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Another Challenge for Ethical Eating - Plants Want to Live, Too - NYTimes.com
Just because we humans can’t hear them doesn’t mean plants don’t howl. Some of the compounds that plants generate in response to insect mastication — their feedback, you might say — are volatile chemicals that serve as cries for help. Such airborne alarm calls have been shown to attract both large predatory insects like dragon flies, which delight in caterpillar meat, and tiny parasitic insects, which can infect a caterpillar and destroy it from within.
Enemies of the plant’s enemies are not the only ones to tune into the emergency broadcast. “Some of these cues, some of these volatiles that are released when a focal plant is damaged,” said Richard Karban of the University of California, Davis, “cause other plants of the same species, or even of another species, to likewise become more resistant to herbivores.”
Yes, it’s best to nip trouble in the bud.
Italian Salsa Verde — The Delicious Life
Substitute the anchovies in this absolutely fantastic-looking recipe and use kalamata olives instead (for a little briny taste).
Belgian city plans 'veggie' days
"The Belgian city of Ghent is about to become the first in the world to go vegetarian at least once a week.
Starting this week there will be a regular weekly meatless day, in which civil servants and elected councillors will opt for vegetarian meals.
Ghent means to recognise the impact of livestock on the environment.
The UN says livestock is responsible for nearly one-fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions, hence Ghent's declaration of a weekly "veggie day". Public officials and politicians will be the first to give up meat for a day.
Schoolchildren will follow suit with their own veggiedag in September. It is hoped the move will cut Ghent's environmental footprint and help tackle obesity.
Around 90,000 so-called "veggie street maps" are now being printed to help people find the city's vegetarian eateries. "
Veggie Thing! | Vegan Eats for Food Lovers!
A veggie-friendly restaurant/food site run by Citysearch
Small Plates: Peter Berley's Nori Chips
A kid-friendly healthy snack = Nori Chips!
Package of organic roasted nori seaweed
Olive oil
Fine sea salt
Heat sauté pan to medium heat
Pull two sheets of nori per kid and reseal leftovers in airtight container.
Lightly brush shiny side of nori with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt.
Place oil-side down in the warm pan. Cooking will take just a couple of seconds. You’ll know the sheet is done when the nori is fragrant and has shrunken a little.
Pull from pan with tongs and place on dry towel to cool.
Repeat process for remaining sheets being careful not to overheat pan.
When the nori is cool (which won’t take long), snip the sheets into desired shapes.
Eat within the same day and be casual about the fact that your kid is snacking on seaweed.
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