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NYC Foodie Announces Vegan Cooking Competition!

Watch out Top Chef, there's a new cooking competition in town and this one is cruelty free! Veggie Conquest is New York's newest cooking challenge and right now you can enroll to be a contestant, a taster (what a great job!) or a judge for the monthly events. Get ready, the first challenge takes place on Saturday, August 22, 2009 in Chelsea, Manhattan. And boy, they have some pretty awesome judges for the challenges debut. Judges will include blogger and fashion guru Joshua Katcher (TheDiscerningBrute.com); food blogger and author Kathy Patalsky (LunchBoxBunch.com); and food stylist and author Brian Preston-Campbell (Preston-Campbell.com). Three folks that really know vegan food. Okay, so here is how it works. Contestants prepare a vegan dish (at home), based on a secret ingredient and rules provided by Veggie Conquest. Then the dishes are presented before a panel of judges and tasters to decide who wins. There's even [...]

Calling all vegans!

Do you have a vegan meet up or group that you would like to promote? How about a great vegan blog? Let us help promote it! Send all submissions to veganadmin (at) yourdailyvegan (dot) com. I look forward to hearing from ya'll. Yes, I said ya'll. :)

Your Daily Vegan WTF moment featuring Roseanne Barr…

Roseanne Barr in a recent interview with Heeb Magazine: "Vegans are all coke-sniffing, cigarette-smoking faux socialists who listen to music that has no melody at all, so fuck them." Uhm....yeah. via heebmagazine.com

"Green" is the new "Fat Free"

Green. Sustainable. Eco-friendly. Organic. Recycle, reuse and reduce your carbon footprint. I'm sure by now, unless you are under a rock, you've heard these terms before. They are everywhere. From cars, clothes, home good products, cleaners, shoes, energy sources, and paper products (just to name a few) you can't get away from the "green" movement. But there is an aspect of "green" that is rarely addressed in these ads, articles or essays. The exploitation of animals. And it's one of the largest contributors to global warming on this planet. So why aren't we talking about it? Take for instance the LA Times piece on EcoStiletto.com, a website that wants you to reduce your "carbon footprint" to "stiletto size". The article starts out by saying: "Greening a lifestyle doesn't have to mean sacrificing style, with resources such as EcoStiletto.com pointing the way to the latest vegan pumps, paraben-free makeup and lead-free [...]

Vegan Caribbean Party held in Las Vegas August 21, 2009!

Chef Mayra Productions is bringing you the flavor of the Caribbean to Studio West at The Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas on August 21, 2009. The Caribbean themed evening will feature a four-course vegan dinner and dessert, live music and steel drums, a vintage clothing display and a cash bar featuring vegan libations. Sounds like fun! Tickets are available for $75.00 per person at various locations including The Arts Factory, Rainbow's End, The Spirit Within U, Sunrise Coffee and on Chef Mayra's website, http://www.chefmayra.com. Chef Mayra is known for distinctive flavors and is also referred to as "Dr. Flavor". She is also a member of Women Chefs and Restaurants and the Personal Chef Association. But we like her because she is a compassionate chef! She had this to say of the event: "This will be a fun, vegan, Caribbean full-of-energy party," said Chef Mayra. "My food will [...]