Author Archives: Jenny

Vegan Afternoon Tea: Gillam’s Tearoom, The Lake District

Before moving to Prague in the summer, I visited two places I’d never seen before, at opposite ends of the country:  Cornwall and the Lake District.  Initially I’d been a little worried that the Lakes wouldn’t be very vegan friendly, … Continue reading

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Vegan in Vienna (Part Two)

A week in Vienna is plenty of time to see the sights and, more importantly, find the good vegan food!  This is what I ate in the second half of my holiday, continuing from last week’s installment. Before heading over … Continue reading

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Vegan in Vienna (Part One)

Central Europe is the best place to live.  From Prague it’s only four hours and not much money to travel to Berlin or Vienna.  When we decided to move here, we thought excitedly about travelling every weekend and popping up … Continue reading

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Cookbook of the Month: Vegan Eats World

Terry Hope Romero and Isa Chandra Moskowitz get a lot of love on this blog, and with good reason:  they are the queens of the vegan cooking world.  Last month I cooked from Veganomicon, their first cookbook together, and concluded … Continue reading

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Vegan in Brno

Brno is the second city in the Czech Republic, but it is not favourably viewed by the people of Prague.  The day after we booked our train tickets and airbnb, I was teaching my students some language for making suggestions. … Continue reading

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Matthew Nutter Take Two

After my last trip for a seven course feast at Nooch in Wigan courtesy of the great vegan chef Matthew Nutter, I was delighted to be invited for a return visit, albeit only for five courses this time.  As much … Continue reading

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Vegan Afternoon Tea: La Suite West, London

In my quest for a year of vegan afternoon tea, I decided I just had to make a detour to the capital city.  Surely London would have a wealth of options?  I found that some of the fancier hotels did … Continue reading

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Pick 3…Things To Eat at Prague Vegefest

It’s no secret that I loved participating in Vegan MoFo, so I was delighted when Jennifer at My Blissful Journey set up a little off-season MoFo community of friendly, dedicated bloggers.  She’s set us a little MoFo-esque prompt to get … Continue reading

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Cookbook of the Month: Veganomicon

Veganomicon, by the two queens of the vegan cooking movement Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero, is probably the classic vegan cookbook.  When I first toyed with the idea of going vegan, by eating vegan one week per month … Continue reading

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Vegan Mofo: The Hideaway, Urmston

UPDATE: THIS RESTAURANT CLOSED IN 2017 Day Thirty:  Fusion Challenge You don’t really get much fusion at the breakfast table, but there is a touch of chilli in this Full English, so why not shoehorn it in here? I went … Continue reading

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