May 26, 2008

Me And Face Together At Last

by IsaChandra

Despite my Brooklyn Jewish roots, I’ve never been to Florida. But next March I am going to do some cooking classes on this Taste Of Health cruise. I’m not suggesting any one should take the cruise for that reason, I’m just saying that the reason I said yes was so I could meat meet Dirk Benedict from the A-Team. If only everyone had their priorities so straight.

From the list of presenters…will he be making gluten free cupcakes with me?



  • May 26, 2008 at 2:28 pm: Invictus

    Exciting!

  • May 26, 2008 at 2:32 pm: AM

    You want to “meat” Dirk Benedict? Are you sure you’re still a vegan? ;)

  • May 26, 2008 at 3:27 pm: IsaChandra

    Ha ha AM, fixed. What a great typo. Meet is murder.

  • May 26, 2008 at 4:35 pm: Molly

    Wow! That looks like a great thing. I don’t know from Dirk Benedict, but I’m a huge Dr. Neal Barnard fan! Congrats! Have a great time.

  • May 26, 2008 at 6:13 pm: debya

    I’ve never been to Florida either! I was the only kid in Central NJ without grandparents in Boca.

  • May 27, 2008 at 12:34 am: al

    wow, awesome!

  • May 27, 2008 at 9:28 am: kat

    You with your meat and Dirk Benedict with his prostrate cancer. It’s a pretty challenging world.

  • May 27, 2008 at 9:45 am: Vegan Dad

    *hums A-Team theme song* Ah, Face and his smooth talking ways. He’s definitely your go to guy if drug sumugglers (or other n’er do wells) try to hijack the boat.

  • May 27, 2008 at 10:49 am: Lauren

    I went on the Taste of Health cruise last year (2007)! I went b/c I had never been on a cruise, and wanted to be able to experience one w/o living on pasta & marinara sauce the whole time (cruises aren’t exactly known for being vegan-friendly). I learned a lot about macrobiotics…though I have no desire to change my diet in that direction, some of the food was pretty good. There were a few misses though – they’re uber into their sea vegetables. A little seaweed in a soup or salad doesn’t bother me, but there was seaweed involved in every meal. I also couldn’t really get into the miso soup for breakfast, but that’s just my personal preference. For the most part, I had a fun time…but I can’t say I’d go again, because I discovered I get serious sea sickness. There were some meals I couldn’t eat at all because I was too nauseated from the rocking of the ship.

  • May 27, 2008 at 1:56 pm: Lane

    Did you ever see yourself being a presenter on a cruise? :-)

    Congrats,

    Lane of VeganBits.com

  • May 27, 2008 at 2:15 pm: buddhist cupcake

    i would really like it if you did this again in 2010 because i could go to that one.
    i had never even heard of this cruise before; it sounds lovely!

  • May 27, 2008 at 3:56 pm: the vegan vulcan

    If it was Howlin’ Mad Murphy, I’d be sold. . .

    Just kidding. Sounds awesome! Congrats!

  • May 27, 2008 at 6:31 pm: Amy

    Ummm…those two dudes are total muffins! Yeah. Perhaps if you could, please, give them each a nice smooch (anywhere is fine…really…) from me. Oh! And have a fun time too! March will be here in a snap.

  • May 28, 2008 at 12:21 am: Janet

    wow, I had never heard of this kind of cruise but I just googled it and fell in love! Take me with you!

  • May 28, 2008 at 8:07 am: Jon

    Dirk Benedict cured himself of cancer and other sins against the Universe? So is having cancer a sin against the universe? I’m very confused by the profiles of the other presenters. Sounds like you’ll have a really weird time!

  • May 29, 2008 at 6:12 am: Paige

    This isn’t about this post, just a question. What’s the deal with all the fake recipe titles in the recipes section? “Puss Licking Stories” comes up when i search “cookie”! And it seems like more than 50% of the titles you click on come up empty…what’s going on?

  • May 29, 2008 at 12:49 pm: bazu

    tee hee.

  • May 29, 2008 at 1:48 pm: IsaChandra

    Hey Paige,
    Yeah, the recipe database has been spammed like crazy! I am working on a new recipe database as we speak.

  • June 7, 2008 at 9:09 pm: Teovegan

    The A team, Galactica, he’s a legend! Good luck in the cruise ;)

  • June 18, 2008 at 8:39 pm: notanotherxerox

    I’ve wanted to go on that for a while. Its cool that theres a cruise where us vegans can actually eat the meals. I hope you have a great time with Dirk:)and you’re presentation goes smoothly!

  • July 9, 2008 at 2:40 pm: urbanvegan

    You look so adorable.