April 2012
60 posts
Raw Eats at Greening The Block
Well it was certainly one of those beautiful and activity filled weekends here in Las Vegas. One of the tremendous events that took place Downtown on Main Street near the Arts Factory was Greening The Block. This was a two day event where a city block was transformed into a variety of wonderful shops, a farmers market, a raw food cafe, a coffee house, and more filled with recycled and upcycled...
“He’s the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most...”
– Benjamin Franklin
“What counts most is not to live, but to live aright.”
– Socrates
Linguine Bombaline
I have this internet vegan blogger cohort named Kristin who is on an an amazing journey that you can read about on her blog, Will Travel For Vegan Food, where she has embarked on an adventure to travel across the country to try all of the vegan restaurants around the country. That is my kind of quest. Her adventure took a glorious turn recently when she had an opportunity to go to Europe to...
Friends and Vegan Food on The Brooklyn Bridge
Not the real Brooklyn Bridge…but the mini re-creation in front of New York, New York. It was time for a wonderful event, The Vegas Spring Social, that was put on by Lindsay Metter (Blue Luna Marketing), Yolanda Arteaga (Yaevents), and Dr. Darian Parker (WTS International). The bridge was full of people networking and finding out about health and wellness possibilities. Music was rocking...
“Vegetarian(veganism) is necessary to the very rich and the very poor. The poor...”
– Natalia Borissowna Nordman
Mongolian BBQ - Vegan Style
I have had Mongolian-style BBQ many times over the years but it has been quite a while. I have never heard of the the Genghis Grill chain until I saw a restaurant pop up in Henderson this past month. Genghis Grill is based out of Dallas, TX and is in about half of the United States right now with plans to move into the others as well. This restaurant in Henderson is the first Genghis Grill in...
“It is, I think, not going too far to say that every fact connected with the...”
– Thomas Bell, Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Teeth
When You Want it Kind and Spicy Too
I love that when I have business in Downtown Las Vegas there is a Red Velvet Cafe outpost now close by. The small cafe that they now have at the Lou Ruvo Brain Health Institute at the Cleveland Clinic is wonderful for all of those visiting the institute, but also for anyone Downtown to perhaps shop at the outlets or pick up some tickets at the new Smith Center for The Performing Arts next door....
“The same amount of land used to graze and feed cattle could feed ten people; if...”
– Alexander von Humbold
Why I Love To Veg Out
I do love to veg out in general, but I especially like to do it when I can enjoy the absolutely wonderful food created by Veg Out. If you have not had the opportunity to meet these terrific people and taste their amazing vegan creations that you can find at the Fresh 52 Farmers Markets on Saturdays and Sundays. I had the opportunity to pick up lunch to go this past Sunday and I really need to...
“If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter...”
– St. Francis of Assisi
A Bowl of Italian Comfort and Love
I could not resist…I had to make my way back to Slice of Vegas Pizza in the Mandalay Place and enjoy some more of what that they have to offer. This new restaurant is not only close by one of my places of work, but I love the vegan-friendly offerings that they have. You read about the my amazing experience last week with the vegan pizza and chocolate-peanut butter cake. Oh my...
“You have learned something. That always feels at first as if you had lost...”
– George Bernard Shaw
Slide Some Of These Over My Way
The Yard House is more than just a place to go and watch the game and grab one of over 150 drafts beers that they have on tap. Not that there is anything wrong with that. The Yard House also has some above-average food offerings. You know that I love their mushroom and tofu lettuce wraps. I have commended them in a number of my blogs as well on the Gardein section of their menu that features...
“For every 16 pounds of grain and soy fed to beef cattle in the United States we...”
– Frances Moore Lappe, Diet For A Small Planet
The Greenest Vegans I Know
We had the pleasure recently of dining with some new friends of ours, Steve and Marsala Rypka, at their amazing net-zero electric, solar powered home in Henderson. They are an extremely engaging, intelligent, resourceful and wonderful couple. They are committed vegans and are also living as green as anyone that I have personally seen. In the last 7 years they have reduced their carbon...
“The meat industry is one of the most destructive ecological industries on the...”
– Paul Watson
“Comparative anatomy, therefore, proves that man is naturally a frugivorous...”
– Sylvester Graham, The Science of Human Life
Munch and Lunch with Joe
So far I have yet to find the perfect grocery store. All have their pluses and minues. Farmers Markets are wonderful but you still need to supplement your purchases there with items from a store. If you are like me you have your favorites and when you are in the area of one, which is the most eco-friendly way to shop, you stop in and pick up what you need. There are stores that certainly...
Fishing for Veggies at Shabu-Shabu
I don’t fish…I never really have…and now I know I never will. For me, there is no point to it and the fish don’t like it all. But if I can use “fish” in a general sense to explain how I retrieve veggies that have been cooked in front of me for a few minutes out of a Japanese hot-pot, that would help me to explain my wonderful dining experience at Shabu-Shabu...
“Life remains immoral or falsely moral, if there is cruelty and killing for the...”
– Swami Avyaktananda
“Veganism has given me a higher level of awareness and spirituality.”
– Dexter Scott King
A Big Slice of Vegan Pizza Nirvana...
I have been waiting anxiously for Slice of Vegas Pizza to open in the Mandalay Place. Just a week ago this exciting new restaurant opened up, right next door to Hubert Keller’s Burger Bar. I was hopeful that this new restaurant would be something special for both the locals and the many tourists who pour through Mandalay Place. Score a big one for Slice of Vegas Pizza here. They are that...
