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Van Leeuween Now Serves Vegan Ice Cream!

by Elisa Verna

May 21, 2013 4:16 pm

Filed under: Food Ice Cream New York City

Van Leeuwen, an ice creamery and bakery in NYC, has started serving vegan ice cream! The comapny announced last night that they will be serving coconut-based ice cream in chocolate and vanilla flavors at all of their storefronts and trucks in the city. Made using organic coconut cream, the flyer announcing the new confection boasts that this isn’t just your average chocolate and vanilla, but rather “Michel Cluizel chocolate” and “Cold Ground, Oak Barrel Aged” vanilla. This might explain the cost, at $5.50 for a small serving and $7.50 for a large.

My ideal Tuesday lunch

It’s 80 degrees in Brooklyn today and I just happened to be right around the corner from Van Leeuwen’s Boerum Hill location during my lunch break, which meant that I was obligated to taste-test the new ice cream. I brought a friend, because I just had to try both flavors for any curious parties out there (you’re welcome). I know, ice cream for lunch. Us vegans have it rough.

The chocolate was extremely chocolate-y and not too sweet, with no hint of coconut flavor. The vanilla had a hint of coconut-y taste, but was good. Overall, I’ve had better, but I’ve also had worse. And yes, Van Leeuwen serves vegan ice cream cones, according to the nice lady who served my scoop.

Walking down the street and grabbing a cone when the craving hits has just become a little bit easier for vegans in New York City, but I wouldn’t necessarily go out of my way to try this ice cream. It’s no Lula’s (which is temporarily closed, unfortunately), and costs about as much of a pint of vegan ice cream from Whole Foods. Still, kudos to Van Leeuwen for taking the leap and reaching out to the vegan community. We can only hope other business will follow suit.

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The Seed NYC: Saturday Seeded

by Elisa Verna

May 18, 2013 8:20 pm

Filed under: Events Food New York City

Cinnamon Snail parked out front

Sarah Gross of Rescue Chocolate

I arrived bright and early (hey, noon is pretty early on a Saturday) to the Seed‘s second annual “vegan experience” today, and what an experience it was. Many of the usual suspects were there, including Vitamix, Tasty Bite, Sea Shepherd, Mercy For Animals, and Rescue Chocolate. However, many of last year’s local vendors didn’t make an appearance this time around, such as Compassion Co., the Regal Vegan, Terri and MooShoes (you were not missed, Yelp booth). You know who was at The Seed this year, though? Herstyler! That’s right, after stuffing your face with Dandies and Treeline Cheese, you could get your hair curled for free. Mostly, the Herstyler booth just annoyed me because they were clearly just trying to capitalize on the high concentration of women at the event. Regardless, day one of the Seed wasn’t all that bad.

After stuffing my face with the Cinnamon Snail, the lone food truck parked in front of the Seed (which surprisingly had a pretty short line), I headed upstairs for even more food, speakers and vegan product sampling. Unlike the NYC Vegetarian Food Festival or other similar vegan product expos around the country, the Seed is, well, merely a seed in comparison. If they want to hang with the big kids, they have a lot of growing to do. Continue Reading…

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Vegan Drinks LX, the Recap: Thank YOU for Supporting HEART!

by Deborah Diamant

April 27, 2013 9:44 pm

Filed under: Booze Events Food New York City SuperVegan Vegan Drinks
Shame on the person who left this full beer behind.

Thank YOU for hanging out and supporting Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers (HEART) at Vegan Drinks NYC on April 25th. Kisses to Fontana’s Bar for hosting and to Chickpea & Olive for feeding us!

And, extra special thanks to those organizations and individuals who made Shout Outs:
- Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers (HEART)
- Darwin Animal Doctors
- Sea Shepherd
- For Bud’s Benefit (May 3rd at the Yippie! Museum) – R.I.P, Bud.
- World Wide Vegan Bake Sale to benefit Food Not Bombs NYC (April 28th at Mooshoes)
- Ready 4 Rescue
- Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary
- VeganMentors.org
- Veg Strong
- forAnima.com
- Shaia’s Hot Sauce (10 percent of net profits goes to Mercy For Animals)
- The New Luv
Cute DJ Alert: Megan Rascal!

The NEXT Vegan Drinks NYC is happening on Thursday, May 30th at Fontana’s Bar (105 Eldridge Street, Manhattan) from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Join us as we benefit VINE Sanctuary and let the world know you’re going by RSVPing at Facebook.

Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.

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Vegan Drinks LX: Support HEART this Thursday, April 25 at Fontana’s Bar! (Food by Chickpea & Olive)

by Deborah Diamant

April 23, 2013 9:15 pm

Filed under: Booze Events Food New York City SuperVegan Vegan Drinks

Join us THIS Thursday, April 25, from 7:00pm to 10:00pm for Vegan Drinks NYC! Find us at Fontana’s Bar, located at 105 Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side. Chickpea & Olive will be feeding your faces!

This month, we’ll be benefiting Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers (HEART). The mission of HEART is to foster compassion and respect for all living beings and the environment by educating youth and teachers in Humane Education. Stuff your dollars in the donation jar, and buy raffle tickets from HEART to win one of these great prizes: gift certificates from Lula’s Sweet Apothecary, Candle 79, Vegan Essentials, and Terri; chocolates from Rescue Chocolate; candy bars from Go Max; an item from Vaute Couture; and a Lia Sophia necklace!

Music by DJ Grand Format, DJ Megan Rascal, and DJ Jason Das!

Wanna let all your Internet friends know you’re going? RSVP on Facebook if you’re of the mindset to do so.

Have you read the new and improved Vegan Drinks FAQ? Please read it, even if you’re a regular at our event. (Really, please read it. All of it.)

We’ll turn down the music around 8:30pm and encourage people to promote themselves, their groups and/or causes for 30 seconds. If you represent a veg*n or animal rights group, come prepared with your (very short!) spiel and literature.

If you’re not already following our every move, connect with Vegan Drinks on Facebook, follow us on Twitter (@vegandrinks), and join our e-mail list.

Vegan Drinks NYC is usually held the last Thursday of the month from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.

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Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale Time!

by Tod Emko

April 12, 2013 9:31 pm

Filed under: Activism Events Food

It’s the most wonderful time of the year: Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale time! Over 100 vegan bake sales will be held globally from April 20-28, 2013.

There are quite a few bake sales scheduled in NYC that week, including one on April 28, hosted by the always wonderful folks at MooShoes. The sale will raise money for Food Not Bombs NYC, who recover and share free vegan food with the public without restriction every Sunday in Tompkins Square Park to protest war, poverty and the destruction of the environment.

Delicious goodies await

MooShoes will be full of all things yummy as well as information on how you can get involved with FNB.

Bakers and volunteers are still needed for this event, so please sign up!

And don’t forget to bring a bag or container to take your purchases home in (or a utensil to eat with there) to cut back on waste!

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