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I've been an ovo-lacto vegetarian for about 11 years now. I became a vegetarian after an epiphany while spending a Chinese New Year's at a San Francisco Buddhist temple. The Masters at the temple were great. I found this site very very helpful in my travels; so, I want to contribute any of my knowledge to fellow vegheads. Talk to y'all soon. Have a good one! I'm Maureen, and I've been a vegetarian for two years,,.. yes Im still a little bit of a newbie! I've also been vegan for three months, which I found both challenging and rewarding. I mean who doesnt like a good challenge?? Mind you; its only a challenge if one thinks of it that way. To me, vegan is a life change. It really teaches you a lot, espcially whats in food. Not to mention religous reasons. | am living a few minutes outside of Calgary, which is in Canada for those of you who may not be familer. I find being a vegetarian keeps me disaplined.. as odd as that may sound. I really look forward to meeting new people and possibly meeting new people! I'm Jon, I am 24 and just decided to go vegitarian 2 days ago. I am in school for Computer repair. It is going ok so far, just my friends are annoying me about eating meat. lol I'm Steffi and I joined this forum because I don't know many other vegetarians/vegans. I've been vegetarian since I was 9, and became vegan four years ago - and have never regretted it! I live near London, UK, with my gorgeous rescue Staffie, Pixie. This is ADilip, from India and a lacto-vegetarian since generations. I'm a structural engineer by profession, practicing in central India. Let us interact with each other and work for this great cause of spreading vegetarianism. I'm Phil. I live in the UK although I've done a far bit of moving around and lived in a few different US states and Germany for a short time. I am a vegan and have been for about 4 years now, vegetarian prior to that. I am a musician - vocalist and guitarist in a band. Hope to connect with some more like minded people :) ummm... it's really hot where i am. some sort of heat warning. but i'm glad that i found this website! none of my friends undertand this sort of stuff. im draeyk, vegan for 20 years was veggi for three months and couldnt justify it in my mind so went the whole hog... pardon the pun! anyway im a self taught chef and live in london now. ive a wee blog at www.draeyk.blogspot.com/ will give you an intro on my approach. im now involved in developing local food networks and improving food/growing opportunities for kids and disadvantaged groups. we just opened another community vegan cafe that i should probably list here:) happy to chat or introduce folk to london. xxx I hope to find a lot of people with which I can share ideas, thoughts etc :) Kisses to you all! We live in Hollywood, South Florida, and would love to meet a local vegetarian/vegan couple or family for outings to parks, museums, and movies. We're both longtime vegetarians (aspiring to veganism), and we have a 10-year-old son. If you type "33020" into the zip code field on Kupple.com, you can see our photos and find out more about us. Our user name is "vegetariancouple." You don't have to be a member of Kupple to view our profile, but probably have to join to contact us through that site. (No, it's not a swinger site, and it's not our intention to advertise for them, but it is free to join.) Even if you aren't local, we'd love to hear from you if, after you check out our Kupple profile, you see that you have more in common with us than vegetarianism alone. Send an introduction to: vegetariancouple(the at symbol)yahoo. We're looking forward to making some great new friends! I'm Jo, and I'm seventeen. I've been vegetarian since early November, so nearly seven months, and vegan since May 1st - not very long. But I'm happy that I've started trying to make a difference :) Jo I'm Chris and I've been vegan for 13 or 14 years (Veggie for a few years prior to that) I found happy cow while looking for vegan places to eat while visiting Vancouver (gonna be ther from 1st -14th June so if anyone has any recommendations or would like to meet up, that would be great!) and I think I'll be getting info for all future trips and holidays. I'm lucky enough to have a job looking after trees and I enjoy rinding my mountain bike around Derbyshire (UK)! Feel free to say Hi! ^_^ I'm Maeve, from Dublin, Ireland :) Have been a vegetarian 3 years now.. I'm looking to improve my kitchen skills so very interested in healthy veggie recipes / cooking tips. Loving the site so far xx My name is Pedro. I've been a vegetarian for 4 years now. I sometimes flirt with veganism. I'm not really religious but i am not atheist either. My interest revolve on reading, lit, politics, art, music, etc. I am planning to become school librarian. i'm from california. i adores libraries and animals(cats and penguins). nice to meet you all. I'm Daria, i'm turning 24 in couple of weeks, and i'm vegan who dreams about opening little vegan restaurant and delivery. i'm trying to get masters on my two universities, i adore cooking and inventing recipes and collecting good ones. my biggest passions are travelling and Art in all its forms. i'm music addict, movies junkie and bookworm :) kind regards from the heart of the Europe! I'm Fast Willie Jackson. I'm fast. Although I'm still a carnivore, I enjoy eating at vegetarian restaurants. I used to think vegetarian food was bland and boring, but with some of these places I've been to, I'm glad to find out I was wrong. My mom is a vegetarian, and it kinda sucks that she doesn't really eat much when we go out. I'd like to change that. I 'm gosky....Vegetariany in Bangkok..for almost 15 years....enjoy with all kinds of veggie and fruits...love cooking(surely!!)...glad to khow everybody here... Peace is everywhere!! I'm Brainy. I am going to be 20 soon. I've been a vegetarian for a while now. I love animals. I find it upsetting to eat animals so it made sense! So... Lets free the animals! love and peace, Rachel I am Alexson, single Asian male, spiritual seeker from Australia. Ihave been a full vegetarian for nearly 8 years now. I practice meditation which requires vegetarian diets with no eggs. I have been reading about the advance of global warming, with a big percentage of contributions from the meat industry. If we are cautious, we need to adhere to the Scientists' claims that we only have a few years to handle this issue before it gets back to the point of no return. The ice is melting quickly and there are islands sinking too. I think we need to act really fast, and that the green efforts through green energy etc etc may not be strong enough actions to protect us against the chain reactions of the global warming. Hence, I think spreading the message of vegetarianism, is very important. I am interested on getting together to spread the message across the globe. I think one of the ways to do this would be to educate the workers/farmers who are involved in animal farming. I think we need to get straight to the root, apart from educating the general masses. I am creating a website for everyone who wants to brainstorm ideas to do this. Let's get together and a better Earth fast. This is my website: www.holeepassion.com Hope to see you there with ideas and support to spread this urgent message. Thank you God bless PS: please vote on my poll for reasons why you have become a vegetarian. Great to know your stories to encourage others too. Thank you www.holeepassion.com Administrator I'm iris from the Netherlands. I'm married and I'm 30 years old. Because of foodallergies we are both mostly vegetarian (I'm allergic to nuts and as it seems also for soy) but we eat as much of our food ecological and biologic dynamic. Even our meat is like that. And we try to eat local so not buying anything not made in the EU or Netherlands. We also try to buy only slave free chocolat (tony's chonellies) when ever this can (our wallet is not that fat) We started doing this like 2 years ago when we started to realise that the way we were living was killing the world. We have reduced our electricity bill with 5 % this year and we have green power green gass to cook on, energy saving lightbulbs in all lamps and are trying to reduce as much as possible My name is Benji. I'm from North Carolina and I haven't been vegetarian nearly as long as most of you. I have only been vegetarian since April of this year. I'm here to learn more about the vegetarian/vegan lifestyle and to meet other people who practice it! My name is Mardi Wong. I'm from Indonesia. I have been vegetarian about 10 years. Now, I have blog named vegetarian-guide.com Please feel free to visit us. I'm here to learn more thing about vegetarian/vegan from all of you. It's nice to meet you all here. Thanks. Best Regards / Mardi Wong Vegetarian-Guide.com I have been vegetarian for three half years and proud of it I make the right decision...I did think of being vegan but I think I need to be vegetarian for abit longer then I can try vegan but I know It is going to be alot harder and different Nice to meeting you all :) I love meeting new people, especially those that have similar diets and I'm always looking for more vegetarian and vegan recipes to add to my collection. I love tofu recipes especially, I love soy foods! I'm a horticulturist/fruit breeder... with three avocado "patents"! (Don't get scared off!) I have two veggie boy teens... and a worm pile that eats my garbage faster than I can feed it! Peace to us! gray Just popping in to say "Hi". I've been vegan for the past 3 or so years, veggie about 7 years. Living in Ireland on the west coast, with hubbie and 16 month old daughter, both also vegan. We used to travel lots and lots, hopefully we will again once the little sprite is bigger. Happycow has facilitated our meals in foreign locations on many, many occasions so thanks for that! At the moment, I'm involved in rearing herself & cooking as many vegan meals as I have time for, so, all in all I'm happy :) Here are two positive and inspired souls, by the name Nina and Jonas, who wishes to change the attitudes in the world by using our engaged minds and hearts to improve the being of vegetarianism and ecology, and we call this project Eco-Vegetarianism. We also drives a recipe-site with close to 2000 