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Many view the start of the New Year as a chance to improve oneself, one’s diet and one’s environment.  The January issue of Vegetarian Times has plenty of articles and recipes to help almost anyone start 2009 off right.
Want to lose weight?  Check out the “satisfaction diet,” which uses ancient Indian Ayurvedic principles of six […]

How do you get Americans to focus on local food sources? To Tracey Ryder and Edible Communications, the answer was to create a national chain of beautifully illustrated and written food quarterlies, each focused on a specific city or region.  And then they give the magazines away for free by distributing them through food and […]

How do you choose a new cookbook to buy?  For me, sometimes it is pure impulse. I walk by a store display and see something about the cover or title that just grabs me. Once I open the book, I know what I’m looking for – recipes that read like they will taste delicious, instructions and techniques that are clear […]

Vegetarian Times continues its what’s-in-a-name experiment with its latest issue. Some newsstand copies are labeled “Greens” instead of Vegetarian Times, but no matter what name your issue bears, the contents of the November/December are the same, full of seasonal recipes and ingredients.

The holiday edition also includes a lot of information on gifts to give that support […]

If  food blogger Heidi Swanson’s new cookbook was a recipe, it’s directions would read:  mix one part text book, one part how-to book and one part coffee table photography book and then season to taste with directions for thoughtful, tasty (and colorful) vegetarian dishes.
Supernatural Cooking: Five Ways to Incorporate Whole & Natural Ingredients into Your […]

Can’t find the September issue of Vegetarian Times on your newsstand?  Well, it might be because the publisher is doing a nationwide, two-issue, newsstand-only test of a renamed Vegetarian Times.  Look for a publication called Greens, with an orange cover featuring a colorful pizza.  The cover also sports a big green oval with the words […]

Chill out with the foods of summer seems to be the theme of the July/August issue of Vegetarian Times.  The magazine celebrates summer with cold soups, super salads and lots of choices for grilling and picnicking.
Having just returned from a vacation that included much drinking of both traditional and frozen margaritas, I was looking for […]

The May-June issue of Vegetarian Times has lots of ideas and recipes for seasonal pleasures from healthy adapations of hearty Southern-style family reunion recipes to how to stay in shape while you travel to cool, overnight marinated salads that help you beat the heat (and avoid the stove). 
“Soul-Satisfying Food” is what the family reunion article […]

With spring break, spring cleaning and spring holidays, I find that I’m behind in some of my regular chores and activities.  One of those includes reporting on the April issue of Vegetarian Times. One recipe that really caught my attention in that issue could turn out to be a family favorite; certainly my teen-age son […]

The March Vegetarian Times features a nice assortment of recipes for those times when you still want comfort food for the cold and times or when you are looking forward to spring’s bounty of fresh vegetables. You can check out the table of contents here.
In the comfort category, put recipes for Garlicky Grits Cakes with […]