February 22nd, 2011 Michael Robertson’s Foray Into Veganism posted by malloreigh in Events & Meta

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The winning competitor from the round of Social Bites that we participated in is a professional chef, yes, but not a vegan. The article he wrote for Granville Online about his foray into vegan cooking is really interesting – it’s cool to see a view of veganism from outside.

He really thought about the reasons vegans choose the lifestyle, and took his time investigating what kinds of food vegans really enjoy. Kaylie and I have eaten so much “vegan food” around town that’s prepared by a chef who has no idea what vegans enjoy – so I really appreciate that Michael took the time to learn and to try to please our marginalized little group. All that is obvious, because he and his cooking partner Christi created a winning menu that pleased vegans themselves! I applaud Michael’s openness to changing his cooking paradigm for this challenge, and recommend his article, especially because he included his recipes from that evening along with it – including “scallops” made out of portobello mushroom infused with cranberry, and a vegan bloody mary drink.

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  1. Jesse on February 22, 2011:

    as a chef he might not completely turn, but here in Portland, a writer named Grant Butler for The Oregonian tried veganism as a stunt to run a series of articles but found that he lost weight, felt better and full of energy and now he has been vegan for about a year now and writes about it all the time!

  2. malloreigh on February 23, 2011:

    Jesse, that’s super awesome! I like that. Yay veganism! Spreading like a disease!

  3. Michael on February 24, 2011:

    You’re right Jesse, I certainly won’t be going vegan anytime soon. The combination of veganism plus my diabetic diet would become a far too austere regime. My plan is that instead of some people eating zero meat and dairy, we all should just eat a little less.

    M

  4. malloreigh on March 1, 2011:

    I agree, Michael. :)

  5. Michael L on March 29, 2012:

    Michael,
    There is an almost unlimited supply of supported and verified clinical data from many prestigious universities and hospitals showing that a vegan diet is a proven therapy to diminishing and in many cases reversing Type 2 Diabetes. Check this out:
    http://diabetes.webmd.com/news/20081001/vegan-diet-good-type-2-diabetes
    Michael L :-)

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