Results tagged “vegan”

• Tonight: The Store (2002 N. Halsted) is hosting "Martini Madness," benefiting Cabrini Connections, an organization that provides mentoring and tutoring to children living in Cabrini Green. $40, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
• Saturday: VeganMania, a festival of all things vegan, takes place at the Pulaski Park Fieldhouse (1419 W. Blackhawk) from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Best thing about this is it's free.
• Sunday: The Publican's monthly beer dinner will feature selections from St.Feuillien. Cost is $40 for the family-style dinner, $15-$20 extra for the beer. (837 W. Fulton Mkt., 5-10 p.m.)

    

For the past month, Chicagoist has been saluting National Vegan Month with restaurant visits, recipes and photo galleries. One thing we've noticed is the lack of strictly-vegan restaurants in our city. Amitabul, Karyn's Raw Cafe, and Chicago Diner are among the few and proud. But lucky for us, there is a strong showing of vegan-friendly restaurants which are, typically, vegetarian restaurants with vegan offerings.

November is National Vegan Month and to celebrate we will be bringing you recipes, reviews and food pr0n of vegan dishes and restaurants. We found this animal product-free cookie recipe from an excellent source for vegan recipes and news- Chef Beverly Lynn Bennett's website, The Vegan Chef. We swapped a few ingredients for others and added a few of our own (because we lurve coconut) and made some pretty delicious cookies. Although, we must admit, the absence of butter, refined sugar and eggs were missed. Vegans: we'd love to hear your cookie-baking insights and secret ingredients below...

When the temperature in Chicago is 80 degrees with 100 percent humidity, a giant sandwich of stacked meat and melted cheese is slightly less appealing to us that it was four months ago. In our quest to find a sandwich that won’t put us into a cured meat coma, we ventured to the mecca of Chicago’s health food extremists. We went raw. Specifically, Karyn’s Fresh Corner Café for the Square of Joy sandwich.

Remember when Oprah swore off burgers and the beef industry went apeshit? Well now she's going whole-hog vegan for 21 days.

Chicagoist's general rule toward our vegetarian tendencies is, if we wanted a dish-chock full of meat, we'd eat it. As such, plates full of fake meat masquerading as juicy animal parts (a vegan Reuben sandwich, for instance) generally hold little appeal, and we instead opt for dishes full of clearly identifiable veggies or simple marinated tofu.