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Vegan Quarantine: Day 87

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Welcome to Vegan Quarantine: Day 87. This daily video series is my way of keeping spirits high within the vegan community while also supporting independent business, charities, and musicians.

Links for everything discussed can be found below.

Flore Vegan in Los Angeles is a vegan restaurant that has reopened its dining room. Follow them on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/florevegan/

Kay Kay Food is a superstar vegan Chinese food business in London. Follow them on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/kaykayfood/

Follow London Vegan Afro on Instagram for vegan product updates and gorgeous food photos:
https://www.instagram.com/london_afro_vegan/

Urban-Ita is a non-vegan Italian restaurant in Sheffield with lots of vegan options. You can see their menu on their Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/urbanita288/

Recipe of the day. Creamy mango sorbet:
https://www.connoisseurusveg.com/creamy-mango-sorbet/

Music recommendation of the day. Killing In The Name by Rage Against The Machine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWXazVhlyxQ

You can support these daily videos by donating to my PayPal:
https://paypal.me/pools/c/8oikSipsfP

You can become a FGV Patreon supporter here:
https://www.patreon.com/FatGayVegan

Sage Bistro in Los Angeles

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One of the nicest places you could ever hope to have a comfort food experience is Sage Plant-Based Bistro.

With three locations throughout the Greater Los Angeles area, Sage is the perfect dining spot to make your Californian adventure extra special.

Last year I had a truly sensational meal with my buddy Patricia in the Culver City location, while a few weeks ago Gil and I ordered a whole bunch off the Echo Park menu.

The Brussels sprouts had us pushing each other out of the way and my strawberry shake was too creamy for this horrible world. We don’t deserve treats this nice.

Check out our feast below and be sure to follow Sage on Instagram.

LA book reading

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This is a super quick post to say thank you to everyone who came along to my book reading event at Stories book store in Los Angeles this week.

It was a wonderful feeling to see so many happy faces and we enjoyed some truly fantastic conversations.

It has been a dream of mine to have a book out but I never thought I would be presenting it to such wonderful people in a store in Echo Park. I’m still smiling.

It was also exciting for me to find copies of my book available in legendary book store Book Soup in West Hollywood.

This shop is one of the most loved and famous places for books in LA, so I am truly honoured to be in there.

If you are in LA, please visit either of these independent book stores and help keep them alive!

UK vegan food businesses head to LA

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The HUGE Eat Drink Vegan beer, food and wine event that takes place in Los Angeles each year is simply legendary.

What started in a parking lot in West Hollywood as the Los Angeles Vegan Beer and Food Festival (the inspiration for our little old beer events in the UK, BTW) is now a super-sized mega event held at the Rose Bowl once a year.

If you ever have the chance to get along to this event, it is mind blowing and you should do it. It is taking place on May 26 in 2018 so you still have time to plan your trip.

For extra incentive, the food line up this year (which usually runs to about 100 food businesses!) includes some of our favourite UK traders as well.

Included in the line up:

I’m super thrilled to see these businesses invited to trade at what is surely the most fabulous and respected vegan event on the planet.

All of these people above have worked relentlessly to promote veganism and have shown deep kindness, commitment and love for our vegan community in the UK.

They deserve their place in the sun.

Click here to get all the info on Eat Drink Vegan and follow the event on Instagram.

FGV in Los Angeles

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Are you in Los Angeles or know someone that is?

I thought I should let you know that I am presenting my book Fat Gay Vegan: Eat, Drink and Live Like You Give a Sh!t in a small informal book reading at Stories of Echo Park.

Stories is one of the coolest book stores on the planet and I’m thrilled to be presenting my first ever book there on Monday March 12, 2018 at 7pm.

Here is a little bit about the event:

Join us on March 12 7PM to meet Sean O’Callaghan aka Fat Gay Vegan. The prolific vegan blogger, activist, and event organiser will be in store to give a short reading and talk about his debut book Fat Gay Vegan: Eat, Drink and Live Like You Give a Sh!t.

The vegan community has grown hugely in the last decade, but for every person joining for ethical reasons, there are as many others who join because of the latest diet trend, food fad, or celebrity bandwagon. Products and politics, lifestyle gurus and companies, all have their own agendas for getting you to go vegan, often related to health and weightloss. Fat Gay Vegan turns these ideas on their heads, and shows how not only can you be fat and vegan, but that weight and health are not at the heart of what veganism is. In its simplest form, veganism is about living a life as free from cruelty as possible.

This means treating animals and people with respect for their lives and wellbeing, and social justice is as core to his work as finding the best vegan cafes around the world. He also extends his compassion to non-vegans, and there is no place for shaming here, only for challenging ideas. His book is a manifesto for kindness.

Sean will be available to sign books after his talk. Come along for some myth-busting, plant-based jokes, and sweet vegan treats!

You can see all upcoming events at Stories BooksandCafe online here.

RSVP and invite friends on the Facebook event.

You can also buy my book online here.

Vegan snack extravaganza

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I’m currently in Los Angeles which means a lot of snacking.

Check out some of the food and drink stuffs that have been making me smile these past few days.

Two massive take out trays of #vegan Ethiopian food from Rahel in Los Angeles. Look at that injera!

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Nothing going on around here except a bag of garlic dill pickle potato chips by McClure’s!!!!!! #vegan

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Too cool. The sea salt peanut bag on the right is just like how I remember peanut M&Ms. #vegan

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Gorgeous #vegan kale Caesar salad with crispy tempeh from @veggiegrill

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These will ALWAYS be one of my favourites. #vegan

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These gorgeous things made the cut during my #vegan snack frenzy today.

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Absolutely guzzled this! #vegan

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In love with the fried #vegan chicken basket at Doomie’s in Hollywood. Sides include slaw, mac n cheese and fries.

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Fried sprouts with nacho cheese at Vegan Beer and Food Festival in Los Angeles. #vegan

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Devilled #vegan eggs at Los Angeles Vegan Beer and Food Festival

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Tasty #vegan slider with seitan from @snackrilegeveganfoods at Los Angeles Vegan Beer and Food Festival today.

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The double down burger by @theherbivorousb at Los Angeles Vegan Beer and Food Festival today. #vegan

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I could drink this all day long. Gorgeous.

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Not a bad array of snacks, hey? Anything take your fancy?

Extra note: all these photos originally appeared on my Instagram account.

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Chocolate and peanut butter swirl

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Got plans to be in Los Angeles anytime soon?

Well, you had better make plans!

Today I stopped by a frozen yogurt shop on Robertson Boulevard in West Los Angeles as I had heard about dedicated vegan yogurt self service machines and toppings.

Milky’s is not a fully-vegan enterprise but they certainly do not shy away from their plant-based credentials. Check out the photos below and click play on the hypnotic video of me serving up a jumbo tub of chocolate and peanut butter swirl.

Glory!

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Extra note: these photos and the video all originally appeared on my Instagram account.

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Big enough for me

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Los Angeles is the danger. If you are vegan, you need to get to LA to experience what it is like to live without restriction.

I am currently in the area to attend Los Angeles Beer Fest and eat what I can. This city is a vegan mecca and plant-eaters are not sidelined or treated as an afterthought. Vegan is front and centre.

One shining example of LA’s love for vegans is the glorious Viva la Vegan supermarket in the Ocean Park Blvd. neighbourhood near Santa Monica.

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