Showing posts with label salt lake city. Show all posts
Showing posts with label salt lake city. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Media Lunch over Burritos


The Chef: Colleen and Taqueria Cancun

The Menu: Grilled burritos filled with rice, black beans, onions, tomatoes, and guacamole—plus chips, two kinds of salsa, and melon agua fresca

The Dish: This week couldn't be busier here at the VNHQ, but we love it! Today, VN Publisher Joseph and I dined with friends/media colleagues Mike, Thea, and Maire from Next Steps Marketing. They hadn't been to our new digs, so we finally had them over for the grand tour plus lunch from our favorite Mexican taqueria. If you're ever in San Francisco's Mission district and need good food fast (and cheap), Taqueria Cancun is the place to make it happen. So tasty, so fresh, and always a hit. It's a gorgeous day in the city, but I am still dreaming of my vegan weekend in Salt Lake City—the veg scene there is off the hook! Check out our just-posted Vegan Food Tour of Salt Lake City for all the evidence you'll need (think vegan quesadillas, chocolate-dipped vegan soft-serve, and two vegan bakeries). Plus, several members of the VN staff will be in Los Angeles this weekend for the Animal Rights Conference. If you're going, be sure to stop by and say hello!

Monday, July 11, 2011

Kale Salad, Shawarma, & Peanut Butter Bars


The Chef: Colleen and Herbivore

The Menu: A marinated kale salad with fresh tomatoes and cucumber, and a grilled shawarma with soy chicken, eggplant, avocado, potatoes, seasoned onions, pickles, tahini, and hot sauce.

The GoodsTwo of the dishes Herbivore always nails is its kale salad and shawarma. And today I ordered both. Well, I shared both with Assistant Editor Anna Peraino, and they were absolutely delicious. Today our staff celebrated the start date of our Fall internship program and welcomed brand-new editorial assistants Hilary Pollack and Joni Sweet. Per VegNews tradition, we took our new staffers out to lunch to toast their first day and ended up with several kale salads and shawarmas around the table. They're that good! We then returned to the VNHQ and dove into a platter of vegan goodies from Salt Lake City's City Cakes & Cafe—everything from peanut butter bars, mocha cookies, and fudge brownies. Happy Monday!

Several VN staffers enjoyed Herbivore's signature shawarma—eggplant, potatoes, soy chicken, and hot sauce in a grilled tortilla.

VN Publishers Joseph Connelly and Colleen Holland brought back desserts for VegNews staffers from City Cakes & Café in Salt Lake City.