VeggieDag Thursday: Artichokes, and other Quick Links

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

Quick links:

• How to cook (and eat) an artichoke. Via YFGF, courtesy Summer Tomato.
  
  
• NPR's Fresh Air interviews Sandor Katz, author of The Art of Fermentation. "The flavorful space between fresh and rotten."
  
  
• With just weeks until California enacts a foie gras ban (1 July 2012), some restaurants and diners begin a "feeding frenzy." Via Huffington Post.
  
  
• Backyard foraging: stinging nettle pesto. Via NPR.
  
  
• Cooking fresh peas via YFGF. And four more ways, Via 100 CookBooks
  
  
• Who says vegans can't enjoy BBQ?! Recipe for seitan in Pineapple Jack BBQ Sauce. Via One Green Planet.
  
  
• Healthy salads for hedonists. Spike Gjerde of Woodberry Kitchen in Baltimore says “Eating salad shouldn’t feel like a punishment." Salads should be crunchy, crispy, chewy, & tender. Via Food and Wine Magazine.
  
  
• 'Creamy' Vegan Chocolate 'Sorbet.' Recipe via Food 52
  
  
• Mom's Cold Beet Soup recipe. Via YFGF.
  
  
• Grilling vegetables (marinated in beer): so simple, so tasty. Via YFGF.
  
  
• How to make a Spring Vegetable Wrap with Sesame Sauce. Via DCist.
  
  
• Recipe for Spicy Braised Eggplant with... Prunes. Via Washington Post Food.
  
  
• The Guardian on how to make perfect potato salad. Of course, I would use vegan mayo.
  
  
• "Grilled, strawberries (!) become pockets of warm jam, bursting in your mouth." Via Forks in the Road.

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• VeggieDag is an occasional Thursday post on vegetarian issues. Why the name? Here.
• Prior VeggieDag Thursday posts: here. Follow on Twitter: #VeggieDag.
  
• Suggestions and submissions from chefs and homecooks: welcomed!