Showing posts with label Sugar Beat Sweets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sugar Beat Sweets. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Celebration Extravaganza

The Chef: Banhwich

The Menu: Vietnamese sandwiches! And spring rolls! And exclamation points! Okay, so maybe we are a little excited, but more on that later. Let's just say that these sandwiches were quite possibly the freshest ones we've ever had. The bread was delicious, the tofu was perfectly marinated, and even the cilantro haters (okay, make that hater—there's only one) in the office found the fresh green delectable. Oh, and those spring rolls? Yeah, all we can say is that perhaps we ate more of them than was advisable. Yum! Since we are pulling out all the stops today, we also had a sweet treat in the form of an incredibly rich chocolate cake with thick, amazing peanut butter frosting from Sugar Beat Sweets,which you see pictured below and modeled by VN's resident hand model, Aurelia.

The Goods: Um, okay. Are you sitting down? Item number one: tomorrow is our fabulous editorial director/hand model's birthday, which would have been reason enough to celebrate on its own. Item two: today is the one-year anniversary of Café VegNews! That's right, our very first blog is officially a year old. Oh, but what's that you say? You're looking for more reasons to celebrate? Well maybe our brand-new, freaking gorgeous, extra-exciting website has finally launched! We've got a completely redesigned VegNews.com for your perusal. You just might want to go ahead and make sure that you don't have any plans for later, since you'll be flaking on them! Oh, did we mention that there are daily giveaways on the new site? And maybe we also have a little something we like to call the Tree Free edition—aka a completely digital version of the magazine—the first issue of which is free so you can decide just how much you love it! If anyone needs us, we will all be dead from excitement for the next 24 hours. Eeeek!

Monday, October 6, 2008

Primo Primavera

The Chefs: Jenny, Lyndsay, and Abby

The Menu: An absolutely delicious pasta primavera. You know what the best thing about primavera is? You can use an incredible variety of veggies in this adaptable dish. Today, Jenny tossed in fresh red and yellow bell peppers, halved cherry tomatoes, broccoli, sun-dried tomatoes, and fresh basil. Abby busted out some of her signature biscuits, which also featured the fresh basil. Lyndsay was on salad duty and did a fine job, combining greens, tomatoes, and avocado.

The Goods: After the craziness of the weekend—namely one Vegan à Go-Go! Book Bash and one World Veg Festival—it was great to have such a hearty meal to start out the week. In addition to the great grub, we were also treated to the fab company of Vegan Body Building's Robert Cheeke, and fellow muscle man Ricardo Moreira. As if our two guests weren't enough to perk us up, Joseph scored some delicious cupcakes from Sugar Beat Sweets over the weekend, which we enthusiastically devoured. Here are the two people in attendance least likely to be seen with cupcakes, what with their killer workout schedules and all: