VeggieDag Thursday: Quick Links for August 2013.

VeggieDag is an occasional Thursday post on an animal-free diet and its issues.

Quick links for August 2013:

• September is Vegan MoFo 2013. Via YFGF.
  
  
• Evidence uncovered of Stone Age food preparation using spices for flavor enhancement: Pottery shards that date back to about 6,000 years ago contain microscopic fossils of crushed mustard seeds. Via University of York, at NPR.
  
  
• A complete radical shift away from grain-fed animals and biofuel would increase calorie availability enough for 4 billion people simply with food grown on existing farmland. Via Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota, at NBC News.
  
  
  
  
• Reviving Eight Row Flint: an heirloom corn that packs more flavor and nutrition, and why it nearly disappeared. Via NPR's The Salt.
  
  
• The fourth annual Cheesemonger Invitational: 27 July 2013, Long Island, New York. Via The New Yorker.
  
  
• RECIPES
  • The winners of the Washington Post's annual tomato recipe contest. Not all are vegetarian.
    
  • Grilled Ramen noodles and bok choy, in broth. Via Post Punk Kitchen
    
  • Sweet-Tart barbecue sauce. Via Splendid Table.
    
  • Eggplant 'Meatballs' in Tomato Sauce. Recipe via Domenica Marchetti from her new cookbook: The Glorious Vegetables of Italy (Chronicle). From a post by Joe Yonan via Washington Post.
    
  • How to cook dry beans: in a pressure cooker, in a slow cooker, and on the stove-top. Via Happy Herbivore.

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