A Very Vegan Jamaican Thanksgiving November 20, 2011

Fire N Spice Vegan Restaurant. A diamond in the rough!

Okay, so here’s a quick shout out to my FAVORITE vegan restaurant, Fire-N-Spice Vegan Restaurant.   It’s Jamaican vegan food (huh?!) and it’s about the best thing to hit the dying scene in Hartford, CT since Mark Twain!  The owner and staff are amazing.  The food brilliant.  And the amount of food for the price is practically a steal!

Here’s a video of the owner ‘splaining a little about this little vegetarian god send:

I plan on attending their Thanksgiving dinner right after I put my time in with my carnivorous family.  If any of you are in the CT area and want to attend here’s some more info:

Fire N Spice Thanksgiving Dinner

I might have a full review of the event next week.

Hopefully, I’ll see some of you there!

The Cancer Project September 19, 2011

Greetings Fellow Veganites!

Tonight I went to a cooking and nutrition workshop presented by Jane Sirignano from the Cancer Project.  She’s the head of the CT chapter.  It was a fantastic class on cooking plant-based meals to aid in cancer prevention and survival.  She was both knowledgeable and passionate in her presentation.  We all were able to taste delicious samples of smoothies, soups (cooked and raw), guacamole, and black bean dip.  It was followed up by a vegan potluck.  The entire event was hosted by the Northern Connecticut Vegetarian Society.  I ate three plates of food (plus the food samples) and only paid eight bucks and contributed a four dollar pineapple!  (Who’s a piggie????)  I can’t say enough about how amazing the food was (and the people weren’t half bad either! LOL!).  From vegan cornbread to a lentil stew (that tasted like a sloppy joe with pulled pork) to delicious corn bread and bountiful salads.  Whatta steal!

Here’s a video of Jane Sirignano as a guest on one of our local channels:

I highly recommend checking out this amazing organization (associated with Neal Barnard and the PCRM).  My mom recently passed away of cancer so this is something I can really get behind since it’s a true preventative approach to many of our cancer-related illnesses (that is if you buy into the research of T. Colin Campbell and other nutritional scientists like him).

Hope this post can be helpful to someone who might be suffering from this painful disease or for your loved one who is…

Peas and luv,

DreamGeek