There’s something about a pandemic that helps you get the creative culinary juices flowing. Partner that with a cold start to winter in Melbourne and you have the perfect conditions with which to cook a zinger of a vegan soup. If you look back at your previous travels to distant lands, you’ll always find soup […]
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You’d be familiar with the cold chill down your spine when your favourite local restaurant cross-contaminates your favourite meal. Whether it’s dairy, eggs, meat or gluten, your meal is ruined when it’s contaminated and you’ll feel pretty lousy for the rest of your day. If you’re vegan, you may even experience a huge guilt trip
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Sometimes, we avoid change like the plague and sometimes, we embrace change as an opportunity to turn our lives upside and discover a new normal. The COVID-19 epidemic has definitely turned our lives upside down and self-isolation is forcing us to see the possibility of a new world. In recent years, we have been overwhelmed
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When it comes to shampoo and conditioner, Liz and Geneva, self-confessed ‘crazy, insane and ambitious mother-daughter duo’ have a purpose. What started as a family owned business in 1983, Shampoo With A Purpose is now a fully-fledged Australian owned all-vegan body-care business. What separates Shampoo With a Purpose from other body-care businesses is Liz and
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A leap year occurs once every four years. In a leap year we get one extra day in our calendar, meaning we have 366 days in 2020 to dedicate to those in our vegan travelling lives. Time is our most precious resource. It’s a resource that can be wielded for the greater good of our
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As you know, destructive bushfires have been raging in parts of my home state of Victoria among many parts of Australia (particularly on the east coast). Many rural towns are under tremendous stress and uncertainty. A state of emergency was called for the entire state of New South Wales last week after 4.9 million hectares
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Summer time means free time and free time means spending our days filled with travel. With Christmas and New Year celebrations occupying most of our time, we are drawn into travel situations when we’re in the company of family members we don’t see often. Catering for a vegan family member during spurts of travel may
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You know when veganism is reaching new heights when a global publishing house decides to publish an all-vegan travel guide. In 2019, undoubtedly the year of the vegan, Lonely Planet has decided to publish The Vegan Travel Handbook. As a vegan traveller, I’m mindful of the destinations I travel to and I always wonder whether
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I spent Melbourne Cup Day here in Melbourne this month having lunch at Euro Kitchen European Vegan Café and Restaurant in Fitzroy. Euro Kitchen is one of Melbourne’s vegan surprises, serving up traditional European cuisine in vegan versions. This was a stark contrast to the day I decided to have lunch there. Melbourne, one of
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While travelling through Sri Lanka, I was fortunate to visit the city of Anuradhapura. Here, I took in a visit to Mahamevnawa Dhammachethiya Buddhist Monastery to learn about Buddhism. In particular, I was here to learn more about Theravada Buddhism, the more conservative of the two major traditions of Buddhism (the second being Mahayana). It’s
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