vegetarian- and veganrecipe. For the moment we can only offer an "about us"-page for our international visitors. But please feel free to visit and send us a regard there to support us, we would appreciate that very much! Best regards / Jonas & Nina VeggieMind - for an eco-vegetarian world! peace! Jay business email: jay@vegievegie.com Just stumbled accross Happy Cow and found it to be really cool. I have been vegan since 1992. We took in unwanted farm animals for a while but are now pretty full. Mostly goats and chickens. My husband and I own and operate a vegan wholesale bakery. We sell to health food stores and some cafes. We are small but growing. Has anyone every heard of Taralles? They are an Italian baked snack. We make them vegan and organic and they sell like crazy in the health food stores. Visit our web site. www.AmazingGrains.us We are homeschoolers and have homeschooled 3 children. We are currently on our youngest the older 2 are adults now. I love nature study and journal nature when ever I can. We use nature study as part of science for our homeschool. Blessings Teri 'm Piyush saying hello to everyone. P.S. If anyone is reading this and thinking they would love to be vegan, but can't give up cheese, or ice cream or whatever, trust me it will be the best feeling in the world. For along time I didn't know what I would eat if I did not eat cheese, and now I am so disgusted with cheese it makes me sick to think I use to eat it. Please take a moment to think about the horrible conditions in dairy farms, and if that isn't enough, please google 'milk letter' Thanks for reading! :) SAVE LIVES-GO VEGAN! I have interests too diverse to mention here. I'm from sunny Califrnia and I began my vegan path in 1992. I love chatting with like-minded individuals and meeting great people!! I love art, music and beauty and I wish everyone here: Peace, Love, Health, Wealth and Prosperity forever... I live in northern Mississippi right now, but am trying to sell my house. I've lived in Boulder, Memphis, Madison (Wi), El Paso (only 1 yr.-it was awful) and Atlanta (that was the longest) with summer jobs in Maine and Florida. I'm looking at Arizona next. I'd love to get a REALLY big house and live in it with other folks, as I don't want to be married. Or maybe I'll buy a set of small cabins together and rent them out. wheeee! My father started buying morningstar burgers and I thought he was just weird.. this was about 2 years ago. I started eating them but stil ate meat for the remainder of my foodd intake. I became a vegetarian (can go vegan for weekends on end) for about 5 months now (July 07). I used to work at a restaurant and was cutting up pounds of meat when I realized this is disgusting and cruel. I also wanted to maintain a better lifestyle as well as maintaing my weight since I am, as well as most of you, are health conscious (spelt wrong, i know). Going to the cafeteria in my college really opened my eyes up on how close minded people really are. I was able to let my college know that ... chicken nuggets, wings, french fries, hamburgers....and that small salad stand is not healthy and does not allow vegetarians/vegans to exercise their diet. Well... enough of that, Happy holidays My name is Chef Mayra I live in Las vegas, Nevada Well this my part as why I am vegeterian. I cook Vegan and Vegeterian with A Caribbean and SouthWest flair.. However, if I must serve meat to clients well.. I have to charge more and serve organic Only.. However, once they know my style..... The Vegeterian menus come OUT and meals are prepared Chef Mayra style (wink wink) I love when I see my clients learning and making their own choices. I just cook and let them explore their Cuisine posibilities. At the end they like my choices.. I am a private Chef with a Veggie Style :-) The main reason for becoming vegetarian is self preservation. The consumption of animal products causes the pH of the body to become acidic, leading to cellular degeneration and the onslaught of disease. This has been confirmed in hundreds of scientific studies. An acidic pH in the body is the primary precurser to all disease. When you choose a vegetarian lifestyle, you not only help yourself, but you help the planet as well. And that is the message I pass along with My Cooking and cuisine.// I say " healthy Food Has Flavor" I serve animal... but at the end! :-) I finish educating and serving other choices.. Results? well.. The clients still Happy and they say .. WOW Chef I think I have lost weight" OO well really? Thank you .. and Merry Christmas to all from the Caribbean Chef in Las Vegas, Nevada I joined HappyCow because I'm disabled and don't have a lot of friends. I live with my boyfriend and he works a lot so I am here all by myself. Glad to meet you all!! Of course as I’ve aged and became aware of the world and the terrible things that occur within it, the reason for my choice evolved to include other issues, eventually leaning me towards Veganism. These issues include animal rights, vivisection, health, and other compassionate reasons. I’m extremely interested in music, as I listen to EBM, Industrial, Dark Electro, Noise, Synthpop, and many other similar