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Compassionate Cooks
Each episode addresses commonly asked questions about animal rights, food, cooking, and nutrition demystifies what it means to "be vegan."
Feb 18 2008
Feb 18 2008
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A diplomatic delegation from another planet comes to Earth, bringing with them technology to end hunger, disease, and war and - ostensibly - asking for nothing in return. A short story written in 1951 by Damon Knight, "To Serve Man" was adapted into a popular "Twilight Zone" episode in the 1960s and is featured in today's episode. 
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2008-08-15
 | Blood: A Short Story by Isaac Bashevis Singer |
| Conversations with Strangers (on Land and in the Air) |
| Watch the Animals |
| Greening Your Life |
| How Does Your Garden Grow? (Without Animal Products!) |
| The Boy Who Talked With Animals |
| Leather: Not an Innocent By-Product |
| Beyond Lies the Wub |
| The Safety of Supplements |
| The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde |
| Five Favorite Foods: Carrots, Dates, Walnuts, Oats, Brussels Sprouts |
| "Pig": A Short Story by Roald Dahl |
| Are You Serious? |
| Two-Year Anniversary Show: A Veritable Lovefest |
| The Taming of the Cattle |
| To Serve Man |
| Definition: Vegan |
| The Anarchist - His Dog |
| I Eat Only "White Meat" - In Defense of Chickens |
| To Florida: An Apology |
| The Vegetarian Philosophy of Pythagoras, as told by Ovid in "The Metamorphoses" |
| On the Road: Traveling as a Vegan |
| The Slaughterer: A Short Story by Isaac Bashevis Singer |
| Favorite Foods: Beans! |
| Marks of Domination: The Branding of Human and Animal Slaves |
| The Practical Aspects of Being Vegan |
| A Passionate Life |
| Thanksgiving FOR the Birds |
| Compassionate Clichés |
| Eating for World Peace |
| Celebrating the Rituals of Halloween and Thanksgiving Without Compromising Your Values |
| The Lottery |
| The Burden of Burros |
| Poetry's Plea for Animals |
| Living Among Meat-Eaters - Part II |
| The Fall of the Excuse-itarians (or The Emperor is Naked!) |
| Living Among Meat-Eaters - Part I |
| A Mother's Tale |
| The High Costs of Cheap Meat |
| Motherhood&Maternal Instincts |
| All About Tofu |
| Acts of Forgiveness - What Humans Can Learn from Non-Human Animals |
| Animal Advocacy and Emotional Stress |
| A Visit to Two "Free-Range" Egg Facilities |
| A Visit to Two "Free-Range" Egg Facilities |
| BBQs, Burgers, and Backyard Bites |
| BBQs, Burgers, and Backyard Bites |
| Grateful for Goats |
| Grateful for Goats |
| Grateful for Goats |
| Fish Consumption and By-Catch |
| Fish Consumption and By-Catch |
| Like Animals |
| Like Animals |
| Like Animals |
| Teen (and College-Age) Vegetarians |
| Teen (and College-Age) Vegetarians |
| Teen (and College-Age) Vegetarians |
| Peace for Pigs |
| Peace for Pigs |
| Peace for Pigs |
| Eat Your Vegetables! |
| Eat Your Vegetables! |
| Eat Your Vegetables! |
| Turning the Tables |
| Turning the Tables |
| Turning the Tables |
| What do Vegetarians Feed their Dogs and Cats? |
| What do Vegetarians Feed their Dogs and Cats? |
| What do Vegetarians Feed their Dogs and Cats? |
| Response to: Why don't you spend your time on people instead of animals? or Why don't you care about humans? |
| Response to: Why don't you spend your time on people instead of animals? or Why don't you care about humans? |
| Response to: Why don't you spend your time on people instead of animals? or Why don't you care about humans? |
| Life After Cheese |
| Life After Cheese |
| Life After Cheese |
| Becoming Re-Sensitized |
| Becoming Re-Sensitized |
| Becoming Re-Sensitized |
| Soy is Not Evil |
| Soy is Not Evil |
| Soy is Not Evil |
| Mutilation: An Ugly Word, An Ugly Act |
| Mutilation: An Ugly Word, An Ugly Act |
| Mutilation: An Ugly Word, An Ugly Act |
| An Essential Mineral: Iron |
| An Essential Mineral: Iron |
| An Essential Mineral: Iron |
| Minding the Gatekeepers |
| Minding the Gatekeepers |
| Minding the Gatekeepers |
| Taking It All In |
| Taking It All In |
| Taking It All In |
| Five Favorite Foods: Quinoa, Kale, Blueberries, Tempeh, and Tea |
| Five Favorite Foods: Quinoa, Kale, Blueberries, Tempeh, and Tea |
| Five Favorite Foods: Quinoa, Kale, Blueberries, Tempeh, and Tea |
| Don't Buy a Cow |
