Like dessert? Join us for a sweet celebration of
World Vegan
Day!
The Logistics
Sunday,
November
4, 2:00 - 4:00 PM
(don't forget to turn your clock back Sat. night)
Amani
International
Coffeehouse & Cafe
507
Foreland St. (North Side)
Ample free on &
off street parking
Buses: 500, 54C, 1A, 1D, 1F, 6A,
6D
(for trip planning, get directions in
Google
Maps then click "Take Public Transit")
$5 at the door, includes
all the
treats you care to eat
$1 kids 12 & under
Free for contestants!
Help spread the word! Quarter
sheet b&w
handbill,
8.5 x 11 b&w flyer,
8.5
x
14 color poster
The
Event
- Get to know your
local
vegan
bakers and sample their free
treats:
- Free vegan
ice cream
samples
- Turtle
Mountain
(Purely Decadent)
- Oh Yeah Ice Cream & Coffee (232 Highland Ave.,
Shadyside)
- Raffle!
- Dessert decorating activities
for
kids.
- Vegan books
for sale
- Share your ideas
about the vegetarian festival on our brainstorming wall.
The Contest
Since animals always win when desserts are vegan, everyone who
enters wins a prize!
Categories may include:
- Best Overall Dessert
- Best Decorated
- Best Chocolate-free Dessert
- Vegan Cupcake Most Likely to Take Over the World
- Best Veganization of a Classic Dessert
- Best Named Dessert
- And more -- just enter your dessert and find out what makes
it
the best!
Contest & raffle prizes donated by:
The Rules:
- All entries must be vegan (that is, contain no animal
products
including meat, dairy, eggs, or honey).
- Bring enough to share (a regular size batch is fine).
- Any type of dessert item is fine (cookies, cupcakes,
brownies,
ice cream, doughnuts, raw, etc.). If it requires a serving utensil,
please
bring one.
- If financially able, the use of organic and fair-trade
ingredients is strongly encouraged.
- One dessert per entrant. Just bring your best!
Vegan
bakers Emma, Anne, and Loren are the judges.
UPDATE: Vegan desserts
are taking over
Pittsburgh! The deadline to enter the contest has passed.
We
have 20 entries including peanut
butter banana cookies, nut roll, super delicious chocolate cake,
some-kind-of-berry cheesecake, raw almond creme cherry torte, apple
crisp, gluten-free pie, either green tea cupcakes or pumpkin gobs,
pumpkin roll, apple pie, mom's sweet berry biscuits with lemon
icing, peanut butter dark chocolate bars, Cheryl's carrot ginger cake,
cashew chocolate cookies, chocolate mousse, coconut pecan sugar
cookies, chocolate strawberry cake, and there's some fierce
competition in the cupcake department!
Please come help eat all the desserts!
