4 posts tagged “world vegan day”
Yesterday was World Vegan Day, so of course I had to veganize a meal at a local non-vegan restaurant!
Have I hammered home the point about *asking* enough for you lately? No? Well, then let me tell you another story.
After an early evening of theatre (6PM curtain), we were out on the street in downtown San Jose at about 8:30 looking to stay out of trouble and calm the stomach grumbles.
The closest reasonable restaurant with table service (my S.O.'s only requirement) was Il Fornaio in the Sainte Claire Hotel. There are several Il Fornaio's in the Bay Area, and they are a reliable go-to Italian place with a bakery on site.
The first promising sign was that they had a butternut squash soup that called out being made with vegetable stock. When asked, the waitress also confirmed no cream, so I was very excited about that. The soup was savory and really well-seasoned. It was squash-y, but not only squash-y, if you know what I mean.
But in the entree department, they were a little sadly lacking...one capellini pomodoro dish didn't exactly set me on fire. (That's just a fancier way of preparing pasta marinara, you know?)
So, instead, I turned to one of the clearly non-veg pasta dishes and asked. Could they make me this dish, but no chicken, no cheese, no butter.
Why of course, yes they could.
And simple as that, I got a little more oomph and had a lovely, perfect meal.
Ask and ye shall receive!
How are you celebrating?
I ate leftover vegan pizza from Amici's...yay Amici's!!
I spent more time flipping through Tal Ronnen's The Conscious Cook.
That's about it. What about you?
Nice story! LUSH, who makes vegetarian/vegan cosmetics and body products, is populated by mostly meat-eaters, but the whole company has agreed to go vegan tomorrow in honor of World Vegan Day. Sounds like an awfully good plan to me :)
Today is World Vegan Day.
Last year I blogged about shifting to vegan for a day from my normal vegetarianism.
This year I'm on Day 41 of an ongoing such shift.
I always say that my initial conversion to vegetarianism was a one-day-at-a-time transition. I was prepared to give it a good try, but not look too far ahead and not be too discouraged if it didn't work out. 17 years later that approach seems to have payed off.
I'm merely suggesting that if you've considered making a change, trying it for one day, say, today, is a good way to get started.
The Wolrd Vegan Day site is quite focused on the environmental impact, but as I state here, that's never been my number one concern.
Whether it's the environment, animal welfare, physical health, or any other reason, why don't you join me for one hippy-dippy, bleeding heart day and give some kind of veg*nism a try?
Which reminds me: didn't it used to be just World Vegetarian Day, the Great American Meat-Out...does anyone else remember that? Or is that a different day? And if not, then is it really a wise decision to up the ante right to veganism?
Just wondering.
Last year I blogged about shifting to vegan for a day from my normal vegetarianism.
This year I'm on Day 41 of an ongoing such shift.
I always say that my initial conversion to vegetarianism was a one-day-at-a-time transition. I was prepared to give it a good try, but not look too far ahead and not be too discouraged if it didn't work out. 17 years later that approach seems to have payed off.
I'm merely suggesting that if you've considered making a change, trying it for one day, say, today, is a good way to get started.
The Wolrd Vegan Day site is quite focused on the environmental impact, but as I state here, that's never been my number one concern.
Whether it's the environment, animal welfare, physical health, or any other reason, why don't you join me for one hippy-dippy, bleeding heart day and give some kind of veg*nism a try?
Which reminds me: didn't it used to be just World Vegetarian Day, the Great American Meat-Out...does anyone else remember that? Or is that a different day? And if not, then is it really a wise decision to up the ante right to veganism?
Just wondering.
