On the way home after a long day (I have to get up before seven and got home about ten today) I listened to the latest episode of stash and burn that I had on my ipod. The picture gave me a little kick, lots of clapotis’, guess which one is mine, there is no prize if you guess right though… I’ve spent all my cash on cookbooks

A new episode of the podcast downloaded when I got home. That always makes me happy. It’s a great show.

Tags: knitting in public, podcast

I’m a bookish kind of girl. So that I today spent 50 GBP (quids? I have a lousy lapotop keyboard without the pound sign) on books.

• Alternative Vegan by Dino Sarma I allready own a copy of this, this is a gift. I love this book.
• The joy of vegan baking by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau For my sweetie. He’s started baking a lot after we vent vegan. And I really want to encourage him at that. I love his baked goods.
• Veganomicon by Isa Chandra Moskowitz for me…
• Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog by Gary Francione because I’ve listened to the interviews with Francione over at VeganFreak Radio and wanted a bit more. I’ll get the rest of his books later.
• EAT, DRINK & BE VEGAN by Dreena Burton this is also the VeganFreak Radio’s fault, they had her on in the most recent show (nr 81), and I started lusting after the book. That was what started the book binge in the first place.

I’m turning into a cookbook whore! The problem is just that I find that vegan cooking is so much fun! I enjoy it, I never used to enjoy cooking before and now I love doing it. And being an obsessive researcher I get books on the subject

Tags: animal rights, Books, cooking, podcast, Vegan

Bob Torres’ new book “Making a killing” is out now. He’s one of the authours of a book I just finished reading “Veganfreak” and a part of the podcast duo over at Veganfreak radio podcast.

He and Jenna over at the podcast makes a really good show, the kind I enjoy listening to, and I recomend it to everyone, even if you just want to check out what all the crazy vegan stuff is about.

The new book, which I’m ordering in a day or two, is for the people on the left (politically) and for animal rights people alike. The companion site to the book probably talks about why you should read this a lot better than I can before I have the chance to pick it up. But as I see it, it’s talking about issues that really needs to be talked about.
Animal Rights questions and the way capital controls our world is soo deeply interlinked that any movement that dosen’t consider both of them, is a weaker movement by far.

Every form of suppersion is related, this is pretty evident when you start to read books on topics such as feminism, capitalism, war, propaganda, poverty and social justice. If you start questioning one you have a hard time not going further. And the way I see it, if you want to change the world you need to get the big picture, if not your going to be less effective as well as actually harming the causes your working for. I’ll rant about this more in a day or two. Right now I’ll just recomend that you go and check out the book, or at least the podcast. Ok? Give it a try, you might just challange some views, or at least consider some new ideas.
Challanging yourself is almost as good for you as spinach

Tags: activists, podcast, Vegan

Two books I’m reading right now

No Sheep for You is a great book all about knitting with non-animal products. It does include silk, so the book isn’t completely vegan. But it does contain a lot of information on how and why different yarns behave like they do. And when a pattern calls for wool, this book gives you a lot of help picking the best alternative. Be it soy, cotton, hemp or synthetics.

The book even takes it a step longer, and not only tells you, but gives you an example. The editor of the book (Amy Singer) has said that she tried to show that everything you do with animal fibers, you can do without them as well, except felting…

For me right now, the only problem with the book is that it makes me want to spend lots of money on yarn, so that I can knit some of the projects. I am knitting the tuscany shawl out if it already…

Vegan Freak: being vegan in a non-vegan world is basically a book about how you can be vegan without losing your marbles. It talks very briefly about why you need to be vegan, and the rest is tips about how to interact with friends and family, the world, shopping and some other stuff.

I haven’t finished the book yet, but so far I really like it. The things I’ve learned so far are mostly stuff the people around me are going to benefit from, not me though. Because it forced me think about not being to preachy. I know I have preached a little about veganism on my blog lately, but that’s why I have a blog, here I talk about stuff to get them out of my system

The podcast the authors of this book produces is great as well, and I recommend it highly. It’s what made me seriously consider cutting out the crap and go vegan instead of vegetarian.

Tags: Books, knit, podcast, Vegan, vegetarian