les violettes
periodic updates on the vegetarian lifestyle

national farmer’s market week

August 5th 2009

Here in the U.S.A. we are right in the middle of the National Farmer’s Market Week. This August 2 – 8, 2009 marks the 10th annual celebration of the more than 4,800 farmer’s markets here in the United States. More than 94% of all farms are what the U.S. government refers to as Small [...]

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sustainable eating with mark bittman

March 10th 2009

Many of you are familiar with food writer, Mark Bittman.  Perhaps you even have his well-known book, How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. In Bittman’s own words “I’m not a vegetarian…but I am a less-meat-tarian.  Those who are vegetarian, you get a free pass.”  He discusses the correlation between what we eat, health and in particular [...]

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