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September 2007 09-01-07 Someone recently
tipped me off that the BBQ sauce at Boloco is no longer vegan. I checked out Boloco’s site, and noticed
that they have recently changed their nutritional and allergy info. I have changed all of the Boloco listings
on the site, but I just wanted to give a heads up to anyone that eats there. Also, thanks to
Erica in Cambridge who helped me find Amy’s new Spinach Rice Crust Pizza at
my local Whole Foods. Vegan pizza
makes me happy. You know what else
makes me happy? Green Street Natural Food. Despite the fact that it has been around
for 32 years, I just discovered this 100%
vegetarian grocery store in Melrose.
It’s small, but offers a good selection of organic produce, dry goods,
and supplements. As Whole Foods
gobbles up natural food stores around the country, it’s refreshing to shop at
a local, family owned business. At long last,
Boston finally has its own vegan society!
The Boston
Vegan Association
launched in May 2007, and is dedicated to promoting local animal rights
activism and working towards the abolition of animal exploitation. It features a blog, restaurant guide, and
calendar of events. Their website is
an all around great resource, and if it had existed 4 years ago,
VeganBoston.com probably never would have come into being. New stuff added to
the site today: Addis Red Sea (Eat
– Cambridge & Beyond – Porter Square) Boston Vegan
Association (Resources – Veg*n Societies) Envi (Shopping –
Clothing) Green Street
Natural Food (Shopping – Groceries & Shopping – Personal Care) July
2007 07-28-07 Yay for summer, vegan grilling, and soy
ice cream! I can’t believe it’s almost
August! Where have the days
gone?! Speaking of August, the Salem
Vegan Society is hosting two events in next month that
might interest some of you: The
Meat Eaters Anonymous Support Group – Tuesday, August 21, 6-8pm Monthly
Vegan Potluck & Film Discussion – Thursday, August 30, 6-8pm Click the above links for more info. New stuff added to the site today: BooksByBexx (Links – Online Stores) Mint Julep (Shopping –
Clothing/Accessories) My Thai Vegetarian Café & Bubble Tea
Bistro (Eat – Brookline) Lots
of other listing were updated, including TJ Scallywaggles, Lush, American
Apparel, and Satya. 06-02-07 The
site is currently only working in Internet Explorer. I am currently working to resolve issues
displaying the site using FireFox, but I can’t figure out what’s wrong. If you are using Firefox and are unable to
see the navigation bar at the top of the page, please try it in IE. Thanks. 05-27-07 Last week the Boston Globe did a series
of articles on vegan eats in the area.
I’m sad that no one contacted me or made any mention of
VeganBoston.com in the restaurant feature, but at least the second article
mentions the site in its closing notes. Check out the articles: What Vegan Looks Like – Boston Globe 5/17/07 Easy As V-E-G-A-N – Boston Globe 5/17/07 While searching the web, I stumbled onto
a new blog CambridgeVegan.com. It features recipes and product reviews
that local vegans will find useful.
Check it out. I’ll admit that I’ve been neglecting
VeganBoston.com as of late. In recent
months, I’ve favored cooking over eating out.
But never fear…as the weather gets warmer, I’ll want to spend less
time in the kitchen, and more time out of the house. Besides cooking, I’ve been pouring a lot
of time and energy into bookbinding.
What does bookbinding have to do with veganism? Not much.
Traditional bookbinding tools include bone folders (made out of animal
bone), natural bristle brushes (animal hair!), hide glue, leather, vellum,
egg glaire, and beeswax. I’ve set out
to find alternative to these materials, and have been crafting journals,
address books, and boxes that are 100% vegan.
I currently have some things for sale on Etsy.com,
at ThisIsBexx.etsy.com. New stuff added to the site today: Boloco (Eat – Cambridge & Beyond – Boloco (Eat – Cambridge & Beyond – CambridgeVegan.com (Resources – Blogs) Chocolate Decadence (Links – Online
Stores) Easy as V-E-G-A-N (Resources –
Publications – Articles) Sei Bar (Eat – Cambridge & Beyond – What Vegan Looks Like (Resources –
Publications – Articles) 03-24-07 Last
month my computer crashed, and I haven’t been able to access my email or ftp
site for over a month! I write to you
now from a shiny new computer that promises not to crash anytime soon. Unfortunately, I lost most of the veganboston
mailing list, so please send me an email
with your address if you want to receive periodic updates. Sadly,
the comments feature has been permanently turned off. Getting it up and running again was too
much of a hassle (and too expensive) on the new server. Sorry.
