Rise Against @ Boston House Of Blues

I baked some tasty vegan chocolate chip cookies for the guys in Rise Against last night for their show with Bad Religion at the Boston House Of Blues. Rise Against are known for their activism, support of animal rights, affiliation with PETA, rad videos, and being damn cool veg dudes.

They put on a fun show and I had a sweet backstage view, over-looking the entire sold-out venue.  I was treated to free drinks on the tour bus, a look at their stage set-up, anndddd they loved  the cookies so it surely was a fantastic evening out in Boston!

Plus- some awesome kid gets 5 vegpanda-stars for braving the mosh-pit heat in a full-body cow costume and crowd-surfing the ENTIRE time even after he lost his cow-head and cow-feet several times. ;) Whoever/wherever you are, kid- you rule.

The 15th Annual Boston Vegetarian Food Festival

The  Boston Vegetarian Food Festival is upon us again! 

 

Looking for some vegetarian fun Halloween weekend? The 15th annual festival is being held Saturday, October 30th (10am-6pm), and Sunday, October 31st   (10am – 4pm) at the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center on Tremont St. in Boston, MA. The event will feature vegetarian and vegan food vendors, products, cooking demos, free samples, exhibits, speakers, children’s activities and more. Before you do yourself an injustice by consuming all that unhealthy Halloween candy, check out some of the cruelty-free vegan food vendors and speakers at this great two-day educational celebration of veg culture in Massachusetts.

There is a great lineup of presenters to check out! A few that you shouldn’t miss- On Saturday the day starts off strong with a vegan cooking demo by Terry Hope Romero, co-author of Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World and more recently a solo cookbook Viva Vegan! If you’re into vegan cooking or baking, you’ve surely tried some of her recipes and she won’t let you down! Are you interested in the environmental aspects of cutting meat from your diet? Be sure to catch Martin Rowe of Brighter Green at noon, discussing the ill effects of animal agriculture on our planet. For those of you who attended Worcester’s first Vegfest this past spring, you’ll remember the very riveting Michael Greger, MD from our speaker panel. Greger will be speaking on both Saturday and Sunday in a two part presentation covering The Latest in Human Nutrition.

Sunday also features a rad cooking demo called Who Knew Vegetarian/Vegan Cuisine Could Taste this Good? at 1:30pm. It will be presented by acclaimed celebrity vegan Chef Tal Ronnen, who has cooked vegan meals for Oprah and Ellen DeGeneres, among others!  At noon on Sunday, Brenda Davis, R.D. will address health-conscious festival-goers with a talk on diabetes, a very real concern for our community.

Be sure to let VegWorcester know which speakers and vendors you’re most interested in checking out. Your feedback after the event will also help us to get ideas for our next hometown Vegfest!

The festival is hosted by the Boston Vegetarian Society, and with sponsors such as VegNews magazine, Loving Hut, Vegan.com, and more, there will be a lot to see (and eat) at this years Boston Vegetarian Food Festival!

Cross-posted @ Vegworcester.com Blog

Fenway Park Veggie Dogs

Red Sox 2010 Season Opener Veggie Dog 

Fenway has added veggie dogs & veggie burgers to the menu this season. I had to try one the second I got into the park for the opening day Sox/Yankees game. $5.00 is a lot of cash flow for the size of the veggie dog (and any of the other concessions.) I could have eaten three of them, but most of the food items in the park are $5.00. The guy at the concession stand said I was the first person he sold one to this season... I hope they catch on. It tasted pretty good, but wasn't the best veggie dog I've ever had. I took a photo of the vendor peeps selling the veg-dogs and then attempted to get a photo of my veg-dog (with mustard & relish) running to third base...

I wrote to Fenway Park about the ingredients and I heard back, but I'm still not sure what "smoke flavor" and "spices & flavoring" consist of. It looks as though these are Vegan, but you never know with the ambiguous terms like "flavoring" and "spices." Here is a copy of the response:

Brand: Schreiber Vegan Franenkfurters

Ingredients: Water, wheat gluten, soy protein 

concentrate, soy oil, cellulose gum, carrageenan

(seaweed), tamari sauce, spices & flavoring,

salt, smoke flavor, Contains: Soy, Wheat

The brand of veggie dogs may change 

during the season based on availability.

Thank you for your interest.
Kevin Haggerty 

Resident District Manager