2 WHAT YOU’LL FIND AT THE VEGETARIAN CENTER OF NYC: A RESOURCE GUIDE The Vegetarian Center is the If you’re a vegetarian, we’ve brightest jewel in VivaVegie’s got the answers! education and outreach crown. The Vegetarian Center of NYC is a unique clearinghouse for information. On a daily basis, it receives numerous The VivaVegie Society has a solid history of service to phone calls and walk-in visits from inquisitive people in- the vegetarian community. Since 1991 it has distributed terested in the vegetarian lifestyle. People are always tens of thousands of copies of its hallmark publication, grateful for what the center has to offer them, usually “101 Reasons Why I’m a Vegetarian” by Pamela free of charge. Rice. It has continuously published its journal, The Viva- Vine, for over 10 years. It has been tireless in its dedication This place is here for you. to creative and effective vegetarian street outreach. Hun- Today we vegetarians have a place to call home—a fa- dreds of people, and perhaps thousands, have adopted cility that is there strictly on our behalf. In the long run, the vegetarian lifestyle because of the efforts of the group. the center will grow into whatever the vegetarian com- VivaVegie’s proudest accomplishment, however, has munity of New York City decides it should be. VivaVegie been the opening of its Vegetarian Center. Here is a has laid a foundation. The challenge for us as a com- place that focuses on projecting the vegetarian point of munity is to come together and build this center into a view as its primary mission. VivaVegie needs your sup- place vegetarians can be proud of, one that represents a port for the maintenance of the current center as well as large, active, and influential constituency. for its dream of a street-level center, which would have the important advantage of visibility. The Vegetarian Center… Misconceptions abound about vegetarianism. Until • hosts lectures, video screenings, workshops, and dis- every person on Earth understands the real costs of meat cussion groups; and no one sees vegetarianism as a deprived lifestyle, • offers a referral service for restaurants, stores, vegan there will be a need for vegetarian centers everywhere. products, and vegetarian organizations; The Vegetarian Center needs your support. The staff of • houses an archive of books, pamphlets, magazines, VivaVegie reminds each vegetarian that every 4 hours Mc- menus, and cataloged news reports of interest to Donald’s Corp. opens a store somewhere in the world. Cer- vegetarians; tainly, the great city of New York deserves at least one place • functions as a meeting place for groups and research where vegetarians can count on finding an advocate. room for students and journalists; • serves as a drop-in space for passers-by to pick up a restaurant guide or other vegetarian information; • offers pro-vegetarian T-shirts and lapel buttons; • is a place for visitors to speak one-on-one with a real, live vegetarian! THE VEGETARIAN CENTER OF NYC 121 E. 27th St., Suite 704 646-424-9595 [email protected] E www.vivavegie.org We’re wired. The center is equipped with two Macintosh com- OFFICE HOURS ARE GENERALLY puters, one printer, one scanner, and one writable CD-ROM 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M., Monday–Friday. • Always call ahead. drive. Faxes can be received if you call ahead. The center is also MAILING ADDRESS: hooked up to the Internet for surfing the Web, sending and re- The VivaVegie Society ceiving e-mail, and uploading to the VivaVegie Web site. P.O. Box 294, Prince Street Station New York, NY 10012-0005 http://www.vivavegie.org Information line: 212-871-9304 WHAT YOU’LL FIND AT THE VEGETARIAN CENTER OF NYC: A RESOURCE GUIDE 3 Dear Veggie Center enthusiast: Until every town and city has its own public vegetarian center, please consider supporting the only one in the nation in existence at the moment: VivaVegie’s Vege- tarian Center of New York City. It takes enormous amounts of time and money to keep this symbol of vegetarian solidarity running. Sure, the Center can always use volunteer help— keeping its resources properly categorized and cataloged. Pamela Rice & Penelo Pea Pod (Murray Schechter) • Photo by Susan Egan But financial support is also The Vegetarian Center stands as a monument to the vege- tarian lifestyle, a testament to all who hold its tenets dear. Just vital to the Center’s opera- by being in existence, this shrine to conscientious and cruelty- tions. And of course, Viva- free living regularly gains coverage from the media—attention Vegie is 501(c)3, which that our perspective might otherwise not enjoy. The above means that your donations photo was published in Time Out New York in June 2001. That are tax-deductible. publication, as well as the New York Post, 1010 WINS Radio, WNYC Radio, WNBC’s “Extra,” Metro TV, and others, has vis- —Pamela Rice,FOUNDER ited our Center to hear the vegetarian point of view. As long as the general public—and even vegetarians themselves—have one more thing to learn about vegetarianism, our doors must remain open! Join us. Support us. Lend a hand with this 21st- century cause. ߜ I want to contribute to the Vegetarian Center of New York City. Enclosed find $________.