I’m willing to post comments that people send to me via email. The
last few months haven’t been great for vegan eats in the Buddha’s Delight
Too
in Lastly,
O’Naturals in New stuff added to the site today: Crystalyn Kae (Links – Company Sites –
Clothing/Shoes) Dreena Burton, Vegan Cookbook Author
(Resources – Publications – Books) Dreena’s Vegan Recipes (Resources –
Recipes) Gabriel Cosmetics (Links – Company Sites
– Cosmetics) Healthy Homes Cleaning (Shopping –
Services – Cleaning) River Gods (Eat – Cambridge & Beyond
– Rose’s Chinese Restaurant (Eat –
Cambridge & Beyond – Temptation Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert
(Links – Company Sites – Sweets/Baked Goods) Tom Yum Koong Thai Cuisine (Eat –
Cambridge & Beyond – Vive le Vegan! (Resources – Blogs) ZuZu Luxe (Links – Company Sites –
Cosmetics) 01-22-07 Over
the weekend I started to update veganboston.com for the first time in over a month,
only to find that it had been HACKED!!!
I have no idea how long the site was down, but I think it was out of
commission for about a week. Yikes! I am in the process of moving everything
over to a new server as quickly as possible, and fixing the kinks will take
priority over added new content to the site.
The messageboard/comments section of the site will down for a few
days, and re-establishing all of the forums is going to be a big pain in the
booty. Stay tuned! October 2006 10-22-06 “Oh my mamma!” I had an awesome
time at the Boston Vegetarian Food Fair yesterday! Satya
Magazine
was nice enough to let me use a tiny corner of their table to hand out flyers
and let people sign up for my mailing list.
If you aren’t yet familiar with Satya, please head over to their website and check them
out. The magazine is packed full of
interviews and articles pertaining to veganism, animal advocacy, social
justice, and environmentalism. Each
issue focuses around a central theme, allowing the reader to gain an in-depth
look into relevant issues. A subscription
is only $20 for the entire year, so what are you waiting for? I also had the
pleasure of meeting Doug from E
Magazine,
and spending some time at his table. E
Magazine is published bimonthly by Earth Action Network, and it focuses on
environmental issues and green living.
I browsed through a few issues yesterday, and it looks like a great
read! As you might
imagine, there was plenty of food at the Festival, and I sampled quite a few
amazing vegan goodies. One of the most
amazing things I tried yesterday was Cheezly,
a vegan cheese product from the I am a sucker for
vegan baked goods, and found myself in pig heaven yesterday! Cat’s
Vegan Bakery
wins the award for my favorite vegan baked goods. Their cupcakes were out of this world, and
their vegan cinnamon buns made me scream profanity and weep tears of
joy. This Also hailing from Speaking of
cookbooks, I picked up a copy of Isa Chandra
Moskowitz’s new cookbook Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World: 75 Dairy-Free
Recipes for Cupcakes that Rule.
Co-authored by Terry Hope Romero, Isa’s co-host on The
Post Punk Kitchen, this cookbook looks amazing.
I got my copy signed by both authors (yay!), and I can’t wait to get
in the kitchen and start baking! When I
wasn’t stuffing my face, I was chit-chatting with some of the awesome fellow
vegans, including Derek and Megan from Vegan
Radio. Their all-vegan radio
show airs at I
could probably go on forever about all of the awesome people that I had the
pleasure of meeting and hanging out with this weekend, but I’ll stop gushing
and let you look at the rest of the site.
I will have lots of stuff to add in the coming days. If you have any suggestions for the site,
please email be at bexx@veganboston.com or post it to the message
board. Thanks! New
stuff added to the site today: Cat’s Vegan Bakery (Links – Online
Stores) E Magazine (Resources –
Publications - Magazines) Little Vegan Monsters (Resources –
Publications – Books) 10-21-06 The Boston Vegetarian Food Festival is TODAY from Check out the new general discussion forums on the
VeganBoston.com message board! Post
product sightings, suggest a restaurant, or chat with other vegans in the
area. New stuff added to the site today: Blue Shirt Café (Eat – Sugar & Spice (Eat – Parmazano (Links – Company Sites –
Food) 10-04-06
The Boston Vegetarian Food Festival
is only a few weeks away! Sponsored by the Boston Vegetarian
Society, the festival showcases veg*n friendly vendors, lectures, and
information. Visitors to this free event are ambushed with free
samples and coupons, as well as the chance to purchase goods from many local
businesses. This year, I’ll be hanging
out with my friends at Satya
Magazine. Cruise over to our table to say hello, sign
my mailing list, and meet the awesome people at Satya! New stuff added to the site today: Andalas’ Pizza & Café (Eat – Diva Indian Bistro (Eat – Indian Café (Eat – India Pavilion Restaurant (Eat – The Other Side Café (Eat – September 2006 09-20-06 Shortly
after my last update, I realized that this month marks the one year
anniversary of VeganBoston.com!
Yay! Thanks to everyone who has
sent me restaurant recommendations or joined me for a meal. I still have scores of places to try out,
but feel free to send me
your suggestions. I
made a few minor changes around the site this week…the “Where to Eat” pages
now include a key to the price range ratings, and the archived entries are
now a little easier to navigate. I’d
to make the main page an RSS feed, and I’d also like to add a little box that
would let people subscribe to the mailing list. If anyone is willing to offer up their
services (or just give me advice), please email me.
New
stuff added to the site today: Coconut
Café (Eat – Metro West – Peter
Thomas Roth (Links – Company Sites – Personal/Hair/Skincare Vegan
Fitness (Resources – Online Communities) 09-02-06 I recently finished reading Howard
Lyman’s book Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth
From the Cattle Rancher Who Won’t Eat Meat. It was so compelling, I could hardly put it
down. Without being preachy or
self-righteous, Lyman will change the way you look at the meat and dairy
industries forever. This book
reinforced all of the reasons why dairy makes me want to puke. Moments after finishing the book, my Mom
called me. I raved about the book to
her for a good 15 minutes, insisting that she had to read it because it would
change her life forever. Since she’s
an omni, I didn’t think she’d pay much attention to me, but the next day she
emailed me to let me know that she bought both of Lyman’s book and can’t wait
to read them Yay, Mom! For more info about Howard Lyman and the
books he’s written, head over to his website at www.madcowboy.com.
I’m
thinking about revamping the site, so please email me with any suggestions you may
have. Also,
I apologize to anyone who’s emailed me recently, but hasn’t received a
reply. I need a new computer and more
free time. New
stuff added to the site today: An
Animal Friendly Life (Resources – Blogs) Asics
(Links – Company Sites – Clothing/Shoes) Earth
Shoes (Links – Company Sites – Clothing/Shoes) Freecycle
Boston (Resources – Reuse/Recycle!) Mad
Cowboy (Resources – Publications) No
Foie Gras! (Resources – Animal Rights Organization) Peking
Cuisine (Eat – Metro West – Peking
Cuisine (Eat – Metro West – Stop
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08-18-06 My
home computer kind of bit the dust a few weeks ago, so I haven’t been able to
work on the site much. The poor thing
is running now, but it’s not doing well.
I had to re-install windows, and as a result lost the VeganBoston.com
mailing list and a few emails. Please
email me at bexx@veganboston.com if you want to
receive email updates! Thanks
to everyone who suggested I check out Masao’s
Kitchen in I
also finally tried the SoyaToo! Soy
Whip. I know this stuff has been
available in the That’s
about it for now. Hopefully, I’ll be
able to update more often now that I’m finished with grad school! (Yay!!!) New
stuff added to the site today: Le’s
(Eat – Le’s
(Eat – Le’s
(Eat – Metro West – Chestnut Hill) Lizzy’s
Ice Cream (Eat – Lizzy’s
Ice Cream (Eat – Metro West – Masao’s
Kitchen (Eat – Metro West – Nasoya
(Links – Company Sites – Food) SoyaToo!