genres. If anyone is interested in talking more, send me a message. Again, I’m so glad that I’m part of such a wonderful group of people! I have been a vegetarian for 5yrs. I am currently a medical laboratory technologist, studying to be a natural nutritionist and hope to teach people the benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle. My hubby and I share our home with 3 retired racing greyhounds and 5 kitties. We are also involved in the rehabilitation of orphaned wildlife, and in an organization that fights for the very existence of wildlife rehabber (since our provincial government appears to be phasing us out). I try to live green but have room for improvement. Well, that's about it...that's me! :-) I joined today. I will contribute regularly. Very cool to find a site where people with similar views talk... I have been a vegetarian for over 5 years and a vegan for around a year. The main reason I went veggie is the extreme cruelty and neglect in the animal industry...Everything nowadays comes down to making an extra dollar so animals are always going to get a harsh time for more profit. No matter if you eat meat or not, it is very difficult to defend such a disgusting industry that shows absolutely no compassion.. Well done on the great site! Peace and love to you all... being vegan in a non vegan world. to say it was life changing would be an understatement! consequently ive been eating vegan for the last year and a half. i also have the claim to fame of being new zealand's only vegan locomotive engineer (train driver) and im damn proud of it too!!! i dont call myself 'vegan' cos im still wearing leather shoes bought years ago. the way i see it i buy shoes once every 7 or so years but eat at least 4 times a day, every day. i am making a difference, as is anybody who eschews consuming animal products of any form, at any time. anyway, peace and love to u all xxx It opened my eyes. Please help me succeed in my new meat-free life. we are young (below 36, :D!) vegan couples looking for places to stay during our across Canada trip. Please check out our TRAVEL post at this FORUM. Thank you for your time, :)! (We put our e-mail addy at the other posting.) My fiancé and I are planning on opening a vegan restaurant in Charlotte, NC within the next 5 years. Will keep Happy Cow updated on our progress. I love music, foreign languages, reading, and exotic food and cultures. I devour (ha!) every book I can get my hands on about veganism, public health, whole foods, big food corporations, the sociology of American "nutrition," and USDA corruption. Huge fan of Marion Nestle, Joanne Stepaniak, Eric Schlosser, T. Colin Campbell, and Morgan Spurlock. Best wishes to you all! Meghan I've been vegetarian for 5 years. At home I'm almost vegan but it's not easy to completely avoid dairy products and eggs as ingredients when I'm with other people. The other day, my husband, a typical meat eater, agreed to give up meat once bacon in the freezer has gone! well...I had to promise to cut down on wine consumption. fair enough? I first was brought in to the interest of being a vegetarian about a yr ago before my 21st birthday. I was already in to animal rights but then I saw tons of videos and photos, made me sick and extremely sad. I couldn't bear watching beautiful creatures being tortured for no reasons at all, some of my friends were shocked and my family was as well; they're all carnivores. I have tried to explain to them why I have chosen this lifestyle, they understand and support me, but I guess they'll never be passionate enough to want to live the way I do ~ not like i'm wanting to force them, i'm just surprised that my animal loving family and friends don't want to take the veg pledge. ;] I'm not vegetarian anymore, i'm vegan now, have been since the beginning of July pretty much. I thought it was going to be hard, actually, it wasn't that bad though. I found certain foods and found recipies; don't like them all of course but it's all trial and error! I'm not really a people person. I mean, it's not like I want to see them suffer or anything, but I seem to only find myself with the love of animals and the love of most people that I know. Strangers...well some can be nice but you just never know what their backgrounds are, especially if they eat meat. Blah. ;p I'm well, vegansexual now, haha. I was just straight and would be interested in any hot guy that came about but now I don't want to be involved with a carnivore in that "way." I would love to have a relationship with another vegan or vegetarian! And I would also love to find friends that are vegan/veg, I need more! ^.