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1st Group Event - Where Were You?
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It was 5 years ago that Tammy & Chris, co-founders of Bay Area Vegetarians, organized the first "official" group event in April 2002. It was the first-ever Vegan Food Party at Golden Gate Park. There were about a dozen or so of us, and the food was excellent. Where were you? How did you find out about Bay Area Veg?
In honor of that first event, we would invite our new & old friends to dinner on Friday, April 13th at Layonna in SF.
This is a wonderful way to meet like-minded folks, share good food, and interesting insights & discussions about vegetarianism, the Bay Area, and good vegan eating.
As we continue to hold events for another five years, now, more than ever, we would like to hear from all of you about your vision for a veg Bay Area. Together, we can work to make this possible.
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Animal Place Tour & VFP
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Animal Place is a sanctuary and education center nestled in Vacaville. Hundreds of rescued farm animals and dogs are lucky to call Animal Place "home". For an afternoon in April, Animal Place provided sanctuary to biped vistors from Bay Area Vegetarians.
This has become an annual event for Bay Area Vegetarians. We look forward to this event every year, to see the animals living safely and happily, with ample room to express their instinctual behaviour and just be themselves. The event sold-out (25 was our maximum), and 90% of the participants had never been to Animal Place before.
We've seen some of these animals grow up during our annual visits, like Olivia and the other potbellied pigs, or Sebastian the goat. Chester and Claire, the two rescued piglets we met at last year's tour -- my, how they've grown! Jeffrey, a month-old rescued goat, was a precious and precocious ambassador for Animal Place. View 2007 Tour Photos
Please take your meat-eating family and friends to Animal Place for one of their upcoming farm tours or vegan cooking classes. We believe that once people meet these lucky individuals, and learn their stories, they cannot continue to so easily or lightly make the choice to eat them or their by-products. One bite at a time, that is how a plant-based diet begins!
If you can't visit Animal Place in person, look for the documentary "Emotional World of Farmed Animals". See animalplace.org for more information.
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News Bites
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Book Club Updates
Ahimsa Book Club - first meeting is Sunday, April 29th, to read and discuss "Waiting for the Barbarians" over a lovely dinner at Golden Era in SF. Thanks to everyone who wrote Bobby with their interest. He reports there is still room if you'd like to RSVP to join them for the discussion.
Veg/AR book club - next meeting is Sunday, May 6th, to read & discuss "The China Study" by Colin Campbell over yummy vegan sundaes, shakes, banana splits, or 'plain' vegan ice cream desserts at MaggieMudd in SF. We'll also be deciding on a name for our book club soon. Please RSVP today.
Bay Area Vegetarians College Team
Bay Area Vegetarians has a team in the Adopt a College program. As a team, we've distributed nearly 3000 leaflets this semester at Bay Area campuses. If you'd like to join our team, it's very easy to do: just pick a school, get some leaflets, and go! After you've leafleted, just report your totals. Visit the Adopt a College page for details, and email Tammy if you need any more information.
College totals
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Vegan Baking Class
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Sur La Table is no longer able to provide space at their store for the vegan baking class. We're researching alternate locations; if you have any leads, please let us know! We hope to continue to offer these classes at an affordable rate to encourage as many people as possible to attend.
Email us for suggestions for cooking classes.
Once we have finalized a location, we will update the schedule with dates and locations.
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Planting the Seeds of Compassion
Ultimate Guide Updates
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We've had updates that two vegetarian restaurants have closed, DiLac in Milpitas and White Lotus in San Jose. Meanwhile, Vegi Garden opened in Sunnyvale, serving Chinese food. Cafe Soulstice, a new raw/living foods restaurant on the Peninsula in San Mateo, recently had its grand opening debut. Herbivore in Berkeley is hiring, so hopefully that means they'll be opening soon!
For regular updates, check out our Guide News Blog
With more than 1,100 reviews in the Ultimate Guide, these vegetarian restaurants are ranked the best.
Top Ten Vegetarian Restaurants
1) Pizza Plaza, Oakland - 4.84
2) Vegetarian House, San Jose - 4.5
3) Cha-Ya, Berkeley - 4.41
4) Good Karma, San Jose - 4.38
5) Garden Fresh, Mtn View - 4.32 
6) Shangri-La, SF - 4.29
7) Tofoo Com Chay, San Jose - 4.29
8) New World Vegetarian, Oakland - 4.24
9) Millennium, SF - 4.18
10) Herbivore, SF - 4.17 (re-entry)
Agree or Disagree about the Top Ten? Then say something about it, with an Ultimate Guide review.
How to review a restaurant in the Ultimate Guide
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Heart Smart Cooking
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Cookbooks or computers? In this month's column, Chef Alex shares her favorites for cooking resources in book and online form.
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April 2007
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PO Box 371215,
Montara, CA,
94037-1215
(415) 57-VEG-57 (578-3457) skype: bayareaveg
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