Archive for April, 2008

VegWorcester Poster Design Competition (get a free t-shirt)

VegWorcester needs a poster. And you need a new t-shirt. Let’s help each other out. Design a poster promoting VegWorcester.com and if you submit the sweetest design, you’ll get a free “Give Peas a Chance” Baseball Tee. Not to mention you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that your creative work will be hung up at [...]

April 14, 2008  Tags:   Posted in: Misc  One Comment

Super 88 Asian Market a No-Go

The Telegram & Gazette is reporting that the Super 88 that was planned for downtown Worcester is “no-go” on Go/No-Go test. That’s too bad! The Super 88s in Boston are neat Asian markets with tons of mock meats and weird veg things. You can even get vegetarian duck in a can: But lucky for you, [...]

April 13, 2008  Tags: ,   Posted in: Grocery Stores, More Veg Options, News, Restaurants & Businesses  3 Comments

Worcester Needs a Vegan Diner

Sometimes it’s hard to think of things that would make Worcester better, but I’ve got something: a vegan diner. I love diners. They are one of the few things that are uniquely American. Diners have everything you could ask for in a restaurant: a huge menu with breakfast all day long, food so greasy it [...]

April 10, 2008  Tags: ,   Posted in: Misc, Restaurants & Businesses  4 Comments

Study Shows Fermenting Takes the Allergy Out of Soy

New research from researchers at the University of Illinois and the Instituto de Fermentaciones Industriales (CSIC) in Madrid, Spain suggests that allergen-free soy products could be nearer than previously thought, simply by fermenting the beans with a number of microorganisms. Now, I think it’s silly that some people believe eating soy is such an important [...]

April 8, 2008   Posted in: News, Red Lantern  No Comments

Spring 2008′s Guide to Vegetarian Dining in Worcester

Alright, this is super exciting. Here is the Spring 2008 Guide to Vegetarian Dining in Worcester (pdf). It’s a one-page guide to some of the best veg-friendly restaurants in the Worcester area. By no means does this list cover every single place to get quality veg food in Worcester. In fact, you can get good [...]

April 7, 2008  Tags:   Posted in: Artichoke Food Cooperative, Bagel Time, Bay State Bakery, Bean Counter, Buddha Hut, Fantastic Pizza & Falafel, Nancy Chang, One Love Cafe, Red Lantern, Restaurants & Businesses, Shiraz, The Living Earth, The Q Cafe, Tortilla Sam's, Udupi, Veg Advocacy, Vegetarian Dining Guide 2008, Veggie Corner  2 Comments

April’s Vegan Meet-up & Eat-up this Sunday

This Sunday is April’s vegan meet-up and eat-up. It’ll be at the Moe’s Southwest Grill near Webster Square, where Main Street and Park Ave intersect. From Steve on meetup.com: Hi again, this next Meetup will be at Moe’s right near Webster Square (end of Main Street and Park Ave). They have lots of tasty vegan [...]

April 4, 2008  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Events  No Comments

Mike’s Vegan Challenge Published in the InCity Times

If you get a chance, pick up a copy of the current issue of Worcester’s InCity times. They published Mike’s challenge to Worcester’s entire vegetarian community in this week’s edition.

April 2, 2008  Tags: ,   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, News, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

John Sanbonmatsu’s Interview About Animal Liberation and Critical Theory

I’m a big fan of WPI professor John Sanbonmatsu. I’ve taken a couple of classes with him and learned a lot about politics and philosophy. When I was a freshman at WPI he gave me a copy of Animal Liberation and the The Sexual Politics of Meat. Every year John introduces dozens of WPI freshmen [...]

April 2, 2008  Tags:   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights  No Comments

More Girls and Women Take Up Vegan Banner

Check out this upbeat article in the Baltimore Sun about vegan women.

April 1, 2008   Posted in: News  No Comments