Help the Food Network understand

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

 

It's really great that the Food Network has a link off of their homepage to a

section on vegetarianism http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/lf_hl_vegetarian. They

point out the sources of different nutrients and include some recipes.

 

However, the irony is not lost that though they're trying to EDUCATE people on

eating vegetarian, they include a salmon recipe in their list of " 10 Vegetarian

Recipes. " (Scroll to the bottom.) It's so silly, because even in their

description of what a vegetarian is, they include fish: " In the purest sense, a

vegetarian diet is a plant-based diet that not only shuns all sources of meat,

poultry, and fish but also any foods derived from animals. "

 

They've obviously just missed the boat on this one - please write to them and

ask them to replace the salmon recipe with a truly vegetarian recipe (perhaps

even provide your own - and one that " happens " to be vegan).

 

I also encourage everyone to cc Joan Salge Blake (salge), the

nutritionist who supplied the information. I don't know if she recommend the

salmon recipe, but her name is credited on that page.

 

CONTACT INFO:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/about_us/text/0,1904,FOOD_9777_9310,00.html

 

For the animals (and especially the salmon in this case!),

 

Colleen

 

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colleen

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