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The VeganBucket

Here at VegNews, we’re professional vegans. We think, write, blog, and brainstorm about the vegan lifestyle all day, every day. ListIn the more than 10 years that we’ve been at this, we’ve picked up a few tips on how to make the exciting, compassionate, modern way of life that it should be. Our editors pooled their knowledge, and we’re thrilled to bring you our list of 99 absolute must-dos before you retire to that great farm in the sky. Without further ado: The Vegan Bucket List.

46 VegNews Think. Eat. Thrive.™ March+April 2011 Swim in the greenhouse pool then dine at the Ravens’ 1 Restaurant at the Stanford Inn

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Join the cookie/brownie/fudge-of- the-month club at Allison’s Gourmet.

Meet your vegan superhero. Design your perfect custom cinnamon Whether it’s , John Ask your (non-vegan) family roll at Cinnaholic in Berkeley, Calif. The Salley, Kathy Freston, Wayne or friends to try a vegan meal, Pacelle, or Tal Ronnen, go day, or week. It’s the perfect to one of your favorite star’s birthday gift! VeganBucket public events and thank them for their work.

Accept that your veganism is bigger than you and your circumstances. Don’t get bummed about it. Hear former cattle rancher-turned- vegan, , speak. Devour a cowvin cookie at Sticky Fingers Bakery in Washington, DC. Eat a veggie dog Rub a pig’s belly at from a street cart in ’ Animal Vancouver, BC. Acres or ’s Woodstock Farm . Splurge on a beautiful Matt & Nat bag that you Work with local can carry with pride for businesses to add more many years to come. vegan options to their menus.

Here at VegNews, we’re professional vegans. We think, write, Veganize your Write a letter to a vegan Take a VegNews VegVacation blog, and brainstorm about the vegan lifestyle all day, every day. grandmother’s activist who is in prison. to India. Or Thailand. Or… ListIn the more than 10 years that we’ve been at this, we’ve picked up favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. a few tips on how to make veganism the exciting, compassionate, Visit Portland, Ore.’s vegan Then share with mini-mall. Leave with a tattoo, Be vegan until 6pm, and then stay modern way of life that it should be. Our editors pooled their everyone. knowledge, and we’re thrilled to bring you our list of 99 absolute cookie, message t-shirt, and vegan until the following day. Repeat. must-dos before you retire to that great tofu farm in the sky. a few snacks for the road. Without further ado: The Vegan Bucket List.

Host a cruelty-free Halloween party with Perfect a Have a pizza bake-off with every vegan caramel apples, spiced (and signature tofu cheese to discover your favorite. spiked) apple cider, and scramble. > pumpkin carving.

46 VegNews Think. Eat. Thrive.™ March+April 2011 .com VegNews 47 Dine at Candle 79 in New York and Give fun vegan gifts such as Devour the Portobello Millennium in , not on the cookbooks, baked goods, Vegan Stack with red potatoes same night. Go with people whom you Etsy jewelry, and wine every and cauliflower mash at truly adore, and feast on appetizers, chance you get. Sublime in Ft. Lauderdale. salads, entrées, drinks, and desserts (multiples of each). Share everything so you get to taste it all! Purchase 1,000 Vegan Recipes by Robin Robertson and never Become a vegan myth- have to buy another busting machine—even vegan cookbook again. if you never need to bust Take a vegan tour of Los Angeles, vegan myths. stopping at Eko Zone, Pure Luck, Shojin, Real Food Daily, Native Foods Café, and Veggie Grill, to start. Attempt to work Volunteer for Food Not out as hard as Bombs. It doesn’t get much , better than providing hungry Kenneth Williams, Sail the Caribbean, people with free vegan food. Tonya Kay, Robert practice morning yoga, Cheeke, or Scott Jurek. and visit exciting ports of call on the all-vegan Read The Face on Your Plate when Holistic Holiday at Sea. you need a little extra information about animals and why they are too amazing to eat. Try vegan ethnic Make the VegNews Mac & Cheese. food, such as Filipino, It changes lives. Korean, or Sri Lankan.

Grab the ‘D’s BBQ Joint Hold a Vegan wrap at Seattle’s Hillside Bake Sale for Inspire at least one Quickie and have a picnic your favorite person to become vegan. at nearby Volunteer Park. animal charity.

Trek to Toronto in Don’t judge meat- Order a Vegan Treats’ Peanut September for the annual eaters. They’ll just Bomb cake to celebrate your birthday. Vegetarian Food Fair. stop listening to you.

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Join Twitter and Facebook, follow or friend a bunch of your non-vegan acquaintances, and send along great recipes, videos of cute farm animals, and timely vegan news.

