and stuff away. 

oh, by the way, ellen and portia say "go vegan.  why not?"

august without liguria

                     

yep, it's the annual foccacia drought.  remember, liguria closes every august - ALL august.  be strong.  ;-)

            oh, and marcello mastroianni

                    says "go vegan.  why not?"