Some vegetarians spend Thanksgiving far away from home at a vegan potluck. Some vegetarians were raised by hippies, and their grain-fed, free-range turkey is only a tiny feature lost in a sea of vegetables. But some of us, year after year, brainstorm our own entrees so we're not stuck subsisting entirely on mashed potatoes, pie and ten bottles of wine because every holiday or gathering is basically planned entirely around what animal everyone will be consuming. Here are some of my ways around that; some are more successful than others. more ›

Austin, Texas, has a lot of things that Seattle doesn't. Sunshine. Lone Star. 100 degree temperatures. Great (or at least ubiquitous) BBQ. Longhorns. Willie Nelson. A Republican governor with big hair. But perhaps best of all, it has the Alamo Drafthouse. more ›

With the multi-state outbreak of E. Coli infections due to E. coli occurring just after this poll was taken, confidence in our nation's food is now likely lower than the report indicates. That outbreak resulted in 21 ill in 16 states, including 1 in Washington. more ›