By Cheryl A. Van Beek, VRG volunteer
Writing about eating places that serve vegan fare to be added to VRG’s on-line information to veggie eating places within the USA and Canada is a superb expertise. It combines so a lot of my fervent passions—serving to, well being, meals, writing, animal welfare, and extra. I’m grateful that writing these items offers me the chance, in my very own small means, to help VRG, a corporation I like and respect, of their mission to advertise a vegan life-style. Aligning my actions with my values whereas serving to others is actually gratifying.
Having skilled how difficult it may be to search out eateries that sync with my well being and moral issues, finances and palette (particularly whereas touring), I respect VRG’s information offering a helpful useful resource for diners that I’m pleased to assist with.
Writing these entries for VRG permits me to rejoice the braveness, creativity, and dedication of restauranteurs who attempt to contribute to a more healthy world that’s kinder to animals and our planet. Usually once I converse to them, they enthusiastically share their distinctive experiences and specific motivation. Connecting with them and listening to their tales is assumed scary and galvanizing which will increase my want to assist their companies thrive by making others conscious of them.
Talking of thriving, the data I achieve from researching menus nourishes my curiosity whereas increasing my very own cooking repertoire. Although I’ve been writing for VRG for years, I proceed to find, not solely new meals, but in addition ingenious methods of making ready acquainted meals. As a nature fanatic, I get a kick out of studying about new crops or crops being utilized in novel methods. As an illustration, I used to be intrigued to be taught that banana flowers have numerous edible purposes equivalent to substances in curry or as a vegan substitute for cooked fish!
Being launched to numerous cultures by the interesting lens of meals additional stimulates me and expands my sense of connection. For instance, I used to be delighted to come across the idea of Japandi which, as I digest it, organically blends Scandinavian performance and coziness with sleek Japanese minimalism. I used to be fascinated to find out how a restaurant translated this design idea right into a menu.
Lastly, whereas I relish a very good dialog, writing lights me up. With my zest for phrases and language, crafting these small narratives, feeds my soul. Having been a foodie all my life, I look ahead to every request I get from VRG to jot down up a brand new entrant. For me, even merely eager about meals, imaging what it tastes, smells, and appears like, is a deal with in itself. Sharing it with others is the chocolate dipped raspberry on prime!
Discover VRG’s on-line information to veggie eating places within the USA and Canada right here: https://www.vrg.org/restaurant/index.php
