C'est La Vegan

This past weekend, we went to see “Planet Earth Live” at the Hollywood Bowl with our good friends Tim and Ildy.   I always love a night out at the bowl, complete with tasty food and wine, good friends and live music, all whilst tucked away in the Hollywood hills.  It’s definitely one of my favorites [...]

When I studied abroad in London I was fortunate enough to enjoy several afternoon teas.  I love sweets, I love sandwiches, and I actually prefer tea to coffee, so a classic tea is a little piece of heaven for me.  I know that my love of this tasty ritual informed my menu of baked goods [...]

UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who came by our booth at Worldfest yesterday!  We had a great day of seeing old friends and meeting new ones.  Of course my favorite part is trying all the vegan food that’s available! And remember, if you are outside of LA and want to try some C’est La V goodies, [...]

On Saturday I presented a dessert demonstration at Animal Acres’ Compassionate Cooking Extravaganza, and I had the chance to see a couple of the other presenters including Rod Rotondi, founder of Leaf Cuisine and author of “Raw Food for Real People”.  His presentation about raw foods was extremely informative.  In particular, I really appreciated that he [...]

UPDATE: I just wanted to thank everyone who came out to the Animal Acres Compassionate Cooking demo yesterday, and thanks to Lorri and Cameron for having me on as a presenter!  It was a beