Why vegans (and many non-vegans) don't eat honey

Why vegans (and many non-vegans) don't eat honey

We used to eat honey, before we learned what it actually was and why bees make it. Turns out, bees don't make honey for humans and bears to eat. And they don't make it just for fun. One of the main reasons bees make honey is to feed to their babies. Baby bees (larvae) are too young to leave the hive to find food, so the adults must bring it back to them. Honey is basically bee baby food...

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Recipe: Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies with Pecans

Recipe: Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies with Pecans

These cookies have received some of the best compliments I've ever gotten on my baked goods, from fellow vegans as well as from some (formerly!) vegan-skeptical folks. I get recipe requests almost every time I bring them anywhere. So here's how to make them yourself, along with some helpful tips...first one is that this dough requires at least

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Secret Vegan Menus at Wynn and Encore (Las Vegas, NV, USA) as of Dec 2014

Secret Vegan Menus at Wynn and Encore (Las Vegas, NV, USA) as of Dec 2014

Every fine dining and casual dining restaurant in the Wynn and Encore Hotels in Las Vegas, NV, USA has a secret vegan menu. The vegan menus are not posted outside the restaurant alongside their non-vegan menus, they are not posted on the Wynn and Encore restaurants website, and they will not offer them to you when you are seated...

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