October 2009
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Millennium's Eric Tucker opening a vegetarian... →
It’s gonna be a tapas bar or something. Bummer it’s not all vegan but not surprised, Eric Tucker isn’t vegan and blarg. I mean, I’m excited for a new veg restaurant but I’m bummed that someone coming from one of the world’s best vegan restaurants, one that basically re-invented vegan cooking and made it so amazing, is falling back on eggs and cheese....
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Two important announcements about SF Vegan...
1) There will be adoptable cats AND KITTENS (!!!) from Give Me Shelter Cat Rescue will be OTS to cuddle and love on and possibly bring home with you. I SAID, KITTENS GODDAMMIT.
2) The awesome TJ Basa from San Francisco Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (SFCHRP) will be joining us to collect money and relief goods to send to communities in the Philippines devastated by recent typhoons...
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Fall is here! It's roasted pumpkin time and I am...
This past week/weekend, it seemed pumpkins were taking over the city! They were suddenly available everywhere as if by magic! In reality, it’s probably years of ingrained production process and distribution channel timing that brings a mass crop of pumpkins to urban markets during a precise week in early October, but it is much more fun to anthropomorphize adorable pumpkins than to think...
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Opinions needed: Help Design a Bay Area Vegetarian...
GreenBar is a vegetarian “fast casual restaurant” coming soon to the Bay Area. Apparently they haven’t even settled on which city they’ll be in yet, so the actual physical eating establishment is obviously a long ways off. But they are testing the waters right now to see what we want to eat. And leave your contact info for a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card — as if you...
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East Bay Vegan Drinks is TONIGHT!
East Bay Vegan Drinks is at Lake Chalet in Oakland tonight from 6:30p-8:30p. Meet on The Dock so you can mingle outdoors (although this might change as it’s currently raining like a motherfucker (no idea what that means but GIIIIIRRRRRRLLLL, it is scurry out there).
Looks like there are a couple vegan options on the menu (a vegan pot pie!?) but I can’t link it here because they put...
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Daily Dish | Vegan Month of Food →
I just noticed the Los Angeles Times food blog is participating in VeganMofo2009. This is very cool of them! They’ll be trying out an Isa Moskowitz recipe once a day in their test kitchen and blogging about the results. Today’s recipe: romesco sauce
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Mission Pie Contest!
HEY GUYS! Get to Mission Pie this Sunday, Oct. 11 for the third annual Pie Contest! Last year Vegansaurus’ own Laura was awarded Best Vegan Pie for her shoofly pie, and won a sweet Mission Pie gift certificate. And this was before they had made one vegan pie—think of how much more valuable such a prize is this year!
The competition is bound to be fiercer this year, as far as pie goes,...
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AMC Loews Metreon!
The Metreon theater is probably my favorite place in San Francisco to see a (non-indie*) movie because it’s in close proximity to the new Island Earth Farmers’ Market deliciousness (um, in the same building). You can grab some vegan snackities and sneak them into the theater (oh and check out VegNews list of vegan friendly movie theater fare…red vines, holla!) and then get ready...
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Recipes: seasonal soups!
Newspapers: not entirely useless! Today’s Contra Costa Times (newspaper to the stars! of the East Bay! kill me!) features a few soup recipes that sound delicious and can be easily veganized. Really, there’s no reason why they aren’t vegetarian; no one needs to use chicken broth when vegetable stock is just as easily made/obtained and doesn’t involve animal death. That...
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Rocket Dog benefit at El Rio on Saturday!
Hey everyone! What are you doing on Saturday, Oct. 10? Yeah I didn’t think it was anything good. Thankfully your Vegansaurus knows: You’re going to a party at El Rio for Rocket Dog Rescue! SO MANY exclamation points!! There will be live music, and dogs, and you need to be there! They’ll take donations at the door, it’ll be super-awesome fantastic, see you on Saturday! Woo!
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Interview: Susie Cagle!
Susie Cagle’s new comic book, Nine Gallons, details her experiences—equal parts hilarious and bewildering—as a volunteer for Food Not Bombs. She also writes for lots of awesome publications, including The Daily Cross Hatch. In addition to all that, Susie is SUPER FUCKING FUNNY. If you don’t follow her on twitter, you’re missing out on one of the most charming, funny, smart, and...
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Dude. We have over 40 BAKERS for the SF Vegan...
Like Kanye, our shit is so amazing. Alternately, THAT’S ALOTTA CANOLLI! Yes, there will be vegan canolli. And vegan whoopie pies. And vegan cinnamon rolls. And vegan cheesecake squares. And vegan gluten free brownies and cookies. And vegan non-gluten free brownies and cookies. And vegan pie. And vegan bike basket pies. AND HOLY CRAP, my pants just split! You hang on to that sexy, sexy image...
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“It stank at the bank. It smelled at the law office. It reeked at the cafe. Even...”
– The saga of the smell: 44 tons of rotting bison meat wreaks havoc on a small South Dakota town, thanks to Bridgewater Quality Meats. Hold your nose, this story has it all.
Even more info and an interview with the building owner here.
Thanks, Zoë! 