The Boston Vegetarian Food Festival (truly it’s almost entirely a vegan food festival – though each year it seems at least one vendor manages to push the edge of that definition) is an experience not to be missed: tons of organizations and activists to meet, loads of new companies and products to discover, a wealth [...]

(Via Vegan.com)
Excellent piece by Mike Tidwell in Audubon Magazine: The Low Carbon Diet.
I was a bit concerned when Tidwell opened with the usual “confession” that so many apologias for meat eating use, a trope I’m tired of reading:
Full disclosure: I love to eat meat. I was born in Memphis, the barbecue capital of [...]

This Saturday, Nov 1st, is World Vegan Day, and is also the annual Boston Vegetarian Food Festival, at Reggie Lewis Athletic Center in Boston (map).

This year’s speakers include:

Blogger and cookbook author Sarah Kramer talking about her new book Vegan a Go-Go, “a cookbook and advice book for veg travellers.”
Danielle Nierenberg from the Worldwatch Institute on “Meat Production’s [...]

The 2007 Blogger’s Choice Award winners are out.
In the “Best Food Blog” category (on page 3 of the results), three out of four winners are vegan blogs:

VeganYumTum
Fatfree Vegan Kitchen
Vegan Lunch Box

Congrats to all of them – way to represent food that’s healthy, cruelty-free, and delicious – and looks beautiful as well.

Had lots of good vegan food in Austin during SXSW.
One good meal was the basil tofu from Mekong River on Sixth. I ended up eating there a couple of times – very convienent to the Austin Convention Center, the Austin Hilton, and 6th street in general.
I had great meals at all these places: