out of the millions of blogs out there and people writing them, why add another one? especially another one about food? well, why not, i guess. but really, i was driven to venture into this project by my own journey to become more conscious about the food i put in my body. i have been a vegetarian since i was 18 (and before that had very little meat just from force of habit as well as a nice hippie vegetarian mom), so that makes 10 years of feeling pretty good about myself and my choices.

but lately i have been thinking more and more about the fact that although i do think eating vegetarian makes a difference, it is really just a drop in the bucket. not to be discouraging--a drop is still a part of the whole bucket...but once you start learning about the effect we can have on our surroundings, both positive and negative, it's hard to forget it.

that said, i am trying to go slowly vegan. which i always thought was impossible for me, a huge lover of cheese. i own two books. i love it. also, pastries. but really, cheese. it's kind of impossible to duplicate (at least the singularly delicious ones like selles-sur-chere or real camembert, or greek feta or...oh the list goes on and on. i love it.) and even the cheeses that melt really well (which can definitely be an invaluable quality) are only good melted, in my opinion.

back on track! i have found that even i who thought i could never do it have found myself gravitating more and more towards a vegan lifestyle. i gave up milk and real butter and sour cream several years ago at the griping of my boyfriend who said he never saw someone put so much butter on stuff, or put cheese on the stuff i put cheese on. hmmph (broccoli is delicious with cheese, i'm sorry).