Confession: I read quite a few vegan/health-oriented food blogs. Most of them are written by young, beautiful women who talk about making Kimchi from scratch when you happen to find yourself with ten minutes and some extra cabbage. The photography on these websites is typically stunning, with perfect plates arranged on vintage linens or thick wood cutting boards. As great as these food blogs are for banana-bread recipes, they all seem to have the exact same design sensibility and take themselves very seriously.
I think this might be why Thug Kitchen is getting so much love right now. Although the author remains anonymous, it is suggested that it is written by a man who eats vegetables to avoid ‘dick cancer’ and his vegan girlfriend. Launched in October, the site already has 50,000+ likes on Facebook. As a life-long vegetarian, as I was reading it I was laughing so hard, particularly at this gem: “I’m so tired of Motherfuckers asking, ‘Where do you get your protein?’ All you simple minded bastards better read up some. I eat shit like whole grains, beans, nuts, lentils, tempeh… I mean hell, where the fuck are you getting your protein?” It’s so funny it might just inspire your boyfriend to listen to Tupac and make Grilled Sugar Snap Peas with Thai peanut sauce. Personally, I would love to come home to that.
