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The Growth of Vegan Restaurants in Europe 2020

In a previous article, the “London Vegan Restaurant Scene Evolution” we took a look at the exponential increase of vegan (and vegetarian) restaurants in the UK’s capital. We found out that there were major changes to the vegan scene in this city in 2015 and 2017, and that the number of vegan restaurants seem to be catching up with the vegetarian ones. In this article we continue this analysis and…

February 29, 2020 (Last Updated: January 16, 2023) By Ricardo

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London Vegan Restaurant Scene Evolution

London ranked No. 1 in the world on HappyCow’s Top 10 Vegan Friendly Cities List 2019. This doesn’t come as a surprise, many of us having already heard, or had the chance to experience first-hand, how wonderful the city’s vegan food scene truly is. The Top 10 Cities List was published in December of 2019, and after letting the results sink in, I couldn’t help but wonder: (1) When was…

January 18, 2020 (Last Updated: January 23, 2020) By Ricardo

Restaurants/ Veg History/ Veganism

Vegans On Holiday: Mallorca, The Number One Destination!

Believe it or not, but Mallorca is the top destination for vegans in Europe. I know I’m using superlatives here, but I do believe it’s true. Not only are more and more high-class restaurants (such as the “Hotel Valldemossa” or the two-star Michelin restaurant “Es Fum”) starting to offer extensive vegan menus, but the local government is also recognizing the rising number of vegans on the largest Balearic island. How do I know? Well,…

March 2, 2016 By Mallorcatalks

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French Vegan Cookbook – 1934 – A Source Of The Hitler Rumor

A wonderful vegan recipe book tainted by an old story. Un merveilleux livre de recettes vegan entachée par une vieille histoire. A source of the annoying – ‘Hitler was a vegetarian’ rumor – countered by Rynn Berry – see below. Ernest Bell Library item – Maïa Charpentier. – La Bonne Cuisine végétalienne. 500 recettes pratiques. Préface de Prosper Montagné. Editions La Caravelle & Imprimerie d’Art “Le Croquis”, 6, rue Bezout,…

August 4, 2015 (Last Updated: October 10, 2016) By John Edmundson

Animal Rights/ General/ Veg History

Anti-Vivisection Crusaders Remembered

An empty used envelope from 1909, got our Ernest Bell Library team talking a lot today. And the best part…… ……a tatty, but glorious, circa 1909 ‘Ingersoll family’ – ‘Anti-Vivisection Crusade’ Cinderella stamp, featuring a dog ‘sitting’ on a vivisector’s knife, has survived for 100+ years and is now in our Ernest Bell Library. ~ In philately, a cinderella stamp is “virtually anything resembling a postage stamp, but not issued for…

July 27, 2015 (Last Updated: July 31, 2015) By John Edmundson

Animal Rights/ General/ Veg History

How Exactly Do Wolves Change Rivers?

“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.”— John Muir – image 4+ interesting minutes. When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the United States after being absent nearly 70 years, the most remarkable “trophic cascade” occurred. What is a trophic cascade and how exactly do wolves change rivers? George Monbiot explains in this movie remix. Trophic cascades occur when predators in a food web suppress the abundance or alter traits (e.g., behavior) of their prey, thereby…

July 20, 2015 By John Edmundson

Animal Rights/ Animals/ Veg History/ Video

The Art of the Animal on indiegogo.com

“Reading the essays for the forthcoming book “The Art of the Animal: 14 Women Artists Explore the Sexual Politics of Meat” and looking at photographs of some of the images that will be included within it, all I can say to animal activists and feminists and artists and all my friends: Don’t miss a chance to experience the incredible vision and talent and insights and creativity of these 14 women…

October 22, 2014 (Last Updated: October 24, 2014) By John Edmundson