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Viva la Vegan! shows T.O.F.U. some love from the road

Ryan — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:59:50 +0000

One of the best things about the upcoming Vida Vegan Conference, outside of the free vegan goodies a certain Jess of Get Sconed! has promised me, is getting to finally meet plenty of folks I’ve been reading, tweeting or emailing about for so long. Of course, being out on the road for a few weeks is also high on the list, but I’ll write more about that later!

For now, I wanted to let you know that the lovely Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! has taken some time out of her North American travels to post an interview Kira and I did with her while she was still back enjoying warmer temperatures and bluer oceans in Australia.

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Leigh has plenty of great things on her websites, and her schedule is filled with conference and festival appearances over the next while, so be sure to give her some love somewhere along the way! I’m looking forward to swapping travel stories with her when we meet in Portland, and maybe trading goodies from our Vida Vegan bags.

Behind the lines: Lisa Dempster

Ryan — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 17:53:15 +0000

I’m not sure how Lisa and T.O.F.U. came to be such great friends, especially since we have yet to actually meet in person, but I am glad that the connection was made some time ago. Along with writing several articles for the magazine over the past few issues, including “I ♥ potlucks” in the most recent, I believe I can attribute the lovely Aussie invasion of the T.O.F.U. store to her blog.

Although it seems Lisa is stepping back from the blogging this year, you can still find her on Twitter and a few other Internetty places. Plus, you can check out her account of her 1200km Buddhist pilgrimage through the mountains of Japan in her book, Neon Pilgrim.

Blog | Twitter | flickr | Purchase Neon Pilgrim

In one word, why are you vegan?
Foodpolitics

How long have you been vegan?
Three years ish

Who would win in a fight: Quinoa or Cous Cous?
QUINOA SUPERFOOD!

Would you prefer to lead a revolution or to live quietly in the woods?
Revolt or die!

If there is a revolution, will it be televised or a Facebook event?
Neither. Twitter will rock the #revolution.

Favourite vegan thing in your town:
Melbourne has so much amazing vegan food, we are really spoilt for choice, so I’m going to cheat on this question: it’s a tie between Yong Green Food restaurant, New Day Rising cafe and Radical Grocery the vegan supermarket.

Love from down under

Ryan — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:20:18 +0000

Thanks to one of our regular contributors, Lisa Dempster, for spreading the word about the little guy. Given the attention (and payments) we have been getting from Australia, we’re stoked to have Lisa involved in any issue. So, hop over to her site, Unwakeable, and give her some love in return.

Even if you only learn what a panda shot is, it will be worth the click, right?

Lentil as Anything: is it love?

Ryan — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:29:19 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyHQdMny8CY

Alright, maybe it’s just a crush since they’re not entirely vegan, and they are on the other side of the world, but I can be smitten for today, right?

Lentil as Anything

They have a “pay as you feel” policy, three locations, live music, artwork, films and they are quite active in their community.

Oh yeah, they also share a kitchen with the fine folks who did the cupcake cartoons I posted about a little while ago, Mister Nice Guy Cupcakes.

Swoon.

Now, if they go vegan and add a record store adjacent to the restaurant, I’m going to have to grab my passport and credit card.

Vegan cupcakes as you’ve never seen them before!

Ryan — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 20:37:25 +0000

I’m not even sure how I came across this, but I’m glad I did.

Mister Nice Guy Cupcakes: Cupcakes Comics

In these lovely comics you’ll find the answer to such things as:

- What does broccoli make smell funny?

- What exactly is in the icing for vegan cupcakes?

I’m not saying you will want to know the answers, but you just might laugh when you find out!