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Recipe: Fat Bottom Bakery's award winning Vegan... →
Please to make it for us. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.
Congrats again to the ladies of Fat Bottom Bakery!
(please please please please please please please please please) (I won’t ask again!) (PLEASE I BEG OF YOU)
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Sweet Justice, the Eat Real Festival, ending the...
Tonight! is Sweet Justice, “a benefit for the AETA 4.” A reminder lesson: The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act was introduced in 2006 by California’s own evil betrayer, Senator Dianne “fuck your civil rights” Feinstein. The AETA 4 are activists who were allegedly involved in protests against the University of California’s animal-testing policies; in February, the Joint Terrorism Task Force of...
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FRIDAY GIVEAWAY, TRAMPS!!! Brassica Supperclub!!
Y’all. We’re giving away a free dinner at Brassica Supperclub. GOD WE ARE SO BENEVOLENT.
To get you excited, here is this weekend’s deeeeelicious Brassica menu:
Salad - Mexican Caesar with Romaine Hearts, Creamy Cilantro Dressing, Cornbread Croutons, Pickled Radish and Fried Capers
Soup - Pozole Rojo with Hominy and Fresh Corn, Avocado, Shredded Cabbage, and Lime
Entree -...
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Road Trip: Aguas frescas in Mexico City!
¡Buenas tardes! Welcome to a vegan’s guide to eating in Mexico City—with no Spanish!
First thing to learn, you are the only one who calls Mexico City “Mexico City;” everyone else calls it D.F., which is pronounced “day-effay” and stands for distrito federal, or, federal district. In order to get you used to this, so that when you go you too can be mistaken for...
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Cha-Ya!
Being vegan, most of the time it’s easy to make decisions at restaurants. Usually at most there’s two or three vegan or veganizable items on a menu. With years of practice, it takes about three seconds to flip through a menu and zero in on what I can eat with pinpoint accuracy. (It also “helps” if your parents are there: “Look honey, they have tofu!”)
It can be...
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Top Chef Serves Up Tofu Ceviche
Last night’s Top Chef was bad. The challenge was so contrived: a “battle of the sexes” in which teams were separated by gender and had to cook for a bachelor and bacholorette party. The latter would have been fine (I GUESS) had there not been several lesbian chefs complaining about having to cater a wedding-related event when they themselves could not get married. I get it, but...
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SF Vegan Drinks are tomorrow!
SF Vegan Drinks is tomorrow (Aug. 27th), from 6 to 8 p.m. at Martuni’s! Yes! AND they’ll be selling raffle tickets for $1 each. The prize is a gift certificate to a delicious SF veg restaurant (this month it’s Golden Era! CARAMELIZED CHICKEN I WILL EAT YOU) and the proceeds go to charity; both the restaurant and charity will vary monthly. The charity this month is San Francisco Vegetarian Society!...
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The fancy-fancy: The mainstream magazine and the...
After a close inspection of the September 2009 Elle magazine—September is traditionally the largest issue in a fashion magazine’s publication schedule—I compiled a list of every vegan item featured in the issue. All information (price, designer, manufacturer, etc.) was printed in Elle, unless otherwise mentioned. I am not counting jewelry, as Vegansaurus focuses on animal...
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MILK: "nature's wellness drink!" or, How...
We are superfans of Sociological Images blog, and today they call our attention to more deviousness by every vegan’s favorite single-entendre ad campaign, good old Got Milk? Apparently 2009 marks 12 years of famous people hawking the “benefits” of milk, as though anyone needed reminding that cows milk is the nectar of the gods, and abstaining from it condemns you to a brief,...
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The fancy-fancy: Vegans in faux-furs
The LA Times ran a nice little feature on “vegan fashion” on Sunday. Inside, a number of young designers and boutique owners explain why they run cruelty-free businesses, and it touches on reasons that consumers would want to buy vegan clothing, shoes, and accessories. Seriously, it’s decent, and only a little bit giggle-at-the-loonies. The designers—including Elizabeth...
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Free Meal at Herbivore. For realz. →
You know how banks are fucking awful? Well, they still are. But Chase is handing out free meals at Herbivore (any of the three locations—GET THE STROGRANOFF) but the catch is, you gotta print out the coupon before all the other greedy motherfuckers do. GET TO IT!
(thanks to reader Britney H. for the hot tip. You can also submit hot vegan tips, pitch guest posts, or just tells us how cute we...
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Vegans take 2nd place in SF Food Wars Mac n Cheese...
DUDE YOU GUYS.
The awesome Fat Bottom Bakery TOOK SECOND PLACE (out of 20!) in the Mac n Cheese Battle Royale!!! They totally beat out entries that were swimming in duck fat and bacon grease. Can I get a what-what for cruelty-free deliciousness!??
A SIDE NOTE: We happened to try their cupcakes at SF Zine Fest on Saturday and GODDAMNGIRLCANBAKE. Totally in <3 with the hot ladies of Fat...
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Vegan White Russians & baked goods in San...
Tonight the Hemlock Tavern will be hosting another(!!) vegan bake sale and punk rock show starting at 7 p.m.! Come see Pins of Light (whatevs), The Lybians (whoevs), and snack on some sweet stuff from Violet Sweet Shoppe (YAY!!!). They’ll be mixing up some VEGAN WHITE RUSSIANS (what what! in the butt!) and other awesome drinks. Let’s all meet there tonight and get fatter, drunker...
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Herbivore adds Soy "Beef" Menu Items! And they're...
Herbivore has added a few soy beef menu items! Woo! It appears they are using Gardein, which was a good decisision. Now, I’ve gone apeshit for the vegan beef stroganoff at Ananda Fuara, and this shit is JUST AS GOOD. Just look at it, it’s beautiful, right? It’s straight delicious and available every day. THANK YOU GOOD LORD. We also got the “Cheese” Steak Sandwich...
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Dan Barber's feet of clay, Ra-Ra-Rasputin, your...
If you have ever called yourself an activist, even if only in the mirror with post-shower anger-hair, you must get yourself to the a.Muse Gallery tomorrow from noon to 2 p.m. for the School Lunch Sound-Off! Make Vegansaur Laura’s tireless work on behalf of the nation’s wee vegan and vegetarian children worth all the missed sleep (GET IT?).
Also among your obligations, locals: visiting...
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Vegansaur Jonas at SF Zine Fest this weekend!
Jonas isn’t only a (ed.: the cutest) member of Vegansaurus, he’s also a brilliant (award-winning!) artist and one of the organizer’s behind the annual SF Zine Fest. Believe it. Here’s a sneak peak at his newest work, Ochre Ellipse 3. It’s super fucking good. You should come to SF Zine Fest and be the first people to get it. Oh and buy his other fantastic comics too....
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School Lunch Sound Off THIS SATURDAY!
The School Lunch Sound Off is an event for students, parents, teachers, and concerned citizens to meet up, enjoy delicious snacks, and talk about the future of the National School Lunch Program and the push to get some healthy, non-dairy vegetarian (read: radio-friendly way to say vegan) options instated. There will be an interactive segment where students (and anyone else who wants to!) can...
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Seitan Equals Downfall For First Eliminated Top...
On last night’s Top Chef season 6 premiere, cheftestant Jennifer Zavala was told to pack her knives and go for a chile relleno dish stuffed with seitan. It was incredibly ballsy of her to start the show off using seitan; Top Chef is completely obsessed with their use of “proteins” and it would have been a great coup if she’d been able to pull it off. Unfortunately, it...
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Fellini!
Yes, Fellini is the kind of place that feels the need to append “Ristorante” to their name. You know, so you can tell they’re Italian. They also describe themselves as “fun and funky” and a “bistro.” Wait, come back.
They have a really wonderful brunch menu, which is, ahem, not Italian in any way I can discern. Is this an Italian restaurant or not? I...
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Joel's Moderately Fancy Meal: Savory Bacon-Cheddar...
A couple days after the family vacation that gave rise to that freaking awesome black bean and peach soup HAVE YOU TRIED IT YET I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT, I found myself trapped in the limbo between CSA deliveries. Not a lot of fresh veggies in the house, but the bread I was getting ready to bake wouldn’t be done until the next day*, and a man’s gotta eat. One thing I always have is...
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Alameda Pie!
There is a lot of pie in our lives right now. But that doesn’t make any of the pie less special, and certainely doesn’t eliminate the need for more pie because you ALWAYS NEED MORE PIE. The newest contender in the pie olympics is Alameda Pie, and this one comes packing heat. I’ve mixed like five metaphors in this post already. I’ll keep going. Alameda Pie makes and...
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ZPizza featuring Daiya vegan cheese to open in San...
ZPizza is opening SOMETIME IN 2009 (that’s THIS year, fools!) at 833 Mission Street (at 4th Street). Yes, THE ZPizza of serving Daiya cheese fame (it’s vegan! it melts! it stretches! It’s AMAZING!) fame. Quarrygirl reports on ZPizza being super fucking delicious and according to our sources, this is absolutely correct. You can get a super-fancy organic pizza with Daiya vegan...
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Recipe: Romesco Sauce!
If you’re vegetarian or vegan (or anyone) in San Francisco and you haven’t been to Ubuntu in Napa you are living life in 2D and you need to BE HERE NOW (aka GO THERE NOW.)
If you have been to Ubuntu, or you’re one of the million minions in the Oprah Army you’ve no doubt experienced the wonder of the chickpea fries with romesco sauce. I have (been there, not the Oprah...
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Plane Trip Friday: Oryana Natural Foods Market in...
I recently had the privilege of spending a summery week in Michigan’s Northern Lower Peninsula. This was fun for me because it’s like a beautiful summer camp of Americana and wine and cherries and cherry festivals (it’s the Cherry Capital of the World, if you didn’t know), but it probably would not be so fun for you because it is also a place where the local cuisine centers...
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Marilu Henner, Michael Bauer, Dan Barber,...
