Price Chopper in Worcester Offers Vegan Cookies

Apparently Price Chopper now offers vegan cookies. Do you know what the story is? I plan to call the manager on Monday to see if I can find out if this is a company-wide thing, or just at the Price Chopper near Webster Square. In any case, you should stop by and give them a [...]

November 15, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Grocery Stores, Misc, More Veg Options  No Comments

Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar [New Cookbook]

Isa Chadra Moskowitz, the woman who brought you Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, Vegan with a Vengeance, the Veganomicon, Vegan Brunch, has just published a new cookbook. Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar has 100 original animal-product-free cookie recipes. The book is all finished, but has not yet been release. However, it is available [...]

October 16, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Barely Legal Treats, Misc, Vegetarian Recipes  One Comment

Artichoke Coop Ups the Veegs [More Vegan Yummies]

Good news! The Artichoke Food Coop (800 Main Street, Worcester) has now restocked their vegan yummies. Back in July I announced on the VegWorcester blog that the Artichoke had begun stocking vegan cheese and marshmallows. Well, they sold out pretty quickly and have now refined their ordering a little bit. In addition to the standard [...]

September 17, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Artichoke Food Cooperative, Grocery Stores, More Veg Options  One Comment

Photos from Worcester’s 2nd Annual New Orleans Festival

This weekend had a ton of events. While Buddha Hut held the first ever buffet fundraiser for VegWorcester (photos coming soon), some VegWorcester members were down the street at the 2nd annual New Orleans festival. We had a booth and gave out free stickers, handed out copies of our 2009 vegetarian dining guide to Worcester, [...]

July 13, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: 2009 Vegetarian Dining Guide, Barely Legal Treats, Events, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Misc, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

Who Wants to Represent Worcester for International Vegan Bake Sale Week?

photo cred: Greg Opperman
Worldwide vegan bake sale week starts this Saturday. It runs June 20-28. Do you want to put together a vegan bake sale in Worcester?
So far there are only three happening in Massachusetts: one in someplace called Byfield, one out in Northhampton and one down in Falmouth.
So who is going to step up [...]

June 18, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Misc  One Comment

Barely Legal Treats Looking for Baker

Attention vegan bakers of Worcester:
Worcester’s vegan bakery is now looking for a bakery manager. If you think you’ve got what it takes, email info@barelylegaltreats.com.
From the craigslist’s post:
“This person is in charge of managing the design, planning, execution of the weekly baking. They take a lead on the baking and help assign tasks to other bakers [...]

May 16, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Barely Legal Treats, Misc  No Comments

Awesome Photos from Worcester’s Vegan Bakery

Barely Legal Treats, Worcester’s only vegan bakery, now has a flickr photo page. And the photos look amazing. Barely Legal specializes in cupcakes, cookies and custom cakes. All the ingredients are vegan, organic, and fair trade so you can feel good about it. You can place an order by emailing barelylegaltreats -at- riseup.net or by [...]

March 7, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Barely Legal Treats, Restaurants & Businesses  No Comments

Be a Barely Legal Valentine

Didn’t get a Valentine’s gift for your snuggly-poo yet? Well, you could just go to CVS or Walgreens and get some cheesy card with a dove on it or something. But that would be sort of lame, wouldn’t it? Plus, what about your love for animals? And the environment? And workers rights? And local biz?
Instead, [...]

February 14, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Barely Legal Treats, Restaurants & Businesses  No Comments

The Q Cafe Baked Goods Going Vegan

Exciting news! The Q cafe and coffee shop on Chandler Street is working on expanding their baked goods. Here’s the kicker, they’re going to be all vegan. Check back next week for more news.

February 13, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Barely Legal Treats, Restaurants & Businesses, The Q Cafe  3 Comments

Vegan Cookies Delivered to You This Saturday

My friend Cindy will be delivering homemade vegan cookies by bike this Saturday to anyone who contributes $5 or more to sponsor her in her super-long 60+ mile bike ride fundraiser for Bikes Not Bombs.
So if you want a pouch of yummy vegan cookies delivered to you this weekend, call 860-218-4276 and ask for Cindy.
(The [...]

May 6, 2008  Tags: ,   Posted in: Misc  One Comment