| Don't Buy a Cow |
| Don't Buy a Cow |
| An Essential Vitamin: B12 |
| An Essential Vitamin: B12 |
| An Essential Vitamin: B12 |
| Speaking your Truth |
| Speaking your Truth |
| Speaking your Truth |
| Common Responses to Vegetarianism |
| Common Responses to Vegetarianism |
| Common Responses to Vegetarianism |
| Talking Turkey |
| Talking Turkey |
| Talking Turkey |
| Replacing Eggs in Cooking and Baking |
| Replacing Eggs in Cooking and Baking |
| Replacing Eggs in Cooking and Baking |
| Transitioning to a Vegan Diet - or - Tips for Eating Healthfully |
| Transitioning to a Vegan Diet - or - Tips for Eating Healthfully |
| Transitioning to a Vegan Diet - or - Tips for Eating Healthfully |
| The Emperor Has No Clothes or The Rise of the Excuse-itarians |
| The Emperor Has No Clothes or The Rise of the Excuse-itarians |
| The Emperor Has No Clothes or The Rise of the Excuse-itarians |
| 10 Tips for Eating Vegetarian in Social Situations |
| 10 Tips for Eating Vegetarian in Social Situations |
| 10 Tips for Eating Vegetarian in Social Situations |
| Favorite Foods: Non-Dairy Milks |
| Favorite Foods: Non-Dairy Milks |
| Favorite Foods: Non-Dairy Milks |
| How humane are "humane" meat, dairy, and eggs? |
| How humane are "humane" meat, dairy, and eggs? |
| How humane are "humane" meat, dairy, and eggs? |
| Eating Animals |
| Eating Animals |
| Eating Animals |
| The Myth of the "Perfect Vegan." |
| The Myth of the "Perfect Vegan." |
| The Myth of the "Perfect Vegan." |
| The Language of Meat |
| The Language of Meat |
| The Language of Meat |
| Being a "Joyful Vegan." |
| Being a "Joyful Vegan." |
| Being a "Joyful Vegan." |
| Response to: "Eating meat is my personal preference, and since I respect your choice not to eat meat, Iwould appreciate your respecting my choice to eat it." |
| Response to: "Eating meat is my personal preference, and since I respect your choice not to eat meat, Iwould appreciate your respecting my choice to eat it." |
| Response to: "Eating meat is my personal preference, and since I respect your choice not to eat meat, Iwould appreciate your respecting my choice to eat it." |
| Milk is a natural food, and cows naturally give milk, so what's wrong with drinking it? |
| Milk is a natural food, and cows naturally give milk, so what's wrong with drinking it? |
| Milk is a natural food, and cows naturally give milk, so what's wrong with drinking it? |
| PART II Humans are meant to eat meat. Just look at these incisors in my mouth. PART II |
| PART II Humans are meant to eat meat. Just look at these incisors in my mouth. PART II |
| PART II Humans are meant to eat meat. Just look at these incisors in my mouth. PART II |
| PART I Humans are meant to eat meat. Just look at these incisors in my mouth. PART I |
| PART I Humans are meant to eat meat. Just look at these incisors in my mouth. PART I |
| PART I Humans are meant to eat meat. Just look at these incisors in my mouth. PART I |
| Skipping the Middle Man: coming to terms with the fact that plants are the source of all our nutrients. |
| Skipping the Middle Man: coming to terms with the fact that plants are the source of all our nutrients. |
| Skipping the Middle Man: coming to terms with the fact that plants are the source of all our nutrients. |
| What about the insects killed for plant production - don't you care about them (and other tenuousarguments)? |
| What about the insects killed for plant production - don't you care about them (and other tenuousarguments)? |
| What about the insects killed for plant production - don't you care about them (and other tenuousarguments)? |
| Aren't free-range eggs better than eggs from battery-cage hens? |
| Aren't free-range eggs better than eggs from battery-cage hens? |
| Aren't free-range eggs better than eggs from battery-cage hens? |
| What's wrong with eating eggs since the chickens aren't killed to get her eggs? |
| What's wrong with eating eggs since the chickens aren't killed to get her eggs? |
| What's wrong with eating eggs since the chickens aren't killed to get her eggs? |
| Where do I get my calcium if I don't drink cow's milk? |
| Where do I get my calcium if I don't drink cow's milk? |
| Where do I get my calcium if I don't drink cow's milk? |
| The Protein Myth and Vegetarianism |
| The Protein Myth and Vegetarianism |
| The Protein Myth and Vegetarianism |