Archive for December, 2008

BVS Holiday Social Meeting Tomorrow

Just a quick reminder: tomorrow the Boston Vegetarian Society is having their Holiday Social Meeting at Fiore’s in Jamaica Plains, Boston. Vegan deserts, vegan pizza and more. It’s free, but it’d be nice if you emailed your RSVP to Evelyn B. Kimber: ekimber -at- juno.com.

December 11, 2008  Tags: ,   Posted in: Restaurants & Businesses  No Comments

Top 5 Falafel Shops in Worcester

We’re lucky here in Worcester, we have a ton of great falafel joints. This week, I guest blogged for RealWorcester.com about the Top 5 Falafel Shops in Worcester. There are two places that I wish could have have made the list. Patriots House of Pizza located at 332 Pleasant Street and Simon’s (closed for good). [...]

December 10, 2008  Tags: ,   Posted in: Bay State Bakery, Fantastic Pizza & Falafel, Restaurants & Businesses, Shiraz, The Living Earth  9 Comments

Boston “Holiday Entertaining” Cooking & Baking Class with Didi Emmons – Dec 13

Here’s another upcoming Boston Vegetarian Society event. On the afternoon of Saturday, December 13 BVS is hosting another series of vegan cooking classes, featuring Chef Didi Emmons. It’ll take place at the Haley House Bakery Cafe located at 139 Washington Street in Dudley Square, Boston. It’s a little pricey, but you get to take home [...]

December 9, 2008  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Events, Vegetarian Recipes  No Comments

Mutual Self-Betterment, Day 4 & 5

I decided not to make a video yesterday for Day 4 of the Mutual Self Betterment Pact, but I have a special video for Day 5. Watch as Matt Fox reflects on his five days as a vegetarian. He hints at us maybe continuing the challenge, which Matt and I will talk about in a [...]

December 8, 2008  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Misc  One Comment

Boston Veg Society Holiday Get-Together – Dec 12

Boston Vegetarian Society is having a holiday get-together in Jamaica Plains (Boston) on the evening of December 12, complete with vegan deserts and pizza. This is the kind of event we need to put together in Worcester. What better way to build a social movement than to to gett together over yummy vegan food? From [...]

December 8, 2008  Tags: ,   Posted in: Events, Restaurants & Businesses  2 Comments

Photos from December’s Vegan Meetup

Thanks to Jaymz for hosting December’s vegan meetup potluck! The chili was the best. I never would have thought to put tofutti cream cheese in chili. Here are some photos: More photo here. See you next month!

December 7, 2008  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Events, Misc  No Comments

Stone Soup Anniversary Party, Artichoke Craft Fair, Vegan Cupcakes

The Stone Soup Community Center had their 2nd annual party last night, complete with a murga group, puppet show, and stacks of vegan cupcakes. Barely Legal Treats came through again with some really stellar ‘cakes. Two of them contained fruit, but I don’t think that would count for my mutual self-betterment challenge. Mike has some [...]

December 7, 2008  Tags: ,   Posted in: Artichoke Food Cooperative, Barely Legal Treats, Events, Misc, Restaurants & Businesses  No Comments

Mutual Self-Betterment, Day Three

Today is Day Three of my and Matt Fox’s Mutual Self-Betterment Challenge. I have successfully eaten 2 fresh fruits every day for 3 days now, despite how much I hate eating fruits. I haven’t seen video proof yet, but I have talked to Matt Fox and he is doing well as a vegetarian. He said [...]

December 6, 2008  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Misc  3 Comments

December Vegan Meetup: Potluck Tomorrow

Every month Stephen and Meg put together a vegan meetup somewhere in Worcester. I’ve been to a few of the events and they’re always a rocking good time. Sometimes we go to one of veg-friendly restaurants in Worcester together and show that there is a big demand for tasty vegan food. Sometimes we go to [...]

December 6, 2008   Posted in: Misc  No Comments

Mutual Self-Betterment Pact Day Two

Today is the second day of my Mutual Self-Betterment Pact with Matt Fox. The short story is that I have agreed to eat 2 fruits every day for the next week and Matt Fox has agreed to be a vegetarian. Today I ate a grapefruit and an avocado. Here’s the video evidence: Today’s video is [...]

December 5, 2008  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Misc  3 Comments