Today, John and Colleen had a lot of ground to cover. There were questions about proper nutritional intake when fresh vegetables are not available. Colleen's answer: spirulina.

There was also a boatload of letters. Hayley from Nottingham (does that make her a Nottinghammer?), England wrote to offer a title for the "Top 10 Vegetarian Cookbooks that haven't been written" (see last podcast), and David, from Atlanta (Hotlanta!), wrote in again about his Hotlanta Hawks. Lisa, from Toronto, wrote in about the new raw restaurant Rawlicious in the Junction, a contest that offers iPods to young people leading healthy lifestyles, and about her experiences at Hot Yam (Hot Yam!!), a student-run veg/local/organic lunch spot that is closed now until September. Shawn, from Toronto, responded to Podcast 93's discussion about complex recipes and he feels that the most complex recipes come from the Millennium Restaurant cookbooks. We also had a letter from cookbook writer extraordinaire Dreena Burton, author of Eat, Drink & Be Vegan, Vive le Vegan! and The Everyday Vegan.

Colleen responds to the common concerns about the Blood Type Diet theory (which has been debunked by a doctor) by pointing out that she, herself, is Type O, the blood type of those who are "genetically required to eat meat" according to this theory. Colleen reports that she has felt so much better as a vegan for the past four years. And a past member in the Resource Centre, Kate, has been a very successful Type O vegan for over 10 years. Colleen has also learned of several more Type O vegetarians and vegans among her friends. 

Colleen's question of the week for John: "what's the biggest vegetarian cooking disaster you've had?"

John's biggest recent disaster was trying to cook bok choy in the oven instead of steaming it. Not good. Colleen once spilled cayenne pepper on a hot burner. Ouch! The air didn't clear for hours.

This week's show is a stealth 28 minutes.

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