Here are fresh tips for each day in November to celebrate World Vegan Day (November 1) and World Vegan Month. With so many benefits and so much at stake, there has never been a better time to embrace your inner-herbivore. November 1/Day 1 There are so many amazing resources for new and transitioning…

From Soda Bread to Guinness Chocolate Cake, I’ve got you covered — You don’t need to find a lucky clover or a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow to enjoy a fun and festive St. Patrick’s Day. Just check out some delicious vegan recipes to make a plan for a fabulous celebration and you are well on your way.

Think you’ve got a gotcha moment against vegans? Think again. — “Vegans kill more animals than meat-eaters.” As someone who maintains a robust vegan page on several social media platforms, I can affirm that, man, this myth is making the rounds like whoa. It seems like the trolls and haters have a shiny new toy because it is currently their preferred rebuttal against vegans. …

“Gaslighting is a slow, unconscious loss of reality…[it] is mind control to make victims doubt their reality.” — Tracy A. Malone Some of us grew up in an environment of gaslighting, one where observations, recollections and experiences were often not only routinely undermined and dismissed but denied. If you grew…

It’s probably that new year, short-days/long-nights rumination mode happening, but lately I’ve been thinking a lot about a crossroads moment in my life. Do you ever think about those watershed experiences in your life? Defining, though perhaps outwardly humdrum, incidents that reordered your life, altered your perspective, changed your trajectory…

This year, Hanukkah officially starts Sunday, December 18 and ends Monday, December 26, totally overlapping with this other lesser-known holiday that a few people celebrate on December 25. Whatever! Hanukkah’s food traditions are often centered around the symbols of miracles, specifically with how the oil used in the menorah to…

There is no reason you have to give up the food traditions that you remember fondly. With an open mind and a willingness to experiment a little, you can find perfect vegan alternatives to treasured food memories. I have collected vegan versions of 12 classic Christmas drinks and dishes for…

How my grandmother’s spirit infused me with a love of kitchen witchery I got my introduction to kitchen witchery at my grandmother’s little table. This sounds more mysterious and wild than it was, but it was still essential to my development. My grandmother was not a witch, at least not…

It’s September: Let’s get those lunches planned. When my son was in elementary school, I started out making cute lunches inspired by the ol’ Vegan Lunch Box blog in the aughts but quickly discovered that both my son and I liked quick and easy meals more than we did visually…