Want to enjoy a delicious feast of 100% plant-based foods without travelling far? Then host our #veganfoodparty!
They’re typically the 4th Saturday of the month, and the time is flexible (usually 5-8 pm, but it can be earlier or later depending on your preference).
Please join Bay Area Vegetarians for the first annual Oakland Veg Week!
Oakland Veg Week is a week-long celebration (April 15-21, 2012) that invites meat-eaters to pledge to be vegetarian for one week. It’s a positive, upbeat event where everyone wins: Meat-eaters who want a little help with their veg experiment, local restaurants who want more customers, the City of Oakland (who, let’s face it, could use some happy press!), and most importantly, the animals who would really, really, really like to see more vegetarians!
Bay Area Vegetarians is going to match every donation made for OVW12 up to $500.00. For real! That means a possible total of $1,000 to buy more vegan food to give to meat-eaters…if you can help us out. Your $50 donation is actually $100 with this match, and it’s tax-deductible! Oakland Veg Week is all volunteer, all free, and all awesome. With your support, OVW can reach more meat-eaters with the veg information and samples.
Please consider donating today to help create more vegetarians!
Bay Area Vegetarians, OVW, P.O. Box 700, Vallejo, CA 94590 credit card also accepted
What we like most about Oakland Veg Week … let us know what you like about OVW in the comments.
Bay Area Vegetarians’ Vegan Food Party (VFP) is a community-inspired gathering where new and old friends meet to share conversation and like-minded camaraderie over homemade vegan foods. Both members and guests (including veg*ns and non-veg*ns) are welcome to attend, as long as they bring a vegan dish to share.
And that’s the challenge for the party go’er.. deciding what to bring.
Alicia, who is hosting a Vegan Food Party this Sunday in San Rafael, has a straight-forward guideline for deciding what to bring: “Depends on location–if it’s close, I like to bring something hot. If it’s far, then I bring something that can be served cold or at room temperature.”
One of her favorite dishes is a linguine with a peanut sauce with steamed broccoli. The peanut sauce has peanut butter, rice vinegar, crushed red pepper flakes, olive oil, soy sauce, and water or veggie stock.
Cheryl, who is hosting a Vegan Food Party next month in Pacifica, shares her strategy: “I have selected what I bring to a food part a few different ways. The first time I went to a summer Vegan food party, I went online and searched Vegan Summer recipes and found a wonderful vegan potato salad and I still make it to this day. It was a wonderful way to find a new recipe that became part of my classic recipes. I have also made something that I had somewhere when I was out and decided to have a go and make it on my own without a receipe. It was a Cold Asian Tofu Marinate over rice and it turned out to be a huge success.
I think it is fun to try new ideas and create your own recipes, but I have also made something that I have made for myself in the past too! This upcoming party I am making something fun and that I have made in the recent past.”
There’s a variety of ways to decide what to bring. Tammy and Chris, who hosted the first-ever Vegan Food Party, share a couple of their ideas on how to decide what to bring: “Sometimes we need inspiration to try a new recipe, so we pick one that sounds interesting and bring it to the VFP to ‘animal test it’. Or, maybe it’s an excuse to make a favorite dish that we haven’t had in awhile, like macaroni and cheese. Because we both love vegan desserts, we’ll often bring something in that category, like brownies, chocolate mousse pie, cheesecake, apple cake, or pumpkin pie.”
So, join your fellow vegan food-lovers at an upcoming Vegan Food Party
Thanks to Cheryl for sharing her favorite potato salad recipe that she’s made twice for summer parties.
Vegan Calico Potato Salad
****SPICEY****
For the Dressing:
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup vinegar (Red Wine Garlic)
1 1/2 tsp. Cayenne Pepper
1 tsp. Sea Salt
Dash of hot pepper sauce
For the Salad:
2 lb. red potatoes, peeled, cooked, and cubed (Organic)
1 1/2 cups cooked whole-kernel corn (*Can)
1 cup shredded carrot (Organic)
1/2 cup chopped red onion
1/2 cup diced green pepper (organic)
1/2 cup diced red pepper (Organic)
1/2 cup sliced olives (Can)
For the Dressing:
• Combine all the ingredients. Cover and chill.
For the Salad:
• In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients.
To Assemble:
• Combine the salad and the dressing and toss to mix.
Makes 14 servings
This class will feature holiday favorites pumpkin, apple, and pecan pies plus fruit & nut filled holiday cookies. With Dr. Christine Dickson, learn the secret tips for making perfect pie crust and take time to network and share ideas with others. Each dessert featured in this class makes a great gift for friends and family!
Space is limited and the classes typically fill-up fairly quickly, so please reserve your space today.
Date: Saturday, Nov 6th
Time: 1:00pm – 3:30pm
Location: Whole Foods Market, 1010 Park Place, San Mateo
Cost: $25/person *
Registration | Event Listing
When asked “What did you like most about the baking class?“, class participants replied:
“The taste and texture of the baked goods was very impressive. Very tasty.”
“It gave me confidence that you can make vegan dessert items that taste every bit as good as baked items with animal products.”
“Being with other vegetarians/vegans and learning how to make healthy desserts.”
“Learning all the tips/techniques you can’t get from just a recipe.”
“To meet an actual vegan baker — we need many more of these to progress the “cause” and get/perfect more options.”
