It’s time for a Mohawk Bend Authors’ Worth Celebrating event, and this time it’s with the delightful Annie and Dan Shannon cooking up Julia Child’s favorites, but vegan! OH HELL YES.

Here are the details! Get your tickets TODAY:

Monday, August 31
6pm – 9:30pm
$40/per person
RSVP beginning August 10th: authors@mohawk.la

The evening will include…
a four-course vegan meal straight from the cookbook along with craft beer and cocktail pairings. Plus, Annie and Dan will offer guests a Julia Child-inspired cooking demonstration so folks can recreate the dishes at home.

About Annie and Dan Shannon…
Annie and Dan Shannon, the authors of Betty Goes Vegan, are back. In their new book, they show readers how to cook creatively and thriftily with recipes, sidebars, and tips on stocking a pantry and using ingredients creatively.

Most recipes result in leftover ingredients and servings that can be reused in multiple ways, reducing waste in your kitchen while keeping your meals fresh and flavorful. Inspired by the recipes and cost-saving techniques used during the Depression and World War II and paying a vegan homage to Julia Child, The Shannons have figured out how to get the most out of what you’ve already invested so that you can spend less and get more. With recipes like Korean Kimchi BBQ Burgers, Vegan Yankee Pot Roast, Not-cho Everyday Chili Dogs, and Savannah Pecan Pies, MASTERING THE ART OF VEGAN COOKING offers a way to make eating vegan both affordable and delicious.

Southern California: We’ve got some amazing news for you! A 1,600-square-foot space, Vegan Scene, is opening in Venice Beach, and it’s gonna be bananas. Started by Amy Rebecca, the visionary behind Fur Free LA and Vegans of Instagram, this 100-percent vegan venue will host everything and anything veg–including a retail space, parties, classes (fitness! cooking! etc!), and all sorts of awesome events—including PUPPY ADOPTIONS.

They’re having a launch party this Friday, July 31, but it’s unfortunately sold out. Womp Wah. However, you should stop by on Saturday to pursue their adorable vegan merchandise, or head over on Sunday at 10am to take a yoga class! Or, just check out their website and visit soon and often! 

Yay Vegan Scene! Congrats on your launch and we can’t wait to take all the classes, buy all the stuff, and eat all the food. YOU GO, GIRL.

Hey! Everyone in the San Francisco Bay Area! Go to the Marin Vegan Bake Sale! And/or bake for it! Just get involved because it’s incredibly delicious and you MUST NOT miss out. Details below!

This year’s bake sale takes place on Sunday, June 7 from 11:30am–2:30pm, generously hosted outside one of Marin County’s most welcome additions: Veggie Grill in the Corte Madera Town Center.

The Marin Vegan Bake Sale is donating all moneys raised to the Marin Humane Society, an organization which offers refuge, rehabilitation, and support services to more than 10,000 domestic animals and wildlife each year through a myriad of community services.

The bake sale features mouthwatering creations contributed from local, big-hearted individuals and businesses, including Obsessive Confection Disorder (makers of the official Vegan Confection for the 2012 Academy Awards Lounge AND winners of our heart and stomachs, always), Cinnaholic (love!!!), and Hannah’s Edible Art. Community members can support by showing up the day of to purchase baked goods and to donate.

Additionally, Veggie Grill will be donating 50{ae720e0b436026f867bfa0c31185c2252a138f27e85f5f152ec5acc1c10a8cc9} of all food and beverage sales to diners who mention the fundraiser while ordering lunch between 11am to 4pm that day. Come hungry and leave happy!

Those who want to dust off their aprons and contribute vegan baked goods for the bake sale event can contact marinveganbakesale@gmail.com to get involved, and everyone can watch the Facebook event page for updates. Come out to support the Marin Humane Society, experience the joy of vegan eating, and have fun!

What, When and Where:
Marin Vegan Bake Sale on Sunday, June 7, 2015, from 11:30am-2:30pm.
Veggie Grill Fundraiser on Sunday, June 7, 2015, from 11am–4pm – mention the fundraiser when you order lunch.
All at Veggie Grill, 100 Corte Madera Town Center, #147, Corte Madera, CA 94925

The Marin Humane Society is a registered 501©(3) organization that offers refuge, rehabilitation, and support services to more than 10,000 domestic animals and wildlife each year through a myriad of community services, including adoptions, foster care, behavior and training, humane education, pet assistance for people in need, lost-and-found pet services, low-cost clinics, and more. They are a local, independent organization and are not a chapter or affiliate of any national organization. Your support of the Marin Humane Society directly helps animals in your community. 

Marin Vegan Bake Sale is organized by the volunteer group Marin Animal Protection.

Walmart—which sells 25{ae720e0b436026f867bfa0c31185c2252a138f27e85f5f152ec5acc1c10a8cc9} of groceries in the US—made an earthquake of an announcement this morning that it’s coming out against battery cages, gestation crates, and veal crates, among numerous other practices. As Wayne Pacelle notes about it today, “this is the most definitive statement yet that the era of confining farm animals in cages will come to an end.”

A new Gallup poll finds, among other things, that a majority of Americans are now concerned about the treatment of farm animals.

Yet while Americans care about farm animals, North Carolina lawmakers sent an ag-gag bill to Gov. Pat McCrory’s desk. Newspapers across the state are editorializing in favor of a veto. You can comment on his Facebook page (on any post there) urging him to veto it, too.

Finally, did you hear the one about the cattle rancher who went vegan and converted his ranch to a sanctuary? Check out ABC’s coverage.

Video of the week: What are HSUS’s opponents saying about the organization? Enjoy.

Meet Genesis Butler, an 8-year-old vegan who is brilliant,
adorable, and beyond reproach. She’s delivering her support for Meatless
Mondays in Long Beach, Calif., and she is SPOT THE EFF ON. (I didn’t
swear because a child is present.)

I love everything about
this video, except councilwoman Stacy Rose Mongo. This dummy thinks that
issuing a city council declaration means that the vegan police will go
into every restaurant on Monday and burn their meat supply. No, dummy.
It’s merely encouraging restaurants to serve up more veg
options on Mondays and get people to eat them. The smart businesses should offer up some delicious vegan dishes and advertise them
like crazy. That’s how you win friends. With salad. (Just not the kind
that dummy Stacy Rose Mongo is eating.)

Also, anyone else think Genesis should one day marry Luiz Antonio!? It’s gonna happen.