Halloween and Boston Vegetarian Food Festival
Last night we joined up with captial_l and technolope to go out to Arlington for a Halloween gathering. As within our friend circle, it was a low-key affair -- fdmts wore a taco costume (with sombrero!), and I wore a Medicine / Science officer outfit from Start Trek TNG. (Just couldn't suspend disbelief all THAT much!!) Much fun and good food was had by all, with a return home around 1 in the morning (egad, I'm OLD).
This morning, we got up, just feeling off -- maybe something of the 5,000 things we ate yesterday? -- and bummed about for a bit, then headed to the much anticipated Boston Vegetarian Food Festival. We've gone about 2 years ago, and were heinously overcrowded, and the extreme leftists were in high abundance. This year, we took the T from the house, got there around 11am, and had much more time / space to examine the exhibits and chat with people. I actually paid dues to BVS -- since I benefit from their programming, I figured it was only right -- and got a T-shirt.
Foods / Companies that we liked from our foray:
Purrfect Play - Organic, dye-free dog and cat toys. Sampled organic catnip... let's just say Minnow is a fan!!
Sudo Shoes - All vegan shoes and accessories
Bouchard Family Farm - French Acadian buckwheat crèpes, made in Maine
Christian Vegetarian Association - An interesting group of Christian vegetarians
Lakonía Greek Products - AWESOME olives, and natural pressed olive oils
Leaping Bunny - a sub-group of the New England Anti-Vivisection Society, who provide a cruelty-free shopping guide
Herbivore Clothing - Has the BEST shirts!!
Nyota's Ting - Vegetarian, no-kidding SOUL FOOD from Jamaica, NY. They do packages of meals for delivery! 718-217-0583
Laxmi Jain - Mrs. Jain teaches vegetarian Indian cooking in the Boston area, plus there's lots of recipes!!
Peace Works - An organization fostering peace between Arabs and Israelis in the Middle East by forging business relationships -- they have Meditalia products, which are fabulous pestos and tapenades.
Ocean Approved - US-based Kelp farmers from Maine
and last, but not least:
Norma's Catering - Puerto Rican Vegetarian cuisine - normacatering@yahoo.com / cell: 617-427-9006
This morning, we got up, just feeling off -- maybe something of the 5,000 things we ate yesterday? -- and bummed about for a bit, then headed to the much anticipated Boston Vegetarian Food Festival. We've gone about 2 years ago, and were heinously overcrowded, and the extreme leftists were in high abundance. This year, we took the T from the house, got there around 11am, and had much more time / space to examine the exhibits and chat with people. I actually paid dues to BVS -- since I benefit from their programming, I figured it was only right -- and got a T-shirt.
Foods / Companies that we liked from our foray:
and last, but not least: