Bolhoed Café, Amsterdam

September 15, 2009
By Amelia
Bolhoed Café, Amsterdam

On the Prinsengracht, one of Amsterdam’s main canals, cozily hidden behind sheets of trailing ivy, is Bolhoed, a vegan friendly, vegetarian café, staffed by the be-dreaded and tattoed, decorated with knick-knacks your Gran would covet and serving absolutely delicious food in delightfully generous portions. Since there’s nothing outwardly declaring it to be a café...
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London Vegan Festival 2009

September 7, 2009
By Amelia
London Vegan Festival 2009

I found out about this at almost the last minute on The PPK and booked a coach the very next day after checking out the programme and pictures on the website. £14 seemed pretty reasonable to be able to be stood in a room filled with that many vegan cakes, brownies, biscuits…plus, like, stuff!...
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How do you like that Nut Cheese?

July 29, 2009
By Amelia
How do you like that Nut Cheese?

The inSpiral Lounge in Camden is, officially, one of my favourite places to eat. Whenever I find myself in North London, by chance or design, I make a point of heading over to the Lock and grabbing a buffet box – which usually results in trying to cut broccoli with the side of a...
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Carrots For Pudding!

July 10, 2009
By Amelia
Carrots For Pudding!

In the East End of London, round the corner from Liverpool Street and across the road from the Sunday Up-Market stands the Rootmaster , a bright red, double-decker, stationary London bus. Bustaurant, in fact. The lower deck is entirely given over to what must surely be the smallest working kitchen not on a yacht...
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Turning Vegan

July 8, 2009
By Amelia
Turning Vegan

There are as many reasons for changing your diet, as there are changes to make. Giving up meat for environmental causes; eating more protein for muscle gain; cutting out carbohydrates to lose weight; getting more iron to combat anemia; more omega oils for extra brain power (I swear I was smarter the year I...
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