Vegan living in Paris (and other fun places)
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Vegan Baking in Paris
France is famous for its baked goods, as am I! But they do things a bit differently here than back in the USA, particularly their very precise flour classification system. Here are some key things I have learned about shopping for your baking supplies. Wheat flour is numbered based on how much of the original…
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A Vegan’s Guide to Lebanese Restaurants in Paris
I have seen frustrated vegetarians online who wish that they could come to Paris and enjoy real Parisian food and not ethnic food. I think there is one ethnic food in particular which may not be French but which is very Parisian, and that is Lebanese. For over twenty years, after the fall of the…
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ChocoLatitudes
There are some French food experiences that a vegan is never going to have, but there are some that we can really enjoy and one of them is drinking a delicious chocolat chaud. This week I went to a place that does a vegan hot chocolate that’s also organic and really, really good: the shop…
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Biscru: Raw Crackers Made in France
Until this week I hadn’t found any raw food products that were “Fabriqué en France”, but at the Vivez Nature expo I came across Biscru. Biscru are truly raw, organic, living crackers. Buckwheat and flaxseed based, these salty or sweet crackers are dehydrated at low temperatures (40ºC). Biscru has an environmentally friendly approach: for example, their…
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Organic Expo: Vivez Nature Paris
It’s organic expo time again! Starting tomorrow Feb. 6 – 9 at the Grande Halle de la Villette, Parc de la Villette is the Vivez Nature Paris. Entry fee is 5€ or free with an invitation that you can print off their website. The list of exhibitors is long and I’m sure there will be some…
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Pousse-Pousse: Raw Restaurant in Paris
After a year and a half in Paris, today I finally visited Pousse-Pousse and my bitter regret at not having gone there long ago is exceeded only by the intense joy I experienced while eating at this Raw oasis in the city. Pousse-Pousse is a small and elegant raw organic vegetarian restaurant. We arrived and…
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Sunday Recipe: Mung Bean Thread Salad
It’s been a fun week filled with parties, potlucks and parades celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year. I loaded up on Chinese groceries and made this salad using traditional New Year’s noodles. Eating these very long noodles guarantees long life. Happy New Year! Recipe: 2 (1.8 ounce) packages mung bean threads 1 1/2 cups fresh…
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Bob’s Juice Bar
There are a number of juice bars in town, but unfortunately a lot of them try to get away with pouring you some pasteurized juice from a bottle. If I am going to hit the juice bar, I want them to really get the juice out of some real fruit for me, which is one…
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Freeze-dried Durian
Durian, a.k.a. “King of the Fruits” or, less flatteringly, “Stinky Fruit” grows throughout Southeast Asia. It has a dangerously spiky exterior but inside hide rich and smooth soft pillows of delicious delight. There’s nothing like fresh durian but I was excited to find these freeze-dried packets at Tang Frères for ony 2€10. I found it very…
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Sunday Recipe: Raw Arugula Soup
Arugula is pretty easy to come by here in Paris. And I think at 14€ a kilo even President Obama would approve! I paid 78 centimes for the organic arugula in this recipe. Arugula is an excellent source of antioxidants, rich in vitamins A and C, folic acid, calcium, manganese, and magnesium. It contains carotenes and…
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