Four for Forty Global Vegan Waffle Cookbook Giveaway

Posted on May 3, 2011 by WaffleAdmin

The Global Vegan Waffle CookbookAs we’re already in the month of May, we need your help to push up host numbers rapidly. If at least 24 new parties are signed up by noon on Tuesday, May 10* (bringing the total to at least 40), I’ll give away 4 paperback copies of The Global Vegan Waffle Cookbook. All hosts signed up by that time, including those who have already signed up, will be eligible. Because we’re a pretty low-budget operation, we probably won’t be having too many more giveaways like this. Winners announced on Vegan Waffles Facebook page by 5/11. So please spread the word!

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Meet Dylan, SpokesCow for Global Vegan Waffle Party IV

Posted on May 1, 2011 by WaffleAdmin
Global Vegan Waffle Party SpokesCow Dylan

Dylan, GVWC 2011 SpokesCow (courtesy Woodstock FAS)

We wanted to add a face to the important issues that our celebration seeks to address, including the treatment of animals in the dairy, egg, and meat industries, and the connections between these industries that are not yet common public knowledge.

Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary has kindly allowed one of their residents, Dylan, to serve as this year’s official SpokesCow.

Dylan’s story meshes particularly well with this year’s optional theme of Vegan Waffles, Ice Cream, and Sorbet. It conveys some of the common linkages between dairy and meat production. Dylan was taken from his mother, a dairy cow kept pregnant to sustain milk production, at only 3 days old to be confined and killed for his flesh. Most are not fortunate enough to be rescued as he was.

We’ve put together two one-page flyers for you to utilize at your event, if you find them helpful: Continue reading →

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Vegan Cookbooks Receive Two of Top Three Awards

Posted on April 28, 2011 by WaffleAdmin

Living Now Book Award MedalToday I was exceptionally excited to learn that The Global Vegan Waffle Cookbook was awarded the Bronze Medal in the Natural Cooking Category of the 2011 Living Now Book Awards. Another vegan cookbook, Benessere Well-Being: Vegan & Sugar-Free Eating For a Healthy Life-Style by Laurinda Erasmus, received the gold.

Groovah. Vegan cookbooks rockin’ the top three.

I owe another huge thanks to all the recipe reviewers and people mentioned in the acknowledgments who provided inspiration, including Global Vegan Waffle Party hosts. The book was a ton of work, and your additional energy helped it over the finish line. Continue reading →

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The Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale Also Needs Your Support

Posted on April 21, 2011 by WaffleAdmin

Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale bannerI’m indebted to a number of people for inspiration and ideas for the Global Vegan Waffle Party. Among them is Gary Lowenthal, the largely unseen and unsung orchestrator of the  Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale. In several ways, they are “sister events,” having grown up alongside one another over the last few years.

The WVBS is already poised to break its 2010 record, expecting well over 100 events with 50 between now and Sunday alone, but it could still use lots of additional signups. Individuals and organizations are welcome to host outside the recommended April 23-May 1 range, so it’s certainly not too late to organize something. We need some egg-free baked goods to offset all those Easter eggs.

So even if you don’t sign up for the Global Vegan Waffle Party, please sign up to host a Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale. Or both!

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Need Bacon with Your Vegan Waffle? Just Make a Daiya Vegan Bacon Patty

Posted on April 18, 2011 by WaffleAdmin

vegan Daiya bacon for your vegan waffleJust as most humans don’t crave flesh in its natural state as carnivores do, I never craved raw bacon. However, I did used to eat my share of it because the cooking process chemically transformed it into something that excited my taste buds. A waffle or pancake just didn’t seem complete without a side of bacon or sausage, and I also loved BLTs.

Of course, this was not great for the arteries, and not kind to the pigs, either. Nonetheless, there are a few flavors that for better or worse, simply don’t have a plant-based equivalent. Bacon seems to be one of them. This is why vegans hear so many bacon jokes. The thought of a bacon-free lifestyle may simply seem unimaginable to some.

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Joining Forces on Earth Day 2011: Pumping (Waffle) Iron & Pumping Up Vegan Books

Posted on April 17, 2011 by WaffleAdmin
working the waffle iron & 12" iron pancake skillet

working the waffle iron & 12" iron pancake skillet

All right, so I’m not as “ripped” as serious vegan bodybuilders. I accept that. However, I still keep myself in decent shape by running and pumping iron regularly. Oh, and there’s that plant-based diet thing.

The Global Vegan Waffle Party recognizes the links between kindness, health, and ecological sustainability, all of which vegan practices help to address. As we’ve emphasized through prior years’ themes, certain aspects of our consumption practices, such as our use of other animals, are often understated in the environmental equation. Continue reading →

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