Category Archives: Vegan Mofo

VeganMoFo 2018: Rifugio Romano, Rome

Cuisine: Italian When I was looking for food tips ahead of my trip to Italy last summer (my theme for last year’s VeganMoFo) and our weekend in Rome this winter, I found some very distressing advice. “Order a pizza marinara!” … Continue reading

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VeganMoFo2018: Vegan’s, Prague

Cuisine: Czech If you’ve never been to the Czech Republic, you’ve probably never tried Czech cuisine. I’m not sure that there’s much international demand for it – the traditional dishes are all quite meaty and stodgy, and you definitely couldn’t … Continue reading

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VeganMoFo 2018: Midland Hotel, Manchester

Cuisine: English Is there anything more civilised than an afternoon tea? It’s such a quaint and fancy affair, and if it turns out not to be English, then I don’t want to know! Regular readers will know that I am … Continue reading

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VeganMoFo 2018!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year: VeganMoFo! The Vegan Month of Food starts tomorrow, and I’m very excited to be participating for the fourth time (and helping to organise it for the third year in a row). While … Continue reading

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Cookbook of the Month: VeganMoFo 2017

VeganMoFo is finished for another year, and I am exhausted!  It’s always my favourite month of the year, but I can’t deny that I’m looking forward to having some free time again.  As always, I’ve discovered some fantastic new blogs … Continue reading

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VeganMoFo 2017: La Margherita, Bologna

UPDATE: this restaurant closed in 2018 The last morning of our holiday was dramatic, but not nearly as dramatic as our last night:  we were sitting quietly in the bedroom of our airbnb watching a new episode of Game of … Continue reading

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VeganMoFo 2017: Peterland – Masterchips, Bologna

UPDATE: this restaurant closed in 2022 I’m a big fan of Happy Cow and it drives me crazy when people don’t update it.  On a Monday night in Bologna, we tried three different places that were listed on Happy Cow … Continue reading

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VeganMoFo 2017: Vegan in Ravenna

We’d been planning a day trip to Modena in homage to Master of None, but our airbnb host, in a rare moment of sanity, directed us instead to Ravenna, a seaside town I’d never heard of.  Before I googled the … Continue reading

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VeganMoFo 2017: Gelato in Bologna

The great gelato quest continues, and indeed concludes, in Bologna.  For any gelato afficianado out there, I would strongly recommend following our route travelling east across Italy rather than the reverse:  our gelato journey basically improved at every stop along … Continue reading

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VeganMoFo 2017: Un’Altra Idea, Bologna

UPDATE: this restaurant closed in 2022 One very hot day in Bologna (it was 36C), Dr HH and I decided to get up early and make the long walk up to the Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca – … Continue reading

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