The Vegetarian Journal

The practical magazine for those interested in Vegetarian Health, Ecology, and Ethics

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Index to Articles (up through September 2001)

• Cooking and Recipes
• Vegan Cooking Tips
• Nutrition
• Food and Product Guides
• Travel Articles
• Scientific Department
• Book and Video Reviews
• Miscellaneous
• Notes from the Coordinators

Cooking and Recipes

• Awesome Autumn Desserts From Our Past (Sept 2001)
• Vegan Polish Dishes (July 2001)
• How to Cook Mouthwatering Greens (May 2001)
• Neatballs: The Vegan Answer to Meatballs (Mar 2001)
• Using the Ol' Bean (Jan 2001)
• Crazy About Cranberries (Nov 2000)
• Deli Salads (July 2000)
• Classical Wine-Based French Sauces (May 2000)
• Vegetarian Vietnam (Mar 2000)
• Miso Soup - It's Vegetarian Soul Food (Jan 2000)
• Sweet and Savory Sweet Potatoes (Nov 99)
• Fiesta Filipino (Sep 99)
• Fabulous Wheat-Free Vegan Pancakes (Jul 99)
• Eating Off the Streets--Food Cruising in Thailand (Jul 99)
• Flavorful Salad Dressings (May 99)
• Crazy About Chutney (Mar 99)
• For My Valentine (Jan 99)
• Voila! Vegan Does French (Nov 98)
• Let's Party! (Sept 98)
• Fruit Sorbets (Jul 98)
• Cereal: It's Not Just for Breakfast Anymore! (May 98)
• Cobblers, Crisps, & Crunches (Mar 98)
• Vegan Comfort Foods (Jan 98)
• Stuffings for All Seasons (Nov 97)
• Terrific Tomatoes (Jul 97)
• The Frugal Vegetarian (Jul 97)
• Conveniently Vegan (May 97)
• Wrap It Up! (May 97)
• Garnishes! (Jan 97)
• Virtual Seafood in a Vegetarian Reality (Jan 97)
• Support Natural Foods (Sept 96)
• Food Cooperatives: Save Money and the Earth (Sept 96)
• Japanese Vegetarian Cuisine (July 96)
• These Coolers are the Coolest! (May 96)
• Lowfat, Indian & Vegan! (May 96)
• Seitan--The Vegetarian Wheat Meat (Mar 96)
• Moove Over Milk (Jan 96)
• VRG Quantity Recipes in Use at Summer Camp (Nov 95)
• The Cabbage Gourmet (Nov 95)
• Veggie-Stuffed Veggies (Sept 95)
• Natural Toxins in Sprouted Seeds (July 95)
• Turkish Delights (Mar 95)
• Taming of the "Wild Rice" (Mar 95)
• A Steaming Bowl of Red: The Spicy World of Vegetarian Chili (Jan 95)
• Carrot Cuisine (Jan 95)
• Bean Bag A primer of easy bean recipes (Nov 94)
• Cooking with Nuts and Seeds (Sept 94)
• North of the Border Vegetarian Recipes (May 94)
• The Green Scene Green vegetables (May 94)
• Lowfat Jewish Vegetarian Cooking (Mar 94)
• Wild Flours: Cooking with non-wheat flours (Jan 94)

Vegan Cooking Tips

• Pasta Perfect (Mar 2001)
  