“Christine has some good baking humor – she made me laugh”
To learn more about the Secrets of Vegan Baking classes, visit the SecretsOfVeganBaking.com website
For registration, please visit the Bay Area Vegetarians website – http://bayareaveg.org/cooking/
* Thank you to Christine for volunteering her time and expertise; all proceeds benefit Bay Area Vegetarians. In the spirit of promoting vegan baking, these classes are offered below market rate.
Veg Info for LGBT Pride
We had an amazing & awesome first day at the BAVeg SF LGBT Pride booth!! A huge number of folks interested in veg*nism came by for their Free Veg Starter Kit, and sampled delicious coconut milk ice cream samples and meatless jerky.
I’m really looking forward to Day 2, Sunday. We’ll again have the BAVeg booth (we’re on Larkin in front of the Asian Art Museum), and will also be doing some leafleting to the crowd who are standing around and waiting for the Parade to start ( for those watching the parade, look for the EBAA veg contingent!)
For now, I’ve uploaded a few of the photos that I took of our booth, and there will be more to come that the other volunteers have taken.
http://www.bayareaveg.org/gallery2/v/pride10/
Our entirely all-volunteer crew made this day possible. I am privileged to have collaborated with such a dedicated group of fellow veg*ns on our outreach booth.
Michelle & Dan
Let’s give them all a virtual big hand of applause:
– Michelle, Dan, George and myself did the setup
– Heidi and Donna staffed the veg booth
– Heidi was also busy taking photographs, and Donna made the most amazing vegan goodies for the booth volunteers
– Michelle and Dan gave out information & stickers galore
– Mila and Mike organized the hugely popular ice cream samples (dry ice is amazing)
– Chris designed the new banners that had people walking over to the booth asking for their Free Veg Starter Kit
We also owe thanks to:
– Turtle Mountain and Primal Spirit Foods for So Delicious Coconut Milk Ice Cream Sandwiches and Primal Strips donations, respectively, distributed to booth visitors
– PCRM, PETA and Vegan Outreach generously donated literature
– Individuals who donated in response to our plea, which so far partially cover our expenses for Pride
BAVeg will be back at SF LGBT Pride all day Sunday . Our info booth is on Larkin, right in front of the Asian Art Museum Come by and say hello, and grab some literature for you or a friend 🙂
– Tammy
The goal of the Bay Area Vegetarians is to share information promoting veganism, and connect/support the veg and animal rights community. What happens or doesn’t happens depends on each one of us, and in the long-run, determines how well we eat because most events should involve lots of vegan food (well, at least the ones that I’m involved with do!)
Does anyone have a special BAVeg event they’ve been thinking of organizing, but uncertain about how to get started?
Well, the first step is to email us with the date/time and let us know what you want to do. Just about any type of event (as long as all the food is vegan) and it’s open to everyone can be a BAVeg event.
Here are some ideas
We look forward to hearing about the events you’d like to help make happen. Thank you!
BAVeg March 2010 Newsletter – news, events, and more!
To receive it directly, sign up at our website at http://bayareaveg.org
Bay Area Vegetarians’ Food for Thought book club is now meeting monthly. We will be discussing general non-fiction veg/AR books on odd-numbered months, and animal rights philosophy books on even-numbered months. Most meetings are held in San Francisco, but we occasionally have meetings on the Peninsula.
Future books include Case for Animal Rights by Tom Regan, Ethics into Action: Henry Spira and the Animal Rights Movement by Peter Singer, and Slaughterhouse by Gail Eisnitz.
If you’d like to share a suggestion for a great book to read, please comment with your suggestion!
If you’re interested in learning more about the Food for Thought Book Club, please see the event calendar for upcoming book discussions or join our Food for Thought Book Club list, which is a very low-volume yahoogroups list dedicated to book club organizing.
2009 Meetings
Jan – Appetite for Profit
Mar – Striking at the Roots
May – Animal Rights discussion based on Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation
July – The Longest Struggle
2008 Meetings
Jan – For the Prevention of Cruelty: The History and Legacy of Animal Rights Activism
Mar – Making Burros Fly
May – Eternal Treblinka
Sept – Specious Science
Nov – Sexual Politics of Meat
2007 Meetings
January – Dominion
March – Vegan Freaks
May – The China Study
July – Free the Animals
Sept – Pleasurable Kingdom
Nov – Committed: A Rabble-Rouser’s Memoir
2006 Meetings
Feb – Animal Liberation
July – The Pig Who Sang to the Moon
Aug – The Way We Eat, Why Our Food Choices Matter
Nov – Living Among Meat Eaters
Bay Area Vegetarians is returning to the 2009 Pride Celebration. This will be our 7th year participating in PRIDE!
Pride weekend is June 27th and 28th. We will have an information booth on both days, and will march in the parade on Sunday. Our parade theme is “Love and Let Live”. To volunteer for one or both activities, please use the links below.
Booth / Leafleting Veg outreach / Education – SF
Walk/Leaflet with us in the Pride Parade: Love and Let Live – SF
New volunteer opportunities! Please check ’em out here (added 6/15)
Meet Michelle: Michelle is coordinating the volunteers for the outreach at the booth this year, and shared a bit about herself with us. 
For those who don’t know me, I’m a recent college graduate dedicated to spreading the message of compassionate eating. In college I was president of the Case Animal Rights & Ethics Society and more recently I’ve been working on a new website, www.veganbreak.com, featuring short videos about veganism in an effort to make veganism more accessible to the general public. I’m eager to get involved in Bay Area veg outreach and can’t wait to meet all of you!
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