eyesore sipped: VeggieDag Thursday: Thanksgiving ideas, and more.

Friday, November 16, 2012

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

It's a pre-Thanksgiving VeggieDag Thursday, with links to recipes and other news.

At Thanksgiving, you don't have to choose between beer and wine. Via Serious Eats.

For Thanksgiving, no turkey, but one big stuffed squash (hold the chicken stock). Via Washington Post.

(Almost) the best Brussels sprouts recipe ever. (Substitute olive oil, smoked paprika for bacon fat.) Via Washington Post. Vegetarian Pot Pie (02)

Vegetarian Pot Pie, from Rustico Restaurant, in Alexandria, Virginia.

Savory bread puddings, such as Mushroom, Leek and Parmesan Bread Pudding. Recipes include eggs and dairy. Via Food & Wine.

For Thanksgiving: Voluptuous Pumpkin Pie. Vegan recipe via Post Punk Kitchen.

Linguine With Cauliflower Pesto. Recipe via Smitten Kitchen.

Butternut Squash Kashmiri Chili. Recipe via Washington Post.

Junk food makeover: Tater Tots recipe, via Bon App?tit.

The single-fry method for 'double-frying' French fries. Via Yahoo Shine.

The 24 best French fries in the U.S. Via Travel and Leisure.

Farmland preservation efforts in Maryland face pressures and defections from population density increases. Via B'more Green.

Raising infants and kids on a vegan diet. Via The Vegan R.D.

Bhut Jolokia peppers: one million Scoville units, and counting. Via Washington Post.

American Cheese Society 2012 Winners include Mary;and's Firefly, Virginia's Everona. Via Cheese and Champagne.

Galaxy Hut ?a good beer pub in Arlington, Virginia? goes with a 100% vegetarian / vegan food menu.

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Prior VeggieDag Thursday posts: here.

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Logo by Tom Lee, past beer columnist for Baltimore Examiner.

Suggestions and submissions from chefs and homecooks: welcomed!

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