(Links – Company Sites – Sweets/Baked Goods) Target
(Shopping – Cleaning/Home Goods & Shopping – Clothing/Accessories) Vegan
Buddy Icons for AIM from Iconator.com (Resources – Online Communities) White
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07-22-06 Oh
my, it’s been a while! I’m
sure that most people have already heard the news, but TJ’s House of Pizza is
now called TJ Scallywaggles, and
is ALL VEGAN! Apparently, they’ve made some revisions to
the menu and the atmosphere. While I
liked the old TJ’s, I can’t say that change is a bad thing. Pretty much anything that involves veganism
and eating makes me happy… Following
a recent lead from the Knocked Up Vegan blog, I signed up
for Boston
Organics. Every
other week I get a box of fresh, organic fruit and vegetables delivered to my
door. I got my first delivery last
week, and I was more than satisfied with the quality and quantity of things I
received. Each delivery is accompanied
by a flyer containing recipes that use that week’s box items, which can be
helpful for figuring out what to do with a bunch of seemingly random
produce. All of the recipes are vegan
or vegan friendly, which is also a plus. I
recently got a little pouty when shopping for a job interview suit…it’s very
hard to find something nice that isn’t wool or silk. After trying on a really gorgeous silk
suit, I started moping because I couldn’t buy it. I realized that I didn’t know much about
the production of silk, so I paid a quick visit to PETA’s website, and read this brief article. It made me sick to my stomach. Blech.
I don’t want to wear anything that comes from boiled worms. Just thinking about it as I write this is
making me a little queasy… I
apologize for my recent bought of infrequent and irregular updates…I finish
my Master’s program in only 10 days, and then I will have more time to devote
to VeganBoston. New
stuff added to the site today: Chrisso
Studio (Shopping – Services – Salon) Earth
Balance (Links – Company Sites – Food) Journey’s
(Shopping – Clothing/Accessories) Kupel’s
Bakery (Eat – Salon
Lison (Shopping – Services – Salon) SuperVegan
(Resources – Blogs) & (Resources – Dining Guides) Tanjore
(Eat – TJ
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06-25-06 I
have tickets for today’s Red Sox/Phillies game, so unless it gets rained out,
I won’t be able to attend Erick Marcus’
talk at Grasshopper this evening.
Total bummer. The talk will be
begin at I
finally split up the “Eat” section by region so that it doesn’t take forever
to load. Let me know
if there are any kinks. New
stuff added to the site today: Boloco
(Eat – Boloco
(Eat - Boloco
(Eat – Boloco
(Eat – Boloco
(Eat – Boloco
(Eat – Boloco
(Eat – Forever
Young Store (Links – Online Stores) MacBeth
Shoes (Links – Company Sites – Clothing/Shoes) Meat-like
qualities whet the Oriental
Great Chow (Eat – Metro West – This
week I received several emails from people who went to J.P. Licks to try out
the lactose-free option, and were told by employees there that it wasn’t
vegan. The person that I spoke with
reassured me that it was 100% dairy free, but didn’t show me an ingredients
list. I’ve been trying to contact
someone at J.P. Licks for an official word on this, but haven’t received a
reply Yet. Until I do, I am pulling
them off the site. New
stuff added to the site today: Coalition
for Consumer Information on Cosmetics (Resources – Consumer Information) Corner
Café (Eat – Vegan
Rock Stars (Resources – Consumer Information) 06-01-06 This
month’s update is small – I’ve been super busy (sorry). New
stuff added to the site today: Café
Bagel (Eat – Metro West – Café
Bagel (Eat – Metro West – Café
Bagel (Eat – Metro West – CK
Shanghai (Eat – Metro West – Wellesley) Merry
Hempsters (Links – Company Sites – Personal/Hair/Skin Care) Shikai
(Links – Company Sites – Personal/Hair/Skin Care) Marc
over at the Salem Vegan Society asked me to let you
guys know about the food drive they are sponsoring. It benefits the Salem Mission, a homeless
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