Some of what you've mentioned I kind of addressed in some of my other comments here about the raisins/grapes. Spot on about vegan having a bad rap, such a shame. But I do know a lot of junk-food vegans. I think the word doesn't go far enough to also cover the fact the diet should be a healthy one too, not just void of animal products. Ital can't be unhealthy by nature of the word. Things that are Ital must benefit Livity, so I think the word encompasses what I am doing with my diet appropriately.

     Vegan Ethiopian food must be out of this world. I've eaten a lot of Ethiopian food, and it's always easy to find a tasty vegan dish or two at any standard Ethiopian cafe/restaurant. I'd be curious to know the meat dishes get adapted. I know of one vegan Ethiopian cafe in the USA, but I've never been.