No Bull With This
Perhaps one of the least likely places you might expect to find me trying to Eat Vegan in Vegas would be a famous country western saloon and BBQ restaurant with scantily-clad girls riding a mechanical bull for fun. Well, at least the BBQ restaurant part anyway. Smiles. I was on an adventure at Treasure Island, which is a good place to be on an adventure by the by with all of those pirates and...
“I do feel that spiritual progress does demand, at some stage, that we should...”
– Mahatma Gandhi
I'll Take a Little Samba With My Sushi
The Palazzo is a beautiful place…I love the natural light that streams in the lobby as well as the Palazzo Shoppes courtyard. It also has some very interesting places to eat, one of those being Sushi Samba. This is a colorful and lively restaurant that combines the flavors of Japanese, Brazilian, and Peruvian cuisines. I had already done some advance checking and there was a few things...
“There is a true correlation between our food choices and violence in the world. ...”
– Peter Burwash
A Smile from Peru
It is about time that I made my way to Mi Peru, an award-winning Central and South American restaurant lurking just a couple of miles from where I live. I love trying new restaurants and I have heard wonderful things in general about Mi Peru, but I was wondering if I could actually find something vegan-friendly that I could eat and write about. On first glance, it did not look too...
“The nearer the dawn, the darker the night.”
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Spring Mediterranean Salad feat. Israeli CousCous
Ahhhh…for sweet addictions. Right now, Israeli couscous might be one of mine. As much as I thought I enjoyed regular couscous this is on another level altogether. Two things got me headed down this road. One was the incredible Vegetable Curry Bowl at DW Bistro that has Israeli couscous in it. Oh my. And then my friend Lisa made a salad similar to this that I though I would have some fun...
“Refrain at all times such foods as cannot be procured without violence and...”
– Thomas Tryon, The Way to Health, Long Life, and Happiness, 1683
Time for Some Baja Fresh
When I started this little endeavor almost 10 months ago to do 365 days and 365 vegan meals in Las Vegas, one of the things that I said I would do is try and cover all of the bases. Some meals to cook at home but also to explore and discover all that can be found from fast food to casual to fine dining. It has been an amazing adventure and one that will continue in a slightly enhanced form from...
“There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.”
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Gourmet Deli at Panevino Wins
My days of going into most Italian delis and enjoying all of the creations loaded with cheese, cheese, and more cheese are long over. I do have some places that I go to where I stop in and pick up some of my favorite dry pasta from Italy or some sauces or other condiments, but there is only one place where I actually enjoy sitting down and having a meal and know that it is everything that I...
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
An Urth Burger and A Show
You might think finding yourself, as a vegan, in Holsteins in the Cosmopolitan as somewhat odd. A place that somewhat glorifies their use of beef and meat in a variety of different ways. There is no denying that. Yet when I see the big cow out in the front of the restaurant it actually serves as a reminder to me why I do what I do and why I have committed my life to a mission of kindness for...
“The poetry of the earth is never dead.”
– John Keats
Take-Out at Pura Vida
I have never seriously considered taking food to go at Pura Vida, other than occasional cookie to be enjoyed later. I treasure the experience of just being able to sit and enjoy the love that is in the air and savor each and every bite of the beautiful and kind food that is presented to me…all vegan, all of the time. My full intention was sit and have an enjoyable hour, maybe do a little...
“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the...”
– Princess Diana
Saving The Earth One Pizza At A Time
A little slice of vegan pizza heaven has come to the Las Vegas valley…and it is found in Henderson on the Eastern Ave. strip of shops and restaurants. Nestled in the shopping center near Trader Joe’s and opening yesterday is Pizza Fusion. This is not your average pizza restaurant by any means. I had heard a lot about Pizza Fusion as a pizza place like no other and I had to see it...
“We must recognize that it is ecological suicide for us to endeavor to maintain a...”
– Michael W. Fox, Inhumane Society
A Little Persian Veggie Delight
I finally stopped in…and I am glad that I did. Flame Kabob, A Taste of Persia, is a restaurant that I probably have driven by at least four times a day for the past few years. I always wondered what I might be able to enjoy there. What a great location on E. Sunset right across from the observation lot where you can watch all of the planes land and take-off at McCarran Airport. Not to...
“My mother was convinced, and on this head I have retained her firm belief, that...”
– Alphonse de Lamartine
“We will one day think it as horrible to eat animals as we now think it horrible...”
– Rose Scott
Eating Kind at The Grand Lux Cafe
When I first started coming to Las Vegas about twelve years ago, I was taken to the Grand Lux Cafe in the Venetian. I was told at the time that this was their cafe for casual dining. My first impression is that we did not have casual dining cafes quite like this in California. It was large, it was beautiful, and the value was incredible. Above average food. Since moving here and then becoming...
“I’m on a vegan diet. I do yoga every day, I work out, I’m totally...”
– Avril Lavigne
Drunken Spaghetti and Tomato-Basil Bruschetta
I am posting my recipe blog a day early this week and this is my veganized version of something I saw this crazy funny/good Italian guy, Fabio, make on Yahoo. He has a short little cooking show called Ciao Chow that posts every week. He has some great recipes but they need some help to be vegan-friendly. This recipe calls for the sacrifice of a bottle of wine. It is intended to use leftover...
An Enjoyable Lunch in The Garden
Do you know of those buildings that have housed a number of restaurants, so many that you have kind of lost track even what the last one was….Italian, maybe? Who is to say that perhaps the next one will find the magic and maybe be the one that stays. I know of places just like this and I just visited one that I think has a really good chance of making it work…The Garden Cafe...
“It is incredible how much prejudice has been allowed to operate in favor of...”
– Phillip Hecquet 