^ I have a Myspace, it's www.myspace.com/kimmercane. If you have one, add me! :] I am a newbie vegetarian though have had strong leanings for years. Vego for 2 weeks now and i am loving it. I feel like i am living my truth if that makes any sense. I love animals and mothernature and I do really love vegies and fruit! I look forward to getting to know you all. Warm regards Vege007 www.bangkokeguide.com/vegetarian.php I was in Bangkok couple of years ago, and survived my entire stay thanks to a wonderful restaurant, Dosa King. Address: 265/1 Sukhumvit Road Soi-19, opposite to Robinson Sukhumvit, Bangkok. (right in the heart of the city) Very highly recommended! Somehow they are not listed at happycow (this site). I wish any vegan/vegiterian person would show me around Bangkok.I am only interested in cultural aspect of Thailand (the typical gogo bars and sex shows are thus excluded)and would pay for a guided tour too. Is there anyone out there to hepl me? An incredible positive impact. Every sticker, every pamphlet, every letter to the editor, every gentle conversation with others is having an impact, raising awareness and creating a more compassionate world. This is Tom writing from Bangor, Maine. I've been vegetarian for almost 14 years and vegan for the last 5 years. Definitely one of my greatest decisions in life. From day 1, back in late 1993, I wake up each morning feeling ecstatic that I'm no longer contributing to the brutalizing and killing of voiceless beings against their will, and am trying to do my part to gently raise awareness with others. Some favorite restaurants are... Caravan of dreams - NYC Susty's - Northwood, NH Little Lads - Portland, Maine & NYC Spiral Diner - Ft Worth, Tx Kalachandji's - Dallas, Tx Happy Buddha - Queens, Nyc Buddha's Delight - Boston People's food co-op (vegan breakfast buffet!)- San Diego, Ca Country Life - Keene, NH I have been moving very slowly towards becoming vegetarian; however,I've been too disorganized and find myself being distracted when life gets too busy or stressful. I find myself slipping during those times. I know that I feel much better when I don't eat meat, which was the main reason I wanted to switch to a vegetarian diet...to improve my health. When I began reading more, I discovered how much more eco-friendly a vegetarian diet is. What I'd like to do this summer (I'm a teacher and have some time off), is to actually sit down and formulate a plan. Get some dishes and menus under my belt to replace that childhood "comfort food" that I always want to revert to when I'm super busy or stressed. If I can reorganize the kitchen, restock it, and get habits established, perhaps I'll have a better chance of success. But I also feel badly when my family gets together and I get all the long faces and pleas to please try the food they've made. We were raised to eat what we were given to eat...lots of years of habit to break. I know, I know all of the reasons and arguments and that I can eat whatever and however I choose. I don't want to have anyone make me feel guilty for being or not being a vegetarian. It's been about like changing religions or political parties...LOL! Fortunately, I can eat however I want at home since the furbabies don't care what I eat as long as I feed them. ;oD hehehe I'm glad to have The Happy Cow for support. I have been vegan for 10 months now and am so happy I made that decision. I did it for the animals! I live in Dallas and I do not know any vegans. : ( I am an executive assistant for an oil and gas company and I am a professional bellydancer. I LOVE this site!!! : ) Angela (a.k.a. Anisa) What a great site! I've been a vegetarian since '98 and also try to eat some raw and living foods, some of which I dehydrate. Living in Central Texas has made this a challenge, but more grocery stores and restaurants have veggie friendly food. When I visit my son in Dallas, I enjoy Whole Foods, and my daughter's town has a wonderful place (she and her family are vegetarians). Professionally, I'm an occupational therapist, who worked in psychiatry most of my career, and then in geriatric rehab in nursing homes. Now, I do core synchronism, a natural therapy, which I love. I have found that folks who initially made fun of my diet have come to enjoy what I cook and have realized that they, too, need to eat a more healthy diet. Fun to sit back and watch....... peace......... Some Python for your pleasure! John Cleese & Eric Idle are vegetarians - Michael Palin eats body parts but we stil love him! Monty Python's Flying Circus - Series 1 - Episode 13 - from 1970 Head Waiter (Michael Palin) Fine. I'm the head waiter. This is a vegetarian restaurant only, we serve no animal flesh of any kind. We're not only proud of that, we're smug about it. So if you were to come in here asking me to rip open a small defenseless chicken, so you could chew its skin and eat its intestines, then I'm afraid I'd have to ask you to leave. He (John Cleese) No, no, no, no. Head Waiter (Michael Palin) Likewise if you were to ask us to slice the sides of a cow and serve it with small pieces of its liver ... (small tic developing, getting carried away) or indeed drain the life blood from a pig before cutting off one of its legs... or carve the living giblets from a sheep and serve them with the fresh brains, bowels, guts and spleen of a small rabbit... WE WOULDN'T DO IT. (reaction) Not for food anyway. She (Eric Idle) Quite frankly I'm against people who give vent to their loquacity by extraneous bombastic circumlocution. (they both look at her; pause) Oh I don't like that. My name is Deanna and am a newbie vegetarian (or trying really hard to be). I hail originally from California, but have been on