Vegan Joe
June 30th, 2007, 11:43 PM
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/06/29/Northoftampa/Desperately_seeking_v.shtml
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The search for foods free of meat and dairy leads two women to form a small, yet determined group.
By EMILY NIPPS
Published June 29, 2007
NEW TAMPA - After moving to Richmond Place from New York with her husband two years ago, Joan Zacharias felt like she was the only one. Everywhere she looked: Meat, meat, meat.
"You look around and see all the chain restaurants and rib shacks, " she said. "What are we supposed to do?"
Being vegan in the suburbs, Zacharias, 49, found, is no easy feat. While she could easily come across organic produce stands and vegan restaurants in New York, Tampa suburbanites very much love their Lee Roy Selmon's restaurants, their Chick-fil-A drive-throughs and their Hooters wings. She became accustomed to the looks of confusion, even horror, from her new meat-eating friends and neighbors when she described a diet void of meat, dairy, eggs or anything else involving animals.
^^^ complete article ^^^
The search for foods free of meat and dairy leads two women to form a small, yet determined group.
By EMILY NIPPS
Published June 29, 2007
NEW TAMPA - After moving to Richmond Place from New York with her husband two years ago, Joan Zacharias felt like she was the only one. Everywhere she looked: Meat, meat, meat.
"You look around and see all the chain restaurants and rib shacks, " she said. "What are we supposed to do?"
Being vegan in the suburbs, Zacharias, 49, found, is no easy feat. While she could easily come across organic produce stands and vegan restaurants in New York, Tampa suburbanites very much love their Lee Roy Selmon's restaurants, their Chick-fil-A drive-throughs and their Hooters wings. She became accustomed to the looks of confusion, even horror, from her new meat-eating friends and neighbors when she described a diet void of meat, dairy, eggs or anything else involving animals.