48 VegNews Think. Eat. Thrive.™ March+April 2011 Attend the North 59 American ’s Vegetarian Summerfest conference.

Rekindle your childhood love of PB&J. Help the environment by opting for a (see p.98 for additional bicycle or running shoes over a car. inspiration) Savor the four-course open-to-the-public Friday Create something that helps night dinner at NYC’s humans feel compassion Natural Gourmet Institute. for animals: a video game, children’s book, ’zine, novel, Read or re-read John movie, or blog will do! Robbins’ timeless classic, . Vacation at the all-vegan The Lodge in Grenada. Go on a Vegas-style bender at Ronald’s Donuts. Bring on the bear claws, old-fashioned, and Remind your non-vegan loved ones that if chocolate-dipped doughnuts! it’s good enough for President Clinton, it’s good enough for them. Get caught up on your veg-friendly Adopt a turkey in reads by joining the November, then VegNews Book Club. savor Native Foods Café’s Wellington for Thanksgiving. Cook an entirely vegan holiday dinner for your Eat at both the Native Host movie friends and family. Start a balcony Bowl and Homegrown nights and herb garden. Smoker vegan food carts show Bold in Portland, Ore. Native, , Visit MooShoes in The Big and Babe. Apple and purchase a truly fabulous pair of vegan footwear, then march in the annual Parade. Attend a volunteer night at the PETA Donate headquarters in Order a custom-made all your Norfolk, Va.

birthday cake from San non-vegan Try Soydairy’s > Francisco’s MaggieMudd clothes to mozzarella sticks. ice cream shop. charity. Recover blown mind.

vegnews.com VegNews 49 Write a well-thought- out letter to the editor promoting veganism.

Have your vitamin D and B12 levels tested.

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Spend an afternoon handing out ’s “Why Vegan?” brochures.

Attend the Texas Start a Vegan Drinks meet- State Veggie Fair, up in your hometown and then head to Spiral get to know your local Diner for amazing vegans, boozily. vegan eats, deep in the heart of Texas. Demolish the garlic fries at San Spend a week at The Gentle Francisco’s AT&T Eat a huge vegan Gourmet vegan B&B in . Park. Brush teeth. sundae at Lula’s Sweet Apothecary in .

Make your own seitan , in every flavor you Memorize five quick can imagine. comebacks to the Take a cooking Send a question “Where class at Spork vegan care do you get Foods in West Read package. your . Eating protein?” Animals Attend a Hoe by Jonathan Down, then book a few extra Safran Foer. nights at the sanctuary’s B&B.

Own at least one cookbook by Isa Become a vegan hostess Read Crazy Sexy Diet, Chandra Moskowitz, Colleen Patrick- extraordinaire by throwing holiday and see if you don’t Goudreau, and Ani Phyo. parties, brunches, bonfires, turn into a green-juice barbecues, fondue nights, and so on. drinker. We dare you. Visit the Chicago Diner and feast on the Reuben, mashed potatoes, Devour soft-serve ice cream from and cookie dough Take a Wanderbird Cruise New England’s Like No Udder, the peanut butter to Alaska or the Caribbean. world’s first vegan ice cream truck. milkshake.

50 VegNews Think. Eat. Thrive.™ March+April 2011 Study T. Colin Donate money to your Campbell’s The China Find a vegan restaurant favorite animal charities. Study as if your life in every city you visit, no depended on it. matter how remote!

Try Justin’s Chocolate Hazelnut Butter. Then Make your own Study the history of the women’s, try not to put it on every dim sum! It’s civil rights’, gay rights’, or any single thing you eat. stupendously other social-justice movement satisfying, not to that has bettered the lives of Volunteer to muck out mention delicious. beings who were once treated as stalls at the Catskill Animal property. Learn from them! Sanctuary or Animal Place.

Stay at the Watch Earthlings at least Vegetarian once. Then, if you feel Country yourself getting burned House Hotel out or losing your drive for in England’s veganism, watch it again. Lake District. Pen your own vegan manifesto. Keep it in a Attend (or, even better yet, place that’s easy to see, Eat beignets and the have!) a vegan wedding. just in case you need a chocolate soufflé at little reminder. Madeleine Bistro in Los Angeles. Read every issue of VegNews ever published. Your ideas here: Write to Food Network and request more vegan content. Journey to the Genesis Awards. It’s swanky, fun, and you can actually see a difference being made—not to mention rub elbows with fancy Hollywood types.

What’s on# your bucket list? Admire the work of your favorite Let us know on Twitter #veganbucketlist, vegan artist. (Don’t have one yet? on Facebook, or email us at Check out Gretchen Ryan, Peter [email protected]. Make soup in five minutes flat Max, or .) using a Vita-Mix blender. 99 Rescue a companion animal.

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