Vegan Savoury Shapes

Today I’m supposed to be packing and cleaning, so naturally I procrastibaked instead. I was trying to come up with some interesting snacks for the big road trip, and decided to try my hand at some savoury biscuits. I’ve been making a lot of Italian christmas biscuits lately (little twists and rings flavoured with fennel…

Vegan in Turkey, Part the last – outside of Istanbul

For our second week in Turkey we visited some sites outside of Istanbul, including Canakkale (Troy and Gallipoli), Kirazli (Ephesus), and Pamukkale (Heiropolis, Travertines). As in Istanbul, we ate a lot of simit, nuts, fruit, and pringles (because you can get them at the bus stops), but we also had a few standout meals about…

Vegan in Turkey Part 2 – The rest of Istanbul, or, what other bloggers said

Okay, I found nearly everything we ate in Istanbul with the help of other bloggers, most notably A Girl and Her Thumb and Vegan Backpacker, and with the help of our new friends Nalan and Genc. (Most recently, Vegan Soul Power blogged Istanbul too). As did everyone else, I found there was plenty to eat…

Vegan in Turkey Part 1 – Veg Restaurants

There are a few vegetarian restaurants in Istanbul, if you want to get an easy meal with no stress or confusion. We skipped the ultra-chic one attached to a club, because I didn’t know where it was, but we visited three others. Parsifal Parsifal was our first foray into Turkish vegetarian cuisine, and I have…

How to Stay Vegan When you Travel

In an earlier post I covered our tips for traveling on the cheap while vegan. However based on some of the things I find across the net (sad stories of how so-and-so had to start eating fish, or gave up veganism because of travel) I decided it was time to give our tips for staying…

Vegan things you can buy in Georgia

While it is true that no Georgian I have met so far has managed to hide the confusion and shock they feel when I say I don’t eat meat OR cheese, there is actually quite a lot of vegan fare available in Tbilisi without any substitutions or changes required. In fact, a lot of the…