VeggieDag Thursday: Quick Links for October 2013

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

Quick links for October 2013:

• Seven global reasons to promote a vegetable-oriented diet. Via Business Insider.


• Oreos may be as addictive as cocaine, according to new research. Via Society for Neuroscience, at Forbes.


• Vegan food truck for Washington D.C. suburban food 'desert'. Via Washington Post.


• Why the avocado should have gone the way of the dodo. Via Smithsonian Magazine.


• How potatoes can cause mass sickness and even death: high concentrations of the toxin olanine. Via Smithsonian Magazine.


• Why cooked carrots taste so different than raw carrots. Via Smithsonian Magazine.


• A brief, cinematic, history of popcorn in the U.S. Via Smithsonian Magazine.


• Twenty million bottles a year: The highly unusual company behind Sriracha, the world’s coolest hot sauce. Via Quartz.


• Alzheimer's test: Can you smell peanut butter ... with your left nostril? Via USA Today.


• Mark Bittman: "Why I'm not a vegan," (but 'semi-vegan' for six years).


• RECIPES
  • Green sauce, two ways: Salsa Verde and Chimichurri. Via BreezyBum.
    
  • Cauliflower Risotto. Via Vegangela.
    
    
    
  • Chile-infused Beet Sliders with Avocado Dressing. Recipe from Gatsby's Diner in Sacramento, California, via upcoming cookbook, Dinner in the Beer Garden.
    
  • Vegan Coconut Cream Pie. Via Isa Chandraat Post Punk Kitchen.
    
  • How to cook pasta correctly. Via Smithsonian Magazine.
    
    
    
  • Too cute, for Halloween! Vegan Monster Mash Shepherd’s Pie. Via Isa Chandra at Post Punk Kitchen.
    

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