the East Coast for the last seven years. I have multiple furry children. My turning point was when I was making an anniversary dinner for my husband, Cornish Game Hen, when I saw it for what it really was. Freaked me out so badly I couldn't eat it or anything else that resembles the orignial "person". I would like to make the transition to Vegan, but keep slipping up. I have always been a fussy eater so it is hard for me to find foods I like. Wish me luck! D I have many reasons, intially just the idea of eating flesh, and my friends really disgusted me. As I got older and read more- as I am sure a lot of you can relate to, I could see more and more reasons why people should not eat carcasses, or support animal (to those meat eaters, my one liner to thier questions about why I am vegan is that I am against animal cruelty.) The reality is I am also an environmentalist and have felt for a long time that it's not healthy for the planet either, this exploitation of resources. Interesting to read that The United Nations has reported that animal agriculture accounts for 18% of greenhouse gases, which is MORE than automobiles. Intuitively, I have always felt it healthier to not eat meat and dairy. I noticed the effects of milk on my system, the sinus and headached, and even before I claimed to be vegan, I really didn't have much. The China Study has confirmed my feelings, and I suppose health is another reason for being vegan. I am an animal lover. Have 2 beautiful fur children of my own. They are both vegan dogs, and so healthy and young looking. The vet says they are soooo healthy, but we don't usually mention to them, for critism that they are vegan. I love having this resource, which I am tapping into as I am currently travelling. It's great to hear from other like minded people from around the world! I've been a vegan for five years and feel great! my dog is vegan too. There are the vegan and vegetarian restaurant also in Japan. Recently such restaurant has increased. I really happy. I'm good at the creation cooking. I'm cooking for myself as much as possible when I'm in my home. I became a vegan for health. And I came to think about animal rights recently. However, it's very convenient. Happy Cow's always helped me when going on a trip. next time, I would like to be useful for you:) Tend to cook at home more often, occasionally eat outside. I have lived in quite a few countries in the past (US, Canada, NZ, Australia, now UK) - my favorite city for vegetarian eating out has to be Toronto. Look forward to interacting with y'all. I don’t have that much of a story as to why I eat the way that I do. I grew up on a small farm which raised its own cattle and I was always acutely aware of where my food came from. Fast forward to nutrition courses in university and grad school and concerns for health/athletic performance and ethical reasons and I didn’t have a reason to eat meat. I estimate that I am 95% vegan and will likely transition all the way inside of the next several months. This website has been a fantastic resource for me in my travels throughout the world and I am happy to see a discussion board operating on it. My name's Amanda and I've been vegetarian for 27 years and vegan for 8. I live in China with my husband and 3 kids, all vegan too. If anyone is travelling to China and needs any advice, please contact me. In Beijing we now have 22 vegetarian restaurants, which is quite an improvement on the 2 that were here when I arrived 18 years ago! My Name is Adam, I've been vegan for 15 years now (since I was 8 y/o). I went vegan for ethical reasons because during a school lunch period I finally made the connection between the nugget and the chicken, thought for a quick minute and decided right then and there that I'd be vegan for the rest of my life. (still haven't changed!) I live in LA and love it because there is plenty of options for vegans around here. I'm a skydiver, surfer and bicyclist, so I'm living proof that being vegan makes you far from weak (what the doctors told me when I went vegan at 8...). I love cooking, so I hope you enjoy my additions to potlucks around town. I hope you all have a great day today. ~Adam I'm Tracey. I live in Canberra, Australia. I've been vegetarian for 13 years and don't miss meat one bit, though I do sometimes miss the sauces and styles of food you can get with it. That's why I enjoy my local chinese and vietnamese mock-meat restuarants from time to time. Unfortunately we don't have many vegetarian restaurants here in Canberra. I wish we had more. It's annoying time after time to be confronted with the same situation - one or less choice, having to ask what's in food bla bla bla, especially when family insist on going to the same crap places to eat. Not enough to make me want to go back to my evil ways though. At least my friends are supportive and often look for places that will suit me better. A lot of people in Australia (I'm sure may other countries are the same) still don't understand what to feed me and restaurants in particular seem to think it's fine to offer veges and salad and nothing else. I like a good hearty meal as much as the next person. Give me a