Nutrition

• American Heart Association Calls for Eating Fish Twice Per Week - What's a Vegetarian To Do? (Sept 2001)
• Nutrition Hotline The relationship between soy products and menopause, and feeding vegan snacks to a class of preschoolers(Jan 2001)
• Increasing Folate Can Help Lead to Fantastic Health (Sept 2000)
• Nutrition Hotline Blood Type and Vegetarianism (May 99)
• Nutrition Hotline Vitamin D and Vitamin B-12 (Sept 98)
• Nutrition Hotline Calcium in Cooked Broccoli (Jul 98)
• Nutrition Hotline Food Safety (May 98)
• Nutrition Hotline Food Allergies (Jan 98)
• Raising Vegan Children (Sept 97)
• Nutrition Hotline About Olestra (May 97)
• Avoiding the Baby Food Trap (May 97)
• Nutrition Hotline Soy to be Added to WIC? (Mar 97)
• Vegan Pregnancy (Jan 97)
• Nutrition Hotline Calcium Content in Tahini (July 96)
• Nutrition Hotline Processing of texturized vegetable protein (Nov 95)
• Nutrition Hotline Fortification of Soy Milk (Sept 95)
• Nutrition Hotline Hypoglycemia and Vegetarian Diets (July 95)
• Nutrition Hotline Is It Possible to Eat Too Little Fat? (May 95)
• McDougalling in Manzanita (May 95)
• Nutrition Hotline Vegetarian Nutrition as a Career Choice (Mar 95)
• Nutrition Hotline About beta-carotene and Vitamin E (Jan 95)
• Nutrition Hotline Vegetarianism and kidney disease (Nov 94)
• Nutrition Hotline Reliable Food Composition Data (Sept 94)
• Nutrition Hotline Vitamin E and Weight Gain Needed (Jul 94)
• Diet and Cholesterol (Mar 94)
• Resources from the ADA (Mar 94)
• VRG Testifies at the USDA's Hearing on School Nutrition (Mar 94)

Food and Product Guides

• Guide to Kids Products (Sept 2001)
• Guide to Vegetarian Frozen Entrees (July 2001)
• Guide to Backpacking and Camping Foods (May 2001)
• Guide to Non-Dairy "Milks" (Jan 2001)
• Guide to Vegan Cheese, Yogurt, and Other Non-Dairy Product Alternatives (Nov 2000)
• Guide to Cookies (Sept 2000)
• Guide to Chips, Pretzels, and Other Snack Foods (July 2000)
• Guide to Burgers and Dogs (May 00)
• Guide to Poultry Alternatives (Nov 99)
• Guide to Grains (Sep 99)
• Vegetarian and Vegan Foods at Ballparks (Jul 99)
• Guide to Tofu and Tempeh (Mar 99)
• Guide to Vegetarian Broths (Jan 99)
• Guide to Camps and Schools, 1998 Update (Mar 98)
• Guide to Non-dairy "Milks" (Jan 98)
• Vegan Fast-Food, Part II (Jan 98)
• Vegan Fast-Food, Part I (Nov 97)
• Guide to Natural Sodas (Mar 97)
• A Shopper's Guide to Leather Alternatives(May 98)
• Vegetarian Journal's Guide to Products for Babies & Children (Mar 95)
• Vegetarian Journal's Guide to Condiments (Jul 94)
• Guide To Nondairy Frozen Novelties (May 94)
• Guide to Cheese Alternatives & Non-Dairy Yogurt (Nov93)
• Guide to Frozen Convenience Foods (Sept 93)
• Guide to Non-Dairy Frozen Desserts (Jul 93)

Travel Articles

• Vegetarian Vietnam (Mar 2000)
• Adventures in Tempeland (May 99)
• Cuernavaca's Spas (Jan 98)
• A Vegetarian in Provence(Sept 97)
• Trekking in Nepal (Sept 96)
• Meatless in Mexico City (Jan 96)
• A Vegetarian Traveler in Southern Italy and Rome (May 95)

