Manda Rose

Manda Rose started volunteering for VegWorcester in preparation for the 2010 VegFest and now has now stepped up to be a regular contributor to the VegWorcester blog.

Manda is a local photographer- (Have you seen her shots of the 2010 VegFest?), and she also makes a pretty impressive vegan cupcake.

Some of her interests include: vegan cooking, raw foods, organics, cruelty-free cosmetics, animal rights, and of course all things Worcester! If those things are up your alley, look out for her posts here. Or check out her personal blog, vegpanda.blogspot.com, where she has been sharing her experience with local veg restaurants and documenting her experiments in the kitchen.

DISCLOSURE: Manda lives outside the Worcester
city limits (but she's still in Worcester county.)



Recent Posts by Manda Rose

Worcester VegFest Prepared for Landing

Ladies and gentlemen, Worcester VegFest has been cleared to land at Worcester Regional Airport today, April 14th, at 11am Eastern time. Please make sure your belt is securely fastened as lots of vegan cupcakes are about to fill your belly. We are excited to have you on board! This is going to be a wonderful [...]

April 14, 2013  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Events, WorcesterVegFest2013  No Comments

VegWorcester Benefit Show at Hotel Vernon Shiproom March 22nd [event]

VegWorcester is hosting its first ever benefit show to raise funds to help grow and continue our outreach in the community.  The event is being held this Friday March 22nd, 2013 at The Hotel Vernon – Shiproom in Kelly Sq (1 Millbury St. Worcester, MA) starting at 8pm.  Awesome music planned for the evening will [...]

March 19, 2013  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Events, WorcesterVegFest2013  No Comments

Worcester VegFest 2013 lands at Worcester Airport on Sunday, April 14th!

VegWorcester’s 4th Annual Worcester VegFest is landing at Worcester Regional Airport on Sunday, April 14th! What is Worcester VegFest? A FREE festival that brings together Worcesterites to celebrate vegetarianism–an animal-friendly, environmentally sustainable, and healthy lifestyle. Our event features socially responsible businesses, inspiring speakers, performers, and free samples of vegan food and products. This year’s event will [...]

February 13, 2013   Posted in: Misc, WorcesterVegFest2013  No Comments

2nd Annual “Sugar Mama” Vegan Cookie Swap (Review)

 The 2nd Annual Sugar Mama Vegan Cookie Swap was a couple weeks back, though some of us may still be emerging from our cookie comas. Last Year’s event was amazing, and again this year, Sugar Mama Bakers submitted everything you can imagine that a vegan cookie could be. Vegan Peanut Butter-Almond, Chocolate Thumbprints, Spritz, Oatmeal-Chocolate [...]

January 7, 2013  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Events, Food Love, Misc  No Comments

Loving Hut Vegan Buffet this Saturday Counts Double! [Event]

The monthly Loving Hut Vegan Buffet Fundraiser is happening again this Saturday, August 11th. It is a $10 all-you-can-eat buffet, where 10% of your bill is donated to VegWorcester to support our fundraising efforts. This helps us with printing outreach materials and tabling supplies to get the word out about going veg in Central MA. [...]

August 10, 2012  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Buddha Hut, Events, Food Love, Restaurants & Businesses  No Comments

Will Tuttle, author of “The World Peace Diet” at Worcester’s Loving Hut (Review)

This past Sunday, July 22nd, Dr. Will Tuttle, award-winning speaker, educator, musician and author of the #1 best-seller The World Peace Diet, gave a presentation at Worcester’s Loving Hut (Chandler.)  The World Peace Diet: Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony presents the outlines of a more empowering understanding of our world, based on a [...]

July 23, 2012  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading Group, Buddha Hut, Events, Misc  No Comments

Jasmin Singer & Mariann Sullivan of Our Hen House at Worcester VegFest 2012

Worcester VegFest is Sunday, April 15, 2012 at Worcester Tech High from 11am-5pm. Check out WorcesterVegFest.com for more info. RSVP to the facebook event. Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan will be speaking at the 3rd Annual Worcester VegFest!  Our Hen House, named the 2011 Indie Media Powerhouse by VegNews Magazine, produces multimedia resources that you [...]

March 21, 2012  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Events, News, Worcester VegFest 2012  No Comments

Happy New Year and VegWorcester 2011 In Review

So, the new year is already in full force and you’ve likely started your new year’s resolution of cutting cheese out of your diet or turning your Meatless Mondays into Meatless Everyday. Heck, maybe you’re already vegan and your goal is to finally make that taco recipe from Terry Hope Romero’s Viva Vegan or spend [...]

January 16, 2012  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: 2011 Veg Dining Guide, Activism, Animal Rights, Events, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Misc, Worcester VegFest 2011  One Comment

“Sugar Mama” Bakers Swap Over 1,500 Vegan Cookies!

Coooooooookies!!! If some of you are still in a sugar-induced coma following the  Sugar Mama Vegan Cookie Swap we won’t blame you. We asked entrants to bake 6 dozen vegan cookies each. There were a few entrants with less than 6 dozen and a few with more than 6 dozen, but with 24 entries, the [...]

December 19, 2011  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Events, Food Love, Misc, Vegetarian Recipes  No Comments

Happy “Thanksliving!”

According to Mercy for Animals, “More than 300 million turkeys are killed in the U.S. every year – 40 million for Thanksgiving dinners alone. “ Thankfully, we individually have the power to choose whether to continue this horrific tradition or to start a new tradition of compassion for animals. There are tons of options for [...]

November 15, 2011  Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Events, Food Love, More Veg Options  No Comments