good nutloaf, chickpea stew, lentil bolognaise etc any day. Which is why it's sad that one of our premier vegetarian restaurants closed down last year. They were very popular, I guess they wer just over it. I have two gorgeous cats who have been with me for a long time and we are a happy little family. I love this website as it is a really good resource for us vegos and a great place to meet up and share ideas. I'm in Edmonton, Canada...I've been a vegan for 2.5 years and will never go back to eating carcass. I'm an animal rights activist and if I could do it full time and make enough money to live on, I would do it. I don't try to convert anyone to vegetarianism, however I am always SUPER happy to discuss my choices and why I made them with anyone who asks. The only thing I refuse to answer is: "How do you get enough to eat??"...come on people!! I've got 3 cats: Derby, Brisket & Shmigger...and they are my life! I've been a vegan for almost 5 yrs now and feel great! I live in the Los Angeles area. I try to live as greenly as possible and I am grateful to have been able to install solar power on my house. I started out for health reasons, but as I read I also became more and more of an ethical vegan. I am the lone veg in my household, but I'm hoping that someday that will change. I live with my 9 yr old som, A very spoiled yellow lab,and a pair of gansta' cats (litter mates and brothers) - It's like "hand over the catnip and no one will get hurt! But seriously, all of us, along with my boyfriend make for a very joyous and eclectic bunch. I have been living in El Salvador for now over 13 years. I have recently become involved in promoting tourism here in the smallest but friendliest country in Central America. Through my web broswing I have found no information for vegetarian restaurants in El Salvador, but I do know of a few that don't have web sites. So if you are thinking about traveling to El Salvador feel free to write to me at rpbroz@gmail.com or check out my two web pages for El Salvador travel information. The Other El Salvador dot com has lost of useful travel information for specific information about Suchitoto El Salvador visit gaesuchitoto dot com, Suchitoto is a small colonial town many compare it to Antigua 20 years ago. Anyway glad to help out, if your coming look me up, always love meeting new people. RPBroz Suchitoto, El Salvador That being said, I don't miss eating mammals and birds at all. I don't even understand how I could have liked eating them every day as a child. (1)www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/heterocyclic-amines My name is Barb, and I'm a newbie to the vegan world...I've been sticking to the diet since March. I did it once before a couple of years ago but I relapsed while on vacation in London---I didn't know about this resource and there just weren't a lot of options that I found. I'm from Seattle and will be starting work at an animal welfare society this week. I have one furchild, a crazy wire-haired fox terrier. Animals and HappyCow rock! -CrispyOne My name's Gene. first came upon this site as a hungry traveller who just wanted to find possibilities while on the road. Am from the Bay Area but have been living in Germany for the past year. My parents are vegetarian and raised me and my sister so as well. Have been vegan for five years now. Favourite vegetarian restaurant in Europe: Yellow Sunshine, in Berlin. I did the translation of the menu into English - if you happen to visit, feedback would be appreciated... thanks! Favourite city in Europe for vegetarians: Budapest. Strange but true. There are a multitude of places all over the city, and even two full vegan ones too. Best of the bunch is Napfényes Ízek (Sunny Flavours). Favourite vegetarian restaurant, period: Millenium in San Francisco. It's clichéd to pick that one, yeah, but I've never come across anything better. House-made soy ice cream induced transcendental experience. Happy eating! Best, Gene My name is Jill and I've been vegetarian since 1993 and I've been sticking to a vegan diet for almost a year now after going vegan/veg for a couple of years. I have been involved in animal rescue/sanctuary for about 10 years now. And currently I have 7 furbabies...2 cats, 2 house rabbits, 2 guinea pigs and 1 chihuahua. My hopes are to eventually get to a mostly raw diet. But I haven't really started yet. I'm still working on eating enough fruits and veggies so I know it will be the hardest challenge I will ever face. Thanks for being here... FreakyVegan I've been Vegan for 5 yrs. and i feel great! My pastimes are Kung Fu and Food...Im a college student but i should be done soon! Hi everyone, here's a little about me... I've been vegetarian 20 years (this year) and vegan at least 10 years. Before starting HappyCow in 1999, I worked as a massage therapist and also ESL teacher. I work on a number of websites, which you can check out if you like, here. If you haven't already been there, you can read the FULL HappyCow story, here. It would be great to hear from you all and learn a little about you, so please add your intro's here! peace, -eric |
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