Greenwich Market is a fantastic place to be. Lots of interesting stalls selling small press books, clothing and jewelry from local designers, interesting handicrafts and a delicious number of food stalls.

I must admit though this is the stall I always seek out...


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Congratulations to the Ethical Vegetarian Alternative (EVA) in Belgium on their tenth birthday this week. You might remember them from the Donderdag Veggiedag (Thursday Veggieday) campaign which was adopted by the city of Ghent.

You can check out a picture of their very funky birthday cake here.

For those who aren't aware, I currently live in the area of Greenwich (South-East London). You may have heard about it from Greenwich Mean Time and the home of the Prime Meridian. It's also home to Greenwich Park which is home to lots of lovely waterfowl, squirrels, deer, the Observatory and the Planetarium. There is also numerous other things to ( Read more... )

Our house is over run with bananas at the moment. My housemate has cooked two loaves of banana bread and I just did a dozen muffins. And we still have heaps of bananas left!

Bananas are awesome, naturally sweet and full of potassium, there are heaps of different varieties which can be used in all sorts of cooking. They also make an excellent egg ( Read more... )

So there were Xmas drinks at my place on Saturday night. The plan was a few friends over for some mulled wine and fruit mince pies followed by clubbing at the local gay club. Of course my housemate Neil and I spent the afternoon cooking up a storm. He made a mushroom chestnut loaf and quiches and I did tarts and gingerbread. Neil also made sausage ( Read more... )

So it was prolificdiarist  's birthday yesterday. To honor the fact she has lived yet another glorious year she organised a vegan cake crawl with C and myself. It's a bit like a pub crawl but instead of going to different pubs and drinking, you go to different places to eat vegan cake...

The afternoon started at Beatroot in Soho. Beatroot are a small cafe that ( Read more... )

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The great thing about the London veg scene is that due to numbers and support you can have all those quirky little niche things that you wouldn't get elsewhere. So there is a lesbian vegetarian cafe, a vegan restaurant on a bus, a big rocking festival, pubs that serve vegan society approved beer on tap, a veg cyclist group (that has been meeting ( Read more... )