Vegan in Bellingham

Bellingham's vegan-friendly Safeway: 1275 E. Sunset If you have been reading this blog for awhile, you may already be aware of how much I love Sophie's Kitchen vegan seafood , particularly  the shrimp and the crab cakes. I was really bummed when The Market on Lakeway closed for a number of reasons, but one of the main reasons was because The Market was the only place in town where you could find Sophie's products. I have made requests for other stores in town (including the Co op , Terra at the Public Market , and Fred Meyer) to start carrying Sophie's, but with no luck. And then suddenly it came to my attention (thanks Kymi!) that Safeway now has Sophie's!!! Which of course meant I had to stop by there soon after I heard this to stock up on my favorite Sophie's products. While there, I took the opportunity to browse a bit more around the store and I have to say I was also impressed by their good-looking organic veggies section. I was hungry whi

One of the questions most frequently asked of me is what made me decide to start this blog? I usually explain that when I began writing, I hoped to create the kind of resource that I was always looking for myself—something that could serve as a guide to help people discover vegan-friendly restaurants and businesses in Bellingham. Luckily for me, it has since turned into so much more, helping me connect with a community and network of amazing people I never would have known otherwise!  I wrote my very first post in July 2008 in which I mentioned the difficulty vegans sometimes faced going out to eat in a predominantly non-vegan world.  “Although we vegans are a minority, we all have families and friends who we socialize with, and going out to eat as a vegan in a non-vegan world can be intimidating and nerve-wracking. My experience has been, however, that most restaurants have employees/owners/chefs who are willing to help and will be very accommodating. Most people realize that a