Celebrate World Vegetarian Day
Why not host a party for family or friends on Saturday, the 1st of October, in celebration of World Vegetarian Day?
The American Dietetic Association states: “A well-planned vegetarian eating style can be healthful, nutritionally sound, and beneficial for the prevention and treatment of certain diseases.” By taking time to treat good friends to a vegetarian meal, you send out a clear message it is possible, and even festive, to choose this healthful and respectful way of life.
Friends of Animals’ newly published cookbook, Dining With Friends: The Art of North American Vegan Cuisine, offers recipes that will impress your friends with the joy and ease you can bring to vegan food preparation.
Celebrate this holiday and your friendships in style with a Walnut Pear Salad with Celery Seed Dressing, or a Tempeh London Broil. Or draw on global influences, from Tofu Hummos with Toasted Cumin Seed to the aromatic Arroz y Habichuelas (Puerto Rican Rice and Beans).
Raw foods will be much more than an experiment with Spicy Hijiki salad or a refreshing Mint & Mango juice.
Or bring back memories with classic desserts, like Chocolate Marble Cheesecake.
Nectar Bat Press makes its debut with this new cookbook. Nectar bats know no border as they naturally delight in the flowering of the agave plant, from which we derive agave nectar. Likewise, pure vegetarianism is an ethic without borders—between species or between peoples. We are pleased to offer a truly peaceful, life-affirming cookbook that includes a range of fresh, unique ideas from the playful to the elegant. Author Priscilla Feral says, “It’s also the best ethical response to human hunger, to our current environmental predicament, and to respecting the other living beings with whom we share the planet.”
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Dining With Friends: The Art of North American Vegan Cuisine (2005). Foreword by John Robbins.
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On September 18, 2005, junkpearl wrote:
I got info on WVD in the mail, but I can’t find much about it online. In the pamphlet I got, you can order posters, postcards, Tshirts etc. by phone but there is no website. I went to the NAVS site, but I couldn’t find much there, except for the info that they are the founders of the day or something….Where can I find more info? The husband and I are having our familes over Oct.1 for a veg. meal and we want to have pamphlets available to take home.
Thanks!!
April Swortzel
On September 19, 2005, Lee Hall wrote:
Dear April Swortzel,
Thanks for visiting our site and taking the time to write. We are sponsors of World Vegetarian Day, which, as you know, was established by the North American Vegetarian Society.
The following message comprises excerpts from an article that appeared in a number of Connecticut newspapers. We worked for over a year on this cookbook and have confidence that it will be a valuable and worthwhile inspiration in your preparation for World Vegatarian Day… and your holidays as well. Hope you agree. Proceeds go to non-profit, pro-animal and vegetarian advocacy.
We don’t eat our friends: A cookbook for vegans
By Jeannette Ross
Sept. 1, 2005
…Vegetarianism is popular and the idea of being a vegan doesn’t mark you as an oddball. There are many more products to make cooking easier, and many more cookbooks with a wide variety of menu options.
One of these is Dining with Friends, The Art of North American Vegan Cuisine by Priscilla Feral and Lee Hall, both of whom are associated with Friends of Animals, headquartered in Darien. This beautifully illustrated book offers 129 recipes ranging from breakfast items to hors d’oeuvres, soups, salads, main dishes, sandwiches, breads, and desserts.
Priscilla Feral is president of Friends of Animals, an international organization that works to cultivate a respectful view of animals, both wild and domestic. … Priscilla said, “people can take direct action by taking animals off their menu. Saving a giraffe is a lot harder than choosing what you are going to eat for lunch.”
A chef herself, she said the goal of the cookbook is to make vegan dining enjoyable and easy to assimilate. “People may think it’s too much of a challenge,” she said. “Mostly it is a book about recipes to inspire people and give you alternatives.”
…Some people are vegans for health reasons, others for ethical reasons. What’s the problem with eating dairy products? The biggest concern for Priscilla and others is what happens to the calf of a dairy cow. The vast majority become veal cutlets, and many people are familiar with the sorry circumstances in which veal calves are raised.
“There are moral issues that need to be advanced as well as economic and health issues,” Priscilla said. “Vegetarianism offers a better use of land in that you are growing crops to feed people directly, rather than growing soybeans to fatten cattle. This is the bigger picture.”
…Priscilla developed 85% of the recipes herself, and the remaining ones come from chefs she admires. …I personally tried two recipes during those recent dog days of August: The gazpacho, which was easy and really refreshing, and a Black Bean and Corn Salad, which everyone in my family gobbled up. It made for a really nice break from standard side dishes like cole slaw or potato salad.
The book includes a helpful glossary of ingredients, nutrients, and vegetarian terms that explains where certain items come from and why some products are used over others.
…For those who really want to make a go of vegan eating, the book offers seasonal holiday menu ideas. The holiday winter menu includes: Cauliflower Soup, Green Salad topped with Green Onion Dressing, Tofu Spinach Lasagna, Green Beans with Almonds, Chocolate Marble Cheesecake, Almond Crescent and Thumbprint Cookies, and Hot Cranberry Punch.
Dining with Friends costs $19.95 (plus $6 for shipping and handling), and can be purchased directly from Friends of Animals [click on the photo of the cover, top right of this page].
On September 19, 2005, Daniel Hammer wrote:
April,
Friends of Animals offers vegetarian pamphlets available through our online store.
Our “Vegetarianism - For the Animals, For Your Health, For the Planet” pamphlet is a three-fold brochure with a basic introduction on why vegetarianism helps animals, the planet, and your health.
For a more detailed pamphlet see our “Vegan Starter Guide”. This is a comprehensive, full-color booklet on the whys and hows of a vegan lifestyle. It includes several compelling reasons to “go vegan”; up-to-date nutritional information, tips for food shopping and preparation; a special message for younger vegans; and more than 20 delicious and easy-to-prepare recipes.
Best wishes to you and your family this World Vegetarian Day!
Daniel Hammer
Friends of Animals
On September 24, 2005, junkpearl wrote:
Thanks for your help. I went to the Charlottesville Vegetarian Festival here in Virginia today and I got a lot of great things there as well. It was a lot of fun. I work at the local Barnes & Noble in Harrisonburg, Va and I was able to put a display of Vegetarian books in the window with a sign “October is Vegetarian Awareness Month”. Hopefully this display will have people asking questions :-) By the way, I’ve ordered extra copies of “Dining with Friends” to feature in the window as well. If I”m able, I will take a picture and send it…
best,
April