___. □ Friend: $25–$199 □ Sponsor: $200–$499 □ Major Contributor: $500–$1,999 □ Benefactor: $2,000 and up for VivaVegie’s Vegetarian Center of New York City. □ Please use my gift specifically to produce copies of this guide. Date: _______________Name: ______________________________________Organization:__________________________________ Title:________________________________Address: _________________________________________________________________ City:________________________________________________________________________State: ___________ZIP: _____________ Phone number: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ The VivaVegie Society is a nonprofit, 501(c)3, charitable organization. Donations are tax-deductible. VivaVegie will issue receipts for contributions over $15. Mailing address: The VivaVegie Society, P.O. Box 294, Prince Street Station, New York, NY 10012-0005. • For more information, call 646-424-9595. 4 WHAT YOU’LL FIND AT THE VEGETARIAN CENTER OF NYC: A RESOURCE GUIDE The Book Collection at the Veggie Center FAR FROM COMPLETE, THIS LIBRARY OF VEGETARIAN SOURCES SHOWS THE BREADTH OF OUR CULTURE. Adams, Carol J., Living Among Meat Eaters: The Vegetarian’s Cook, Robin, Toxin, The Berkeley Publishing Group, 1998. A Survival Handbook, Three Rivers Press, 2001. suspense novel about E. coli contamination. Adams, Carol J., The Sexual Politics of Meat, Continuum Cooking with PETA: Great Vegan Recipes for a Compassionate International Publishing Group, 1990. Kitchen, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, 1997. Arlin, Stephen (with Fouad Dini and David Wolfe), Nature’s Davis, Brenda, R.D. (with Vesanto Melina, M.S., R.D.), First Law: The Raw-Food Diet, Maul Brothers Publishing, Becoming Vegan, Book Publishing Company, 2000. 1997. Davis, Karen, Ph.D., Instead of Chicken, Instead of Turkey: A Barker, Rodney, And the Waters Turned to Blood, Simon & Poultryless “Poultry” Potpourri, Book Publishing Company, Schuster, 1997. 1993. Barnard, Neal, M.D., The Best in the World, Physicians Davis, Karen, Ph.D., Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs: An Committee for Responsible Medicine, 1998. Fast, healthful Inside Look at the Modern Poultry Industry, Book Publishing recipes from exclusive and out-of-the-way restaurants. Company, 1996. Barnard, Neal, M.D., Food for Life, Three Rivers Press, 1993. Della Croce, Julia, Italy: The Vegetarian Table, Chronicle Barnard, Neal, M.D., Foods That Fight Pain, Three Rivers Books, 1994. Press, 1998. Donahue, Debra L., The Western Range Revisited: Removing Barnard, Neal, M.D, The Power of Your Plate, Book Publishing Livestock from Public Lands to Conserve Native Biodiversity, Company, 1990. (The 1995 edition is also available.) University of Oklahoma Press, 1999. Berkoff, Nancy, R.D., Vegan Meals for One or Two, The Eisman, George L., The Most Noble Diet: Food Selection and Vegetarian Resource Group, 2001. Ethics, Diet-Ethics, 1994. Foreword by Michael Klaper, M.D. Berry, Rynn, Famous Vegetarians and Their Favorite Recipes, Eisnitz, Gail A., Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Pythagorean Publishers, 1995. The author is a New Yorker. Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry, Prometheus Books, 1997. Berry, Rynn, Food for the Gods: Vegetarianism and The World’s Religions, Pythagorean Publishers, 1998. Fifty Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth, Earthworks Press, 1989. Berry, Rynn, Why Hitler Was Not a Vegetarian, Pythagorean Publishers, 1999. Fox, Nicols, Spoiled: The Dangerous Truth About a Food Chain Gone Haywire, Basic Books, 1997. Boyd, Billy Ray, For the Vegetarian in You, Taterhill Press, 1987. Fuhrman, Joel, M.D., Discover the Health Equation, published by the author, 1999. Braunstein, Mark Mathew, Radical Vegetarianism, Panacea Press, 1993. Fuhrman, Joel, M.D., Fasting and Eating for Health: A Medical Doctor’s Program for Conquering Disease, St. Martin’s Griffin, Breier, Davida Gypsy, Vegan and Vegetarian FAQ: Answers to 1995. Your Frequently Asked Questions, The Vegetarian Resource Group, 2001. Includes a nutrition section by Reed Mangels, Haynes, Linda, The Vegetarian Lunchbasket, New World Ph.D, R.D. Library, 1999. Brody, Jane E., The New York Times Book of Health, Random Hutto, Joe, Illumination in the Flatwoods, Lyons Press, 1995. House, 1997. The diary of a man who had a brood of wild turkeys imprint on him. Brower, Michael, Ph.D. (with Warren Michael, Ph.D.), The Consumer’s Guide to Effective Environmental Choices, Three Jacobs, Lynn, Waste of the West: Public Lands Ranching, pub- Rivers Press, 1999. lished by the author, 1991. Brown, Arthur (with S. Barbara Holmes), Good and Cheap Vegetarian Dining in New York, City & Company, 1994. Butts, Lauren, OK, So Now You’re a Vegetarian, Broadway Books, 2000. Calbom, Cherie, M.S., The Juice Lady’s Guide to Juicing for Health, Avery Publishing Group, 1999.