TABLE OF CONTENTS
1) URGENT: YOU WILL NEED TO SIGN UP TO OUR NEW EMAIL LIST
2) SFVS - East Bay Thanksgiving Potluck, Co-sponsored with East Bay Veg*ns.
3) Thanksgiving Day Dining Out, Thursday, November 22 at 11:30 a.m.
4) Free Vegan Thanksgiving Cooking Class by Dave Koot Sunday, November 18, 2007
5) Spicy Pumpkin Soup
6) 8th Annual World Veg Festival will be the weekend of October 4 & 5, 2008
7) ARFF - "Animal Rights Filmfest of San Francisco" & SFVS Potluck, December 1
8) SFVS Holiday Potluck, Sunday, December 9 Co-sponsored with Animal Switchboard
9) Christmas day Open House, Tuesday, December 25, at Dixie May' residence
10) SFVS Annual Meeting, Sunday, January 13, 2008
11) VegNews Magazine: SFVS won the 2007 Veggie Awards Best in Category
12) SFVS Dining Out, Sunday, December 2 at 6:00 p.m.
13) Join the SFVS Online Bulletin Board
14) SFVS Discount Provider List
15) SFVS Tax-deductible Donations (used clothes, old cars, wills, etc
1) URGENT: YOU WILL NEED TO SIGN UP TO OUR NEW EMAIL LIST
SFVS had changed to a new host-server. If you enjoy receiving email announcements from SFVS o nongoing lectures, potlucks, dining out, World Veg* Festival, etc. you will need to sign up to our new emailing database. This will be your LAST CHANCE to sign up. Emails sent out using Graphicsmail will be discontinued since it is not cost-effective:
SIGN-UP is easy and painless. Your email address is for exclusive use by SFVS only. It will not be shared with any third party. This is an emailing list only. No one can post to this group.
Click on the link below and type-in your email address where you want your emails forwarded; or you can copy and paste the link to your browser to bring you to the link. You will then receive a confirmation letter that you have joined the emailing group:
http://www.sfvs.org/mailing_list.php
2) SFVS - East Bay Thanksgiving Potluck, Co-sponsored with East Bay Veg*ns.
Sunday, November 18: Socializing & Appetizers 5:00 p.m.; Dining 6:00 p.m.; Dancing 7 to 9:00 p.m.
633 Glenwood Isle, Alameda, hosted by Elizabeth Bechtold
$1 suggested door donation with food enough for 10 people or $10 without food.
Attire: Dressy
Vegan Thanksgiving recipes encouraged. Raw Food very welcome.
Directions: From 880, take High Street Alameda Exit. At stoplight, turn west onto High Street and proceed over bridge 1.5 miles. Turn right onto Otis Drive and right onto Glenwood. From Fruitvale BART Station, take Bus #50 to White Hall & Willow, then walk 2 blocks to Otis and 1 block to Glenwood. Call 510-864-1111 for last minute directions or to volunteer beforehand. No door fee for those arriving two hours early to volunteer setting up and prepping raw appetizers.
Thanks
Dixie Mahy
President
San Francisco Vegetarian Society
3) Thanksgiving Day Dining Out, Thursday, November 22 at 11:30 a.m.
Millennium Restaurant, 580 Geary Street, corner of Jones, in the Hotel California, San Francisco
Paid reservations in advance required. Make checks out and mail to SFVS, c/o Joseph Cadiz, 73 Rondel Place, San Francisco CA 94103 by November 20. Due to limited space in the Banquet Room, those who get their money in first will have priority seating. The special SFVS price will be $45.00 per person; $25 for children under 12. Price includes vegan hors d’oeuvres, salad, entrée, dessert, vegan nog, and coffee or tea, tax & tip. Wine and extra beverages are extra. Call our veggie hot line for more information 415-273-5481.
4) Free Vegan Thanksgiving Cooking Class by Dave Koot
Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 2 p.m.
1844 Broderick Street, near California Street
San Francisco
For more information, 707-774-1904
5) Spicy Pumpkin Soup
Courtesy of VegNews and Robin Robertson.
Here's what Robin has to say about this, spicy little
number: "Inspired by a soup served during late autumn at my favorite
Thai restaurant, this creamy soup, redolent of coconut milk, ginger,
and peanuts, is a great way to add excitement to the usual
Thanksgiving menu. The chiles may be omitted for a mild yet flavorful
version."
What You Need:
1 tablespoon cold-pressed canola oil
1 small yellow onion, chopped
2 teaspoons chopped ginger
2 red Thai chiles, split lengthwise or 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
2 teaspoons chopped fresh lemongrass (white part only) or 1 teaspoon
lemon zest
3 cups vegetable broth
3 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
1 16-ounce can pureed pumpkin
1 13.5-ounce can unsweetened coconut milk
1/3 cup peanut butter
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon light brown sugar or a natural sweetener
Salt to taste
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro or Thai basil
2 tablespoons crushed roasted peanuts
What You Do:
1. Heat the oil in a pot over medium heat. Add the onion, ginger, and
chiles. Cover and cook until softened, about 3 minutes.
2. Stir in the lemongrass, broth, and soy sauce and bring to a boil,
then reduce heat to medium and simmer for 10 minutes. Strain the
broth into another pot and discard the solids.
3. Over low heat, whisk in the pumpkin, coconut milk, peanut butter,
lime juice, and sugar, and season to taste with salt. Cook, stirring,
until smooth and hot, about 10 minutes, without boiling. Serve hot,
garnished with cilantro and peanuts.
6) The 8th Annual World Veg Festival will be the weekend of October 4 & 5, 2008
celebrating World Vegetarian Day (October 1st), Go Vegan Month, and The
San Francisco Vegetarian Society's 40th anniversary!
