Food for Thought with Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

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Common Responses to Questions about Veganism Nov 26, 2006

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I highly encourage vegans, vegetarians, and non-vegans to engage in respectful dialogue about the issues that are not often in the public discourse. As vegans and vegetarians, we need to create a safe space for the comments and questions we hear — even if we've heard them a million times.

As non-vegans / non-vegetarians, we can expand our perspective by asking genuine questions. In this episode, I go through some common remarks about veganiam and invite you to find yourself in the examples I give. As always, bring your sense of humor with you.

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Talking Turkey Nov 16, 2006

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If you've never met them, turkeys are magnificent animals, full of spunk and spark and affection. I've introduced many people to the critters at farmed animal sanctuaries, and the animals with whom people have the most transformative experience are the turkeys. Every time. Never fails.

Join me as I tell some stories of special turkeys I've had the privilege of meeting and as I explain why I'm still making amends to the animals, whose breasts, legs, and wings used to darken my dinner plate.

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Replacing Eggs in Cooking and Baking Nov 06, 2006

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After hearing our earlier podcast episodes on chicken's eggs, many of you have written to tell me you have eliminated them from your diet. On behalf of the 290 million hens being kept (and eventually killed) for their eggs, I thank you.

This new path, however, has left you with questions about how to cook and bake without them. Join me as I give away all my secrets for eggless baking and offer my thoughts about why I can live without boiled eggs.

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Transitioning to a Vegan Diet: Tips for Eating Healthfully Nov 01, 2006

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Even if you're not planning on transitioning to a vegan diet, I think you'll find this episode very helpful. Packed with helpful tips and shortcuts, this episode addresses the pragmatics of eating and cooking healthfully, offers suggestions for eating locally, speaks to those who say they are hungry when they eat vegan, and provides insight into why people react with anger and/or hostility when you tell them you're vegan.

(You'll even hear from my cat, Schuster, who decided to chime in unexpectedly! His brother, Simon, had nothing to say.)

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The Rise of the Excuse-itarians (or The Emperor's New Clothes) Oct 28, 2006

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I've heard every excuse in the book for eating animals, but I've yet to hear a convincing reason. The consumption of meat, dairy, and eggs is so ritualized, rationalized, disguised, and romanticized that an entirely new group of people has emerged: the "excuse-itarians."

These are the people who spend enormous amounts of time and energy romanticizing the consumption of animal products and who have become pseudo-celebrities because of it.

The rise in popularity of such people reminds me of the Hans Christian Andersen fable, "The Emperor Has No Clothes," because nobody is saying what's true.

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How humane are "humane" meat, dairy, and eggs? Oct 12, 2006

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I have yet to meet a non-vegan who didn't care about the treatment of animals raised and killed for human consumption, and I have yet to meet a non-vegetarian who didn't declare that they're eating "humanely raised" meat, dairy, and eggs.

When you factor in the breeding, transporting, and slaughter, is it possible to have "humane" animal products?

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10 Tips for Eating Plant-Based in Social Situations Oct 11, 2006

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Some people are afraid that their social lives will suffer when they eliminate meat and dairy from their diet, since social occasions and food tend to go hand in hand.

For anyone who has ever thought it's difficult as a vegan / vegetarian / plant-based person to dine out or to eat at the home of non-vegetarian friends, I hope this can be a guide and a resource. It also includes suggestions for having productive dialogue in social situations.

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Favorite Foods: Non-Dairy Milks Oct 02, 2006

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Despite the popular depiction of non-dairy milks being "alternatives" to cow's milk, it's really the other way around when you consider the fact that the milk from nuts and soybeans has been used for thousands of years.

Join me as I explore the many commercial (and homemade) milks available to those of us who've weaned ourselves from the milk of cows.

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Eating Animals: Dogs, Cats, Pigs, or Cows Sep 26, 2006

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The practice of eating animals is a culturally ingrained habit. If you're in the U.S., you might dine on pigs, cattle, and chickens; if you're in Mexico, you might feast on goats; if you're in parts of Asia, you might devour dogs and cats. We humans have a funny way of judging other cultures for what we think is cruel, despite our own commitment to cruelty. To the animals, it's all the same.

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The Myth of the "Perfect Vegan" Aug 16, 2006

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Some people mistakenly think being vegan is about trying to attain perfection, so they resist any considerations of this lifestyle lest they have to "give something up." Being vegan is about living compassionately, consciously, and expansively; it's not about deprivation or being certified 100% pure.

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