My friend turned me on to Alicia Silverstone’s Kind Life blog. It’s got good content and forum dicussions on everything from restaurants, innovative chefs, how to make vegan french toast to great vegan purses on (the awesome, but overwhelming) handmade goods site Etsy. It’s useful for veggie-friendly people like me, who eat a plant-based diet [...]

The remainder of this month has a couple of great conscious foodie events close to my home for those of us who lean towards a plant-based diet. One is this Tuesday, January 19th when Kitchen Table Talks kicks off the new year with a gathering on urban homesteading. Though food justice guru Will Allen, Oakland writer Novella Carpenter [...]

There’s a lot of talk about sustainable seafood these days, especially with global sushi consumption and the soon to be extinct bluefin tuna. I’ve written about Sea Rocket Bistro in San Diego, and have been meaning to try Tataki, the first self-claimed “sustainable sushi restaurant”, based in San Francisco. Both restaurants serve local food and adhere to [...]