Passing on the Meat

My family recently celebrated Passover and we tried a little experiment: I would cook two vegan Seders (big, traditional dinners) and my family would go vegetarian for the rest of the holiday. Eight days without any meat in the house. My plan was to cook as much as possible, since the more I cooked, the less matzo with cream cheese they ate.

I'm pleased to report that even though the holiday ended a week ago, no meat has been consumed in our house yet and both of my parents are considering going vegetarian on a more permanent basis (they're both totally cool with keeping meat out of the house, but right now, they'd still like to eat it at restaurants on occasion). Also, I think my mother now has a bigger AR soapbox than I do. It's pretty rad.

Here's a small sample of what we ate:

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Woldwide Vegan Bake Sale 2010

Yes, it's that time again. Time for the Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale. If you're in the NYC area and want to bake, buy, or participate in some other way, here's what you need to know:

When: Sunday, April 25, 2010. 12-5 PM
Where: MooShoes. 78 Orchard Street (B or D train to Grand Street or F, J, or M train to Delancey)
To Benefit: Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary

 Photo by joyfulgirl415

If you'd like, you can RSVP via Facebook, and/or use our nifty sign up sheet (please note that the sign up sheet has two pages: one for baked goods and one for things like plates, bags, etc.).

A representative from Woodstock will be around to answer any questions you may have about the sanctuary and hook you up with an animal to sponsor.

If you're still not convinced, check out some of our past bake sale awesomeness over here. Hope to see you there!

Salad Daze

Right now, I love salad. To people who think vegans eat nothing but piles of raw vegetables all day, that might seem like a silly thing to say; if you don't like salad, being vegan would totally suck. But, as we all know, there are loads of vegan options that don't resemble salads in the slightest. And during the winter, that's what I thrive on. It's months of soups, curries, stews and other hearty (and hot!) foods. But spring may have finally sprung in NYC, so I'm all about the salad. Here are a few awesome ones from Isa Chandra Moskowitz's upcoming Appetite for Reduction (do you love that title half as much as I do? It makes me so happy it's almost stupid).

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Caribbean Vegan

Good news! We are done testing for Caribbean Vegan! I got to taste so many delicious new dishes and I can't wait for the book to come out and try the rest. Here's a quick preview of what to expect (NOTE: For pretty pictures of the food that will make you drool, check out the author's blog, linked above. For pictures that prove you can make these yummy foods with almost no hand-eye coordination, keep reading):

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Bake Sale Backup

Erm. I'm not very good at this blog thing. Sorry.

Photo by nyseiler.

NYC's Vegan Bake Sale for Haiti was on Sunday, January 31. And I think we can call it a success. We raised a total of $5,026 for Doctors Without Borders and had a fun day with amazing people and great treats.

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News!

I've been babbling about the fun I've been having testing for Vegan in the Sun over the past few months, and, awesomely, I was just told T got a book deal. So now we can all expect a vegan Caribbean cookbook on the shelves sooner or later. Woohoo! This is great because so many of these recipes have been really new to me, and I expect they'd be new to a lot of you, too.

Now that she's got the deal, T hopes to be making three recipes per day for the month of February and needs some more testers. If you'd like to try your hand at some recipes, please drop her a line at barbadianvegan @ yahoo . com.

Wooha!

Pack it Up, Pack it In

Of all the food I ate in Barbados, I think my favorite (non-homemade) things were conkies and doubles. So I was super excited when T posted her conkies recipe and I got to test it for her upcoming cookbook, Vegan in the Sun.

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Wow

The earthquake his Haiti on Tuesday.

We started discussing a fundraiser* on Wednesday.

Since then...

Over forty people have volunteered to bake.

Over 200 people have RSVPed yes.

About a dozen local businesses and individuals have committed to donating to the cause including:

MooShoes
Candle Cafe
Dandies
Tiengarden
Foodswings
Babycakes
Sweet Avenue
Terry Hope Romero
Panda Witch Cookie
Mrs Tattoed Geek
And more!

Over 20 vegan bake sales have been planned to benefit the Haiti relief effort.

And we're just getting warmed up. If you want to participate, say the word.

People are awesome. Thank you.

* Sunday, January 31, 11:30 AM - 6 PM. Moo Shoes, 78 Orchard Street, NYC. Be there!

Bake Sales for Haiti

As promised, here are the details for the upcoming NYC bake sale:

Sunday, January 31, from 11:30 AM to 6 PM, we'll be selling treats and raffling off handicrafts at Moo Shoes (78 Orchard Street, between Delancey & Broome, right near the Essex/Delancey F, J, M, Z stop and the Grand Street B, D stop).

The proceeds will go to Doctors Without Borders.

We've done this bake sale thing before. If you'd like to see how that turned out, click over here.

If you can't make that one, SuperVegan & Vegan Drinks are having a bake sale at Angels & Kings between 7pm and 9pm on Thurs., Jan. 28th.

Not in NY and wondering if there's a bake sale near you?

Portland Vegan Bake Sale For Haiti: Sunday January 31st, 2 PM to 5 PM, People’s CoOp upstairs, all proceeds going to Mercy Corps.

Omaha Vegan Bake Sale For Haiti: Sunday January 24th, noon to 2Pm at McFosters.

LA Vegan Bake Sale For Haiti: info here - http://veganpr0n.com/?p=176

SF Vegan Bake Sale For Haiti: Saturday, January 23rd in Patricia’s Green (on Hayes Street at Octavia Street), from 11 AM to 4 PM. More info here: http://vegansaurus.com/post/333125052/emergency-vegan-bakesale-for-haiti

Sacramento Vegan Bake Sale For Haiti: Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 10:00 AM - 3:00PM, R5 Records - 2500 16th Street, Sacramento, CA 95818. Benefiting: Red Cross: Haiti Relief and Development

Orange County Vegan Bake Sale For Haiti: Sat 1/16 noon- whenever 2814 Newport Blvd, Newport Beach, CA .Contact krislegeek@blogspot.com with any questions or advice!

DC Vegan Bake Sale For Haiti: info here- http://www.dcvegan.com/

Miami Vegan Bake Sale For Haiti: Date is set for 1/31, more details to come. Contact kimberly@alaskanstar.com

If you want to get involved with one of those, or see if people in your area are discussing starting one up click here.

Fundraising for Haiti

You all don't need me to tell you about the devastation in Haiti right now from Tuesday's earthquake. It's fucking dreadful and makes me want to cry.

This is just a heads up that there's going to be a bake sale in Brooklyn or Manhattan to raise money for emergency aid soon. As soon as I know the details, they'll be here. There are also bake sales happening in Portland, San Francisco, LA and maybe other places. I'll collect some links and throw them up here as well.

Stay safe,
D