Scientific Department Notes and Updates

• Scientific Update Review of Recent Scientific Papers Related to Vegetarianism (July 2001)
• Scientific Update Review of Recent Scientific Papers Related to Vegetarianism (May 2001)
• Notes from the Scientific Department How Many Kids are Vegetarian? (Jan 2001)
• Scientific Update Review of Recent Scientific Papers Related to Vegetarianism (Sept 2000)
• Notes from the Scientific Department How Many People Order Vegetarian Meals When Eating Out? (Sep 99)
• Notes from the Scientific Department VRG Presents at Dietary Guidelines Summit (Mar 99)
• Scientific Update Review of Recent Scientific Papers Related to Vegetarianism (Nov 98)
• Scientific Update Review of Recent Scientific Papers Related to Vegetarianism (Sept 98)
• Scientific Update Review of Recent Scientific Papers Related to Vegetarianism (Jul 98)
• Scientific Update Review of Recent Scientific Papers Related to Vegetarianism (May 98)
• Notes from the Scientific Department Meals on Wheels Menus Distributed (Mar 98)
• Notes from the Scientific Department School Meal News (Jan 98)
• Scientific Update New Dietary Recommendations (Jan 98)
• Scientific Update Roper Poll: How Many Vegetarians are there? (Sept 97)
• Scientific Update Crohn's Disease, Obese Parents, Zinc (Sept 96)
• Scientific Update Roper Poll of Eating Habits of Youths (Nov 95)
• Scientific Update Soy Products & Cancer Prevention, Diabetes Update (Nov 95)
• Notes from the Scientific Department: Recent VRG Outreach Activities (Nov 95)
• Scientific Update Diverticular disease, Calcium & children, etc. (Sept 95)
• Scientific Updates Cow's Milk & Diabetes, School Lunches, Iron (July 95)
• Scientific Updates Macular Degeneration, Veggie Women (May 95)
• Notes from the Scientific Department Recent VRG Activities (Mar 95)
• Scientific Updates Worldwide Dietary Changes, etc. (Mar 95)
• Notes from the Scientific Department School meal reform, etc. (Jan 95)
• Scientific Updates Nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding, etc. (Jan 95)
• Notes from the Scientific Department VRG attends food service meetings (Nov 94)
• Scientific Updates Recent scientific papers related to vegetarianism (Nov 94)
• Notes from the Scientific Department VRG speaks to West Florida Dietetic Association. VRG takes leadership position in lunch reform. VRG has booths at ADA meetings. Vegetarian food guide pyramid available (Sept 94)
• Scientific Updates Reducing health care costs. Cancer incidence among California Seventh-Day Adventists. Macrobiotic diets and children. Myths and realities about protein from plants. (Sept 94)
• Scientific Updates Isn't Chinese food healthy? Long-term German vegetarians have less cancer (Jul 94)
• Notes from the Scientific Department VRG attends the American Heart Association's scientific sessions (Mar 94)
• Scientific Updates Protecting older African Americans from hypertension. Dietary calcium and bone density (Mar 94)
• Notes from the Scientific Department Eating during pregnancy. Americans still like their fat (Jan 94)
• Scientific Updates Calcium supplements can contain lead (Jan 94)
• Scientific Updates Move over oat bran -maybe it's avocado or walnuts (Nov 93)
• Scientific Updates Eating right after a heart attack. Dietary calcium, animal protein and kidney stones. Breastfeeding and allergies (Sept 93)

Book and Video Reviews

• Book Reviews (Nov 98)
• Book Reviews (May 98)
• Book Reviews (Nov 97)
• Veggie-Friendly Cookbooks for Kids (Sept 97)
• Young People's Books with Vegetarian or Animal Rights Themes (May 97)
• New VRG book: Conveniently Vegan (May 97)
• Book Reviews (Mar 97)
• Book Reviews The food industry, animal rights, etc. (May 95)
• Book Review: The Meatless Gourmet (Mar 95)
• Book Review: Becoming Vegetarian (Jan 95)
• Book Reviews Including some new books for children (Nov 94)
• Book & Video Reviews The simple soybean and your health. Vegetarian pregnancy. The new road to being a vegetarian. Vegetarian Asia: A Travel Guide. Pretend Soup. Vegetable Soup (Sept 94)
• New Items From The Vegetarian Resource Group The Lowfat Jewish Vegetarian Cookbook. Simple, Lowfat & Vegetarian. (Mar 94)
• New VRG Book: Simple, Lowfat & Vegetarian (Jan 94)

Miscellaneous

• Vegetarian Action - Are Those Brains Vegan? - Linnea Quigley: A Vegan in Zombie's Clothing (Sept 2001)
• 2000 VRG Essay Contest Winners (Mar 2001)
• Do Prison Inmates Have a Right to Vegetarian Meals? (Mar 2001)
• Vegetarian Action - Spread the Word Through Vegetarian Displays (Nov 2000)
• Audrey Fluke Vegetarian Award for an Activist with Words of Encouragement (July 2000)
• Gifts to Charity Can Cut Income and Estate Taxes (May 2000)
• VRG 2000 Poll - The Number of Vegetarians in the US (May 2000)
• VRG's 1999 Essay Contest Winners - Part 2 (Mar 2000)
• VRG's 1999 Essay Contest Winners - Part 1 (Jan 2000)
• Vegetarian Action - Jane Black, Vegan Weightlifter (Jan 2000)
• Disaster Planning for Vegetarians (Nov 99)
• You can't believe everything you read, but you have to believe in something. What? A Primer on Critical Reading (Jul 99)
• VRG's 1998 Essay Contest Winners (Jan 99)
• Vegetarian Action Non-Profit Organic Farms (Nov 98)
• Staying with it: Three Cases of Teen Vegetarianism (Sept 98)
• Vegetarian Action www.vrg.org (Mar 98)
• Surveying Supermarkets (Mar 98)
• The Importance of Vegetarian Culture (Sept 97)
• Note from the Editor (Sept 97)
• Vegetarian Action: The Art of Vegetarianism (Jul 97)
• Out of the Way or On the Way? (Jul 97)
• The Vegetarian Traveler-Start Planning Your Next Vacation (May 97)
• Note From The Editor: Don't Have A Cow, Man (May 97)
• Aquaculture: An Overview (May 97)
• Aquaculture: An Overview, Part II (Jul 97)
• Sharing Vegetarianism With Family and Friends (May 97)
• Traveling with Vegan Children (May 97)
• Profiles of Three Leaders in Vegetarian Nutrition (Mar 97)
• Sing a Song of Veganism (Mar 97)
• Veggie Viewpoint: Eating at College (Jan 97)
• Air-atarians! (Jan 97)
• Why is Wine so Fined? (Jan 97)
• It's Easier to Grow Up Veggie (Jan 97)
• Gifts from the Heart and Soul (Nov 96)
• Busy Bees (Nov 96)
• Vegetarian Diet and Cancer Treatments (July 96)
• VRG Does Poster Presentations at Annual ADA Meeting (Nov 95)
• Tolerance and Acceptance (Jan 95)
• Where Can I Find...? Sources for vegan items (Nov 94)
• Native Americans and Vegetarianism (Sept 94)
• Reducing Fat in Your Meals while Dining on a Cruise Ship (Jan 94)
• Note from the Coordinators VRG Publishes Vegetarian Foodservice Newsletter (Nov 93)
• VRG Distributes 1000 Recipes Packets (Nov 93)
• The Son of Big Sue (May 92)
• The Fat Tax: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? (Jul 93)

Notes from the Coordinators

• Notes from the Coordinators Small-Town America Goes Veggie (July 2001)
• Notes from the Coordinators Today It's All About the Experience! (July 2001)
• Notes from the Coordinators Do the Best You Can (May 2001)
• Notes from the Coordinators VRG Accurately Predicts Some Future Trends (Mar 2001)
• Note from the Coordinators Empathy and Justice (Jan 2001)
• Note from the Coordinators Thoughts From A Vegan Teenager (Nov 2000)
• Note from the Coordinators What's on the Horizon for the Natural Foods Industry? (Sept 2000)
• Note from the Coordinators Beyond the "Product of the Week" (Jul 2000)
• Note from the Coordinators Vegetarianism Continues to Go Mainstream (May 2000)
• Note from the Coordinators Making Choices (Mar 2000)
• Note from the Coordinators Health Foods Going Mainstream (Jan 2000)
• Note from the Coordinators It's Not Easy Running a Non-Profit (Nov 99)
• Note from the Coordinators Americans Buying More Meatless Meals (Sep 99)
• Note from the Coordinators VRG Activities (Jan 99)
• Note from the Coordinators Team Work Pays Off (Sept 98)
• Note from the Coordinators The State of the Natural Foods Industry (Jul 98)
• Note from the Coordinators Creative Outreach (May 98)
• Note from the Coordinators Who are the Radical Vegetarians? (Mar 98)
• Note from the Coordinators Reader Survey Results (Jan 98)
• Note from the Coordinators Is Vegetarianism Your Religion (Nov 97)
• Note from the Coordinators Answers Aren't Always Simple (Jul 97)
• Note from the Coordinators Let Us Hear From You (Mar 97)
• Note from the coordinators Reaching out to doctors (Jan 94)

Note on Vegetarian Journal

Please note that the Vegetarian Journals published here are not complete issues, but are excerpts from the traditionally published magazine. Anyone wanting to see everything should subscribe to the magazine.

Articles originally indexed by John Davis .

Updated through July 1997 by Jeanie Freeman.