Read Up Monday

We interviewed blogger and soon-to-be cookbook author Cara Eisenpress about her website Big Girls Small Kitchen and what inspires her to make Mondays meatless.

Decor-it Yourself, a video blog from sustainable fashion site Thread Banger, recommends that we improve our health with a Meatless Monday and offers a budget-friendly chili to get us started!

In his award winning series Food Revolution, Jamie Oliver enters Huntington, West Virginia intent on curbing the city’s disease risk by improving health habits. His efforts illustrate that we need nutrition education in our schools– and more kitchen time with our kids at home!

With its focus on inexpensive yet delectable cuisine, Fab Frugal Food shows us just how delectable plant based meals can be as it goes meatless every Monday.

Social networking sites serve as bridges in the vast sea of cyberspace. Our Facebook and Twitter pages have blossomed in recent months, providing a constant stream of news, resources and discussion.

The Monday after Thanksgiving is touted as the biggest online shopping day of the year: Cyber Monday. This week, we offer our top 5 recommendations for eco-conscious sites that make holiday shopping just a little greener.

In an ever-changing world of new cooking techniques, cuisines and gadgets, how’s a foodie to keep up with it all? Constantly evolving and user-fueled, Foodista is the perfect resource for today’s culinary landscape. That’s why we’re proud Foodista is going meatless every Monday!

As we opened the October 2009 issue of Gourmet magazine, an impossibly good coupon fell in our lap. Sadly, it wasn’t an epicurean deal of a lifetime, but a plea from a luxury-oriented print mag. struggling in a market saturated with free online cooking resources.

People are using digital resources to discuss greener living and join the Meatless Monday movement! Check out some of our favorite microbloggers for weekly tips on making more sustainable choices.

Once the work week gets underway, it seems that sitting down to a civilized meal becomes all but impossible for most of us. Slow Food USA is determined to reverse this trend.

Sometimes you come across a website name that says it all: simple, direct, powerful. Conde Nast’s NutritionData does just that: providing you the info you need to make informed nutrition choices.