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Today’s video isn’t a response to a reader question, but it is a response to a reader comment, and hey, haven’t the comments this week been amazing?  In response to the vegan product selection in smaller towns video, Jinkies! (you have to pronounce the exclamation mark like I do in the video) said “My advice for anyone in a similar situation is to learn to cook if you can’t already, and keep trying new foods until you’ve tried them all.

That’s a JFK moon landing speech right there, that is.  Feel inspired yet?

My challenge to you is this: post a comment listing 1, 2, or 3 foods you’ve never tried, then see how long it takes you to post another comment saying you’ve tried them.  Be sure to check out the website I mentioned in the video for recipes!

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Matt’s newsletter question was, and I quote, “adapting veganism to the deepest darkest burbs.”

There are a lot of ways to take that one, so I’m going to break it into two or three parts.  Today we’ll cover how to deal with a less-varied selection of vegan products, and tomorrow we’ll handle dealing with a less-varied selection of vegans.  Then we’ll cover what Matt actually wanted to know if I’ve missed the mark and he lets me know :)

Those of you in smaller towns without 100% vegan grocery stores, or just further away from large cities, now’s a great time to speak up: how are you getting your vegan specialty foods, or do you just stick to whole foods and ignore the processed stuff altogether?  Do you find veganism harder than you’d imagine it to be if you lived elsewhere?

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Is eating vegan more expensive than a ‘normal’ diet?

April 26, 2010

When I’m talking to meat eaters about veganism, either in an actual outreach scenario like tabling at an event, or in simple conversation with someone through work or a party or whatever, I often hear this: “Yeah, I thought about trying that, but it’s way too expensive.” This isn’t just a meat-eating misconception either: if [...]

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