Ethnic Cuisines Brighten Daily Meals
By Kumudha Venkatesan
"I am originally from India, now residing in United States. I became a vegetarian after coming to this country. My parents were shocked when I told them I was a vegetarian. They thought it would be very hard for me to practice vegetarianism, in a land where most of the people thrive on non-vegetarian food..."

An Interview with Galina: Veg Food in St. Petersburg, Russia
An Interview by Melanie Wilson
"Galina works in a beautiful place - an organic (mostly) vegetarian café in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The center's aim is to help Russians go vegetarian, to learn about being healthy without meat. The café is the only organic vegetarian eatery in Saint Petersburg, the center of Russian culture. They offer a special course for pregnant women teaching them how to have a healthy vegetarian pregnancy and raise healthy vegetarian children..."

Veggies are the Norm: Raising Veggie Kids in India
By Kausalya Santhanam
"In the last two years, more often than ever, we had discussed moving back to India for a variety of reasons - being closer to family (hard to believe my children did not understand the meaning of cousins) was on top of the list. We, in our own way, also justified that the best gift for our American-born children would be to introduce them to eastern culture and different languages and give them a chance to know and cherish their roots..."

A Vegetarian Paradise in Switzerland?
By Melanie Bucher
"Cheese fondue, raclette, rvsti topped with cheese, croute au fromage; when I first came to Switzerland nearly ten years ago, these cheese-based dishes were the only thing you were ever likely to be offered as a vegetarian. It was great to realise that I wasn't going to starve! But after a while, the heaviness and richness of a diet of pure saturated fat start to take its toll..."

A Vegetarian in China
By Amanda Powell Castillo
"I have twin daughters who are nine and a son aged six, all vegetarian since birth and also now vegan. They love Asian food, especially my son, who would eat rice, miso soup and tofu everyday if I let him..."

Raising a Veggie Child in Hungary
By Györgyi Bezdan
"In Hungary, it is the women who are more health-conscious, and it happens quite often that the wife suggests that the family turn vegetarian. Men tend to be more conservative, especially when it comes to food. Unfortunately the life expectancy in Hungary is one of the lowest in Europe, and it is even worse in the case of Hungarian men..."

My Journey Through Veg Life in Italy
By Francesca Gasparini
"I'm from Romagna, the region of Italy facing the northern Adriatic sea. I have two children: the first, Arturo, is two years old; the second, Giuliano, only three months. They have been vegetarian really from the start. I've been vegetarian since September 1990. At the time I was eighteen. I became vegetarian following my nature, but only after becoming vegetarian did I understand that I kept eating dead animals as a duty..."

Dad Around the World
By Paul Wilson
"Because I work for the Peace Corps we travel a great deal, living overseas and moving from country to country. Around two years ago, while living in Papua New Guinea, my wife announced that she felt we should go vegan..."

Living Veg in a Non-Veg Area
By Melanie Wilson
"Being vegan overseas has sometimes been a challenge, but we love traveling, living in foreign countries, and exposing our children to other cultures and languages. Contrary to common belief, it isn't generally difficult to live as a vegetarian outside the U.S..."

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