Let’s look at restaurant reviews in the Chronicle! Michael Bauer writes up Wexler’s, a fancypants barbecue place in the FiDi; was there anything pertinent to the cruelty-free set? “The kitchen doesn’t ignore vegetarians, either, offering a lunchtime smoked carrot plate with collards ($10) and a “farmer’s cookout” ($14) for dinner, with smoked eggplant...
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Activism corner: Protest the god-awful circus!
All riled up about the truly staggering amount of bullshit in this world; brimming over with excess rage? Protest the motherfucking circus! Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey are in Oakland through Sunday, Aug. 16 and San Jose from Wednesday, Aug. 19 through Sunday, Aug. 23rd, and Citizens for Cruelty-Free Entertainment has organized daily protests at both locations. Circus animals are...
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Recipe: Vegan Reese's Pieces sayWHA?
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Faturdayians have a way with discovering new, delicious, predominantly unhealthy (read: good for the soul/streed cred) methods of combining already awesome foods to produce new superfoods. Not these superfoods—BORING! Let us put this in an easy-to-understand equation:
Dandies vegan marshmallows + peanut butter = the exact flavor of Reese’s Pieces candy, also known as rainbow...
WatchZoe Stagg has this FANTASTIC video response to the super lame Washington Post article about the White House freaking out over the “use of” the President’s daughters in the PCRM Metro campaign (while you’re there, sign the petition for Healthier School Lunches!)
Freaking out about referencing the Obama kids? Bullshit. This is obviously an issue between the haves and...
“It’s true that in-vitro meat isn’t natural. Nor for that matter are...”
– Lots of good quotes from Jason Matheny of New Harvest in this piece on vat-grown meat from CNN.com
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Omnivore pie-baking contest, let's get a vegan to...
So Omnivore Bookstore in Breeder Noe Valley is having a Pie Baking Contest. The details are a little sketchy since they seem to be releasing them only over their twitter but so far we know, it’s on Thursday, September 10th, from 6-7 pm. Any kind of pie - cut into small pieces! Prize money is simply described as: $$$. I’m guessing that’s roughly $3 million? Entrance is free...
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Cook Food with Lisa Jervis tonight!
Hey you guys! Did you know: Lisa Jervis, who founded Bitch Magazine, wrote a vegan cookbook. It is called Cook Food and it sounds pretty great. Honestly though I can’t imagine Lisa Jervis not doing something great, but that is more a testament to her knowledge and skills than any feelings of hero-worship.
Tonight from 7 to 8:30 at Modern Times (888 Valencia at 20th Streets), Lisa Jervis...
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More vegan gardening, by Ben: Critter Control!
Please welcome back guest writer Ben Pearson. Between acquiring master’s degrees, Ben tends to his parents’ garden. Ben’s first post on gardening is here.
Vegans aren’t the only animals that love to eat plants; if you garden, lots of critters will be competing with you for your tasty crops. These visitors usually won’t eat too much, and losing a leaf of lettuce is usually a...
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Bourdain in the city: initial reaction: UGH
My parents have digital cable. It goes with their digital internet. It gives them access to hundreds of channels, and the DVR can record multiple programs simultaneously, while you watch something different at the same time! Basically, it is amazing.
It still doesn’t make television good, though, and that was the problem with the San Francisco episode of Anthony “Pig”...
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Updated: Island Earth Farmers Market!
Hey you guys! There are big things happening inside the Metreon with Island Earth Farmers Market, and when you hear it, you will flip.
First, the market has expanded! They’ve got new vendors, including Kingdom Cake, a cupcakery whose menu lists five vegan flavors: vanilla, chocolate, red velvet, coconut, and basil lemon blueberry; All Star Tamales, with a “vegi-vegan” tamale;...
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St. George Spirits on No Reservations. PUKE.
Anthony Bourdain, that hella old white dude who likes to pose with hamhocks over his junk* and who is all I’M A TEAR A BITCH UP but is really just some smarmy once-upon-a-time chef hosts a show on the Travel Channel called, No Reservations for Smarmy. This week, they hit up San Francisco and there is a sneak peak up of their visit to Alameda’s St. George Spirits.**
So watch that video...
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SF. Korean Taco. Veganized. TOMORROW. (!!!)
Kitchenette SF is serving up a veganizable Korean taco tomorrow for lunch so I suggest y’all hop on the train and get your fat asses to the location with the mostest. Vegan Korean tacos, that is. What? I don’t even know I’m just SO PSYCHED TO EAT HELLA TACOS.
They’ll be serving from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. or until they sell out, so I suggest you get there early....
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Cute new vegan shoes at Inhabitant! →
Some are the ugs but some are the cuteness. Not too bad. I could see Meaverly in those plaid ones, no?
Thanks to the hot eddo for the hot tip!
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Joel's moderately fancy meal: Chilled Black Bean...
I spent this past week on vacation with my family. We ended up in a little vacation-centric town by the side of Lake Michigan, where fresh fruit is plentiful (tis the season to u-pick blueberries!) but most everything else is in short supply. Being the tight-knit clan of epicures that we are, and perhaps also because after some 30 years my mom has gotten tired of cooking for the entire family, we...
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