{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HappyCow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog","author_name":"HappyCow","author_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/webmaster\/","title":"The Intrepid Herbivores - Thailand - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kZm69hYTIi\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-intrepid-herbivores-thailand\/\">The Intrepid Herbivores &#8211; Thailand<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-intrepid-herbivores-thailand\/embed\/#?secret=kZm69hYTIi\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Intrepid Herbivores &#8211; Thailand&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"kZm69hYTIi\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/intrepidherbivores.jpg","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":180,"description":"by Sadie The Intrepid Herbivores While following a vegan lifestyle is easy for many, it has its challenges for others. When you&#8217;re at home you can cook for yourself, you know all the best restaurants and grocery stores in town and you find your groove and revel in it. But when you travel, particularly to a foreign country, and ESPECIALLY one you&#8217;ve never been to before and whose language you only grasp rudimentarily, it&#8217;s like your vegan skills kick into high gear. What had been easy before becomes a level-ten difficulty, where your hidden ingredient radar is on high alert and the stakes of accidental ingestion are elevated. Though it seems like navigating an unfamiliar culinary landscape can be a daunting, even hostile endeavor, it is offset by the opportunities to discover foods of spectacular heights of deliciousness. Food you had never dreamed could exist. Ingredients you had never thought of, preparations you hadn&#8217;t even considered, and flavors that had theretofore only existed in your fantasies. All you need to do is equip yourself with a few basic phrases and the confidence to ask questions, and you can enjoy the cuisine of faraway-lands as much as any old omnivore can. [&hellip;]"}