Mad Pizza

First off, I really do know how to format and write paragraphs! For some reason, when I'm editing this blog, my spaces and tabs are never saved, so this entire blog entry, and many of them, just look like one garbled bunch of words. I'm going to see what I can do to prevent this and demonstrate my true writing and formatting abilities in the very near future...meanwhile...just so you know...

Isn't this the prettiest pizza ever? Well, maybe not if all you like is pepperoni, but for those of us who like to live as close to vegan as possible, this looks like manna from heaven. I have to tell you where I got this image. Remember the big hoopla when Oprah announced she would never eat another hamburger and the next day beef sales plummeted? That was the episode that launched the "Veggie Libel Suit" in Texas back in the 90s. Oprah's guest on that show was Howard Lyman, a former cattle rancher. When he divulged some of the grotesque realities of what goes on in the cattle ranching industry, he was sued by the Texas cattle ranchers...even though what Howard had said was true!

Mr. Lyman is an amazing man. He has traveled all over the country to speak to young and old alike about the importance of treating animals with gentleness, kindness and respect. And he's a great big guy...looks like the stereotypical meat and potatoes kind of guy...but he's not.

The "Veggie Libel Suit" boiled down to a matter of freedom of speech...and truth. Precedent had been set in the 1800s that slander is only slander if what is said is proven false. Howard Lyman and Oprah prevailed on that basis. After that, he was able to tell his whole story, and he penned it in a book called Mad Cowboy.

Howard has been vegan since he nearly died of cancer. Much like Heather Mills McCartney, he found that once he went on a healthy vegan diet...not a diet of just raw carrots or dark chocolate...his body detoxed itself and he healed. The picture of the wonderful pizza at the top of this entry is from Howard Lyman's website: www.madcowboy.com.

Last night Dori made me a pizza at the last minute, and it was simpler than this one, and delicious. She used a vodka tomato sauce, and the greenery was provided by capers and fresh basil from the back porch. It was a beautiful pizza. As I said, once I get my cord, I'm going to upload pictures of my food onto this site, meanwhile we have our imaginations...and that can be a wonderful thing.

Have a great weekend.

Peace,

Bev