Raising a Vegan Family By Holly Kalyn, Editorial Intern for Compassionate Cuisine If you’re a parent, going vegan is a lifestyle choice that extends beyond just what you eat and how you live as an individual—it involves your whole family, especially when you want what’s best for you, the animals, our planet and your loved … Read more
By Holly Kalyn, Editorial Intern for Compassionate Cuisine If you saw “Say ‘Vegan Cheese’” (Part 1), you’re probably still pretty busy trying the cheeses from our roundup of artisanal, gourmet, and homemade vegan cheeses. But as promised, we’ll now focus on some sliced, shredded, and even cheese sauce options to add to your vegan cheese … Read more
“Bring Home the Vegan Bacon” for National Pig Day By Holly Kalyn, Editorial Intern for Compassionate Cuisine Pigs are friends, not food, and each year on National Pig Day, we have an opportunity to celebrate and honor these social, intelligent, playful, and sensitive individuals. If given the chance, pigs will reveal their unique personalities and … Read more
The Perfect Sticky Bun My husband is a connoisseur of sticky buns. You can’t fool him and only perfection will satisfy him. He salivates in his sleep dreaming about them. It’s a sickness really. His has been a life-long quest for The Perfect Sticky Bun. In his pursuit, he found some keepers, eschewed some others, … Read more
My Current Relationship with Veganism Hi! I’m Holly, the new outreach and editorial intern at Catskill Animal Sanctuary. Being connected to CAS is a gift that I will hold close to my heart and cherish for years to come. When, on my first day, I pulled up to the sanctuary to meet my new colleagues … Read more
Jenné Claiborne, founder of The Nourishing Vegan, shares her passion for southern cooking and compassionate cooking as a guest blogger.
Note: This post, from cookbook author, personal chef, and founder of the popular blog Sweet Potato Soul was written after joining us to teach a Compassionate Cuisine cooking class on southern cooking. I remember my life before I became vegan. A handful of family members on my father’s side, practicing Hebrew Israelites, were vegan for … Read more
Kids from PS244, the nation’s first vegetarian public school, eagerly lined up for second servings at last week’s picnic lunch served on the sprawling lawn of The Homestead, Catskill Animal Sanctuary’s guest house. After a busy morning of belly rubs for our resident pigs and lots of chicken hugging, these third graders had worked up … Read more
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