vegan columbus: vegan living in central ohio

The webding has come and gone. It was pretty good. I'll cut right to the reviews (pics to be added when I return from honeymooning [heh... honeymooning...]) so I can finish this up by the light of a 4am Helsinki sunrise.

• Description: Mad Mex has an extensive menu of tacos, enchiladas, salads, quesadillas, burritos and other Mexican-style food.

This is, hands down, my favorite dish from a chain restaurant* at the moment. I crave it, it's the only thing I order when I go there, and I've even gotten other people addicted to it. While it's very filling, at $8 a pop plus tip at the restaurant, here's an approximation to do at home with plenty for leftovers if you have more self-restraint than I do. I'm torn whether it's the amazing creamy sauce or the surprising tenderness of the silken tofu. The ingredients and directions were inspired by http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com and, of course, P.F. Chang's, but composed by yours truly.

I received this info via e-mail and thought I'd pass it along:

Dragonfly neo-v cuisine, well known for putting Columbus on the map for fine vegetarian and vegan dining is opening a petite street food based counter next door to the restaurant ON THE FLY. The menu will feature global street food fare like empanadas, falafel, griddle cakes, philly 'cheese' steaks, noodle salads, seseame rolls, and rowdy burgers.

I'm on a bit of a Suzy Homemaker kick, having just moved into a new house that I love and want to show off. Which might partially explain the insane thing I did: I invited to Thanksgiving at my new place: my immediate family plus my mom's sister and her family, plus my husband's mother and sister and maternal grandparents and possibly also his uncle and cousin oh and of course let's not forget Berae, lovely co-author of this blog (who is currently in France btw).

So, I'm planning out my menu already. For those interested, here's what it includes so far (recipies from Veganomicon are indicated with "vcon" and the page number).

So my dear readers might wonder where I've been, and whether I've abandoned them. Nay, I say! I was just on holiday in Munich, Germany and Zurich, Switzerland. Here are some of the vegan highlights of my trip:

We will be giving a short talk and handing out some free vegan treats tonight at Denison University (room and building TBA on this site shortly). The talk will cover:

• Why be vegan? (Health reasons, ethical reasons, environmental reasons, abstract ideological reasons)
• How to be vegan (Nutrition tips, being vegan while traveling, being vegan in society, sample vegan menus, vegan "secrets" like the existence of quinoa, where to find vegan foods/clothes/craft supplies/etc.)
• Further reading/watching/doing/making (cookbooks, nutrition books, theory books, documentaries, organizations)
• Whatever else the audience has questions/comments/rants/raves about.

If you can make it out to Denison tonight, please do. We'll make it fun.

If you live on/near the route between Polaris area and Granville and you desperately need a ride, e-mail me via the contact form before 5:00 pm today and I'll see what I can do.

We got this message recently:

Hi, Glad to learn of you. I am from Ohio and a 30 year vegan.
I'm thinking about adding a link to your site. Feel free to add a link to http://www.veganpoet.com

Thanks.
Vegan Poet 

Chef Del Sroufe of the Wellness Forum has been featured and reviewed in ThisWeek local newspaper. Read the article now!