well, well, well. of all the food events i’ve ever posted about on the blog, this one is definitely the most interesting! on thursday august 18th (that’s tomorrow!), chef joshua ploeg is cooking up a black banquet vegan feast for $25 per person.

what exactly is a black banquet? joshua explained it to me via email…

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UPDATE 7/20: the first urban food crawl on 8/20 is officially sold out! wow! no worries though, it’s a weekly event and they are now selling tickets through october. i suggest you pick a date and act fast. this is a popular event!

well now, this is exciting! there’s a new vegan adventure in town, and it’s called urban food crawl. the group plans to give weekly meat-free eating tours around the city, and the first one is on august 20th in downtown LA.

this actually sounds really freaking cool. a great excuse to try new food, meet new people, and explore our city. they haven’t disclosed the menu for the first tour yet, but here’s what one of the organizers has to say about it…

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last week we blogged about the fact that kindkreme, LA’s dairy-free ice cream parlor, is up and running in echo park. well tomorrow, they’re having their grand opening party and you are all invited.

here are the details…

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UPDATE: we have chosen a winner! congratulations CYoFC! to everyone else, you can still buy tickets to this amazing event…so get on it. it’s gonna be awesome!

healthy taste of LA “where the finest in plant based cuisine meets the best of nutritional science” is an event going down in redondo beach on november 7th, and we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky reader. the event sounds pretty great…there’s gonna be health presentations by experts, as well as cooking demonstrations and VEGAN FOOD from some of our favorite chefs including david anderson of madeleine bistro, rachel carr of cru, eric lechasseur of seed kitchen, tanya petrovna of native foods, and rawsheed of sunpower natural cafe! i can’t even imagine being in the same room with all that tastiness. my head would explode.

more details and how to win after the jump—>

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quick heads up, peeps! one of our favorite vegan bloggers and cook book authors, jennshaggy, has teamed up with her wife jane and started a new non-profit girls night called “MaNiC” at skinny’s in north hollywood. it goes down every thursday at 10pm, and as jenn puts it, “Even if you’re not gay, there’s an excellent reason to attend because part of the proceeds are being donated to the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center. And did I mention 2 for 1 drinks until 11pm for all the ladies out there? Come on. How can you beat that.”

drinking with friends for charity?! sounds good to me. i will definitely be there on thursday to support…how about you?!

MaNiC will also be donating to animal rights charities in the near future, but until then, let’s show that we are all about the gay and lesbian cause. get out and support our vegan friend as well as the LGBT community!

plus, the people who go to this shindig obviously wear some very cool clothes. (i’m looking at you, chick on the left):

MaNiC skinnys!

for more info check out MaNiC’s facebook page, their website, and their event page for this week!

hey everyone! advance tickets are on sale NOW for the los angeles vegan beer fest! get ’em while you can at a special discounted price…

here are the details:

tickets now on sale!
the vegan beer fest is on saturday 11/6/10 at the roxy from 1pm-5pm.
special advance pricing, just $35 for general admission and $45 for VIP
ticket price includes unlimited pours of dozens of craft beers. VIPs get to come to the fest an hour early and get greater access.
a portion of the proceeds will be donated to ARME!

Prices will soon go up to $45 and $55.

To buy tickets WITHOUT the ticketmaster fee call 310-278-9457 or visit the roxy theatre
box office on sunset. opening hours are:
10am – 6pm monday through friday, plus from 8pm-12am tuesday through sunday

to buy tickets online, hit up ticketmaster

if you are interested in volunteering for a bit and then drinking, please fill out our volunteer form! we will be getting back to everyone shortly.

hurry up and buy tickets people, before the prices go up!

PS: there will also be TONS of tasty vegan food to purchase and eat at the fest from seabirds truck, mandoline grill, fresh fries, yalla truck, and doomie’s home cookin‘!

obviously this blog is normally about vegan food…but you know that we love to booze it up as well, so i just wanted to give you a heads up about LA beer week. the 11-day celebration of beer culture in los angeles and orange county is already underway, and will culminate with an enormous all you can drink beer festival on sunday 10/17 in downtown LA (hurry and get your tickets NOW!).

awesome beer events are going down all around LA this week, and the sponsors include several of our BFFs including tony’s darts away, surly goat, verdugo, eagle rock brewery, and drink eat travel. be sure to check out the events calendar for more info, and please try to make it to the festival next sunday. after all YOU NEED TO GET IN SHAPE FOR THE LA VEGAN BEER FEST, okay?!?! consider this a warm up!

worldfest this year was fucking epic. were you there? ARE you there? i mean, it’s going on until 7pm, so if you read this post in time, seriously get over there.

i just got home, and i must say it was an incredible day of drinking and eating. many hours were spent in the beer garden sipping on bottle after bottle of lagunitas ipa and czech style pilsner. after several helpings of beer and several sets of loud ska music (the drinking area is located right next to the main stage), we decided to make the rounds and eat as much as we possibly could before heading home. the highlights of the day were as follows:

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