7) ARFF - "ANIMAL RIGHTS FILM FEST of SAN FRANCISCO"
Don't miss A R F F
Animal Rights Film Fest of San Francisco
Saturday Dec 1, 11:30am-10pm &
Sunday Dec 2, 12:30pm-7pm
Fort Mason Center (Marina Blvd @ Buchanan)
Bldg C, Suite 260 ...waterfront screenings
of films and videos about kindness to animals,
improved human health, and saving the
environment...with speakers, filmmakers, food, and fun
...
Saturday: 11:30 San Francisco Vegetarian Society - Vegan Potluck
Fort Mason Center (Marina Blvd @ Buchanan) Bldg C
Tentative Schedule, subject to change
Babe—12:15-1:45PM
Super Size Me—1:50-3:30PM
Speaker—3:30-3:45PM/ live music
Diet For a New America—3:45-4:45PM
Dealing Dogs—5:00-6:15PM
Chris DeRose (confirmed)—6:15-6:30
Eating (part 1)—6:45-7:15PM
Lethal Medicine—7:15-8:15PM
Shannon Keith (confirmed)—8:15-8:30PM
Behind the Mask—8:30-9:45PM
Sunday
Chicken Run—12:15-1:40PM
Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest—1:45-3:00PM
Speaker on forests / music—3:00-3:15PM
Mad Cowboy—3:15-4:35PM
The Witness—4:45-5:30PM
Tools of Research—5:35-6:15PM
Chattel—6:15-7:00PM
Thanks to CAFE GRATITUDE for its food donation, FABES
BAKERY for its donation of cakes, pies, and cookies,
San Francisco Vegetarian Society for its support
DAILY ADMISSION - Suggested Donation:
adults $10, students and seniors $5, sfvs members $5,
children under 12 - free
emcee - Bob Linden of GO VEGAN RADIO on Air America
heard in the SF Bay Area Sundays, 9pm, GREEN 960-AM
Further details: www.GoVeganRadio.com
8) SFVS Holiday Potluck, Sunday, December 9 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Animal People Party Co-sponsored with Animal Switchboard
Fort Mason Center, Building C, Room 260, Laguna & Marina Streets, San Francisco
$1 suggested door donation & vegan potluck dish. Children welcome.
Celebrate the holidays with a fun vegan afternoon with food, friends, entertainment, and gift items for sale. (If you
would like to donate an item for SFVS to sell or if you have some talent, call 415-885-2251 and leave a message.)
This is the first year SFVS has co-hosted this annual event with Animal Switchboard. Join the merriment and support
two worthy organizations. For more general information, call 415-474-4021.
9) Christmas day Open House, Tuesday, December 25, 3 to 6 p.m.
At home of SFVS President Dixie Mahy, 1450 Broadway #3, between polk and Larkin, San Francisco, RSVP required,
415-885-2251, message tape. members and friends are invited to drop by for some vegan holiday cheer.
10) SFVS Annual Meeting, Sunday, January 13, 2008, Refreshments at 3:30 p.m. Meeting at 4:00 p.m.
IOA, 3600 Geary Boulevard, between Palm & Arguello, San Francisco
MUNI #38 at Trans Bay Terminal and BART at Montgomery Exit.
Members are encouraged to attend this once a year meeting in order to have a quorum. Reports for the year 2007 will
be presented. Future events, including whether to have a World Veg Festival in 2008 will be discussed. Nominations
for officers and board members will be presented and voted on for a two-year-term. If you are interested in serving as
an officer or on the board, please call 415-273-5481 to submit your name to the Nominating Committee by December
23, 2007.
11) VegNews Magazine: SFVS won the 2007 Veggie Awards Best in Category
By now you've probably heard the buzz... the Veggie Award buzz. You or your organization have been voted the best in its category in the 2007 Veggie Awards. Published in our November+December holiday issue, the annual awards are the largest survey of its kind in the world, with 20,000 readers voting for their favorite veg products, people, and places in nearly 50 categories.
Here's a sneak preview of all the winners:
http://www.vegnews.com/veggieawards_2007.html
The magazine hits newsstands November 1 and is currently en route to subscribers everywhere.
Next week, we'll be shipping you a beautiful framed award along with two copies of the current edition. If you're a retailer, we will also include a snazzy window decal for your store. To help you further promote the award to your customers as well as to local, national, and industry media, we have available winner logos (print and web ready), a cover image of the current edition, PDFs of your feature, the VegNews logo, and a sample press release. If you need any further material, just let us know. Previous winners have had great success promoting the award in years past. We simply ask you link any website mention to VegNews.com.
With 180,000 readers in 38 countries, VegNews Magazine is thrilled to honor you with a prestigious Veggie Award. Congratulations again!
Most sincerely,
Colleen Holland
12) SFVS Dining Out, Sunday, December 2 at 6:00 p.m.
Enjoy Vegetarian Restaurant, 750 Kirkham Street, corner of 12th Avenue, San Francisco
Enjoy No-Host dining out and celebrate SFVS President Dixie Mahy’s Birthday (no gifts). RSVP 415-273-5481.
13) Join the SFVS Online Bulletin Board
Post your recipes, announcements or read ongoing news in the veg* community by joining the SFVS yahoo board. You do not have to be a member of SFVS to join. Simply click on the link below:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SFVeg/
14) SFVS Discount Provider List
Avail of the discounts provided by the SFVS Discount Providers like Millenium Restaurnat, Cafe Gratitude, etc in the Bay Area. Your SFVS membership is practically paid off. Link link below for complete list of SFVS Discount Providers:
http://www.sfvs.org/blog/2007/03/sfvs-members-discounts.html
15) SFVS Tax-deductible Donations (used clothes, old cars, wills, etc), see link below:
http://www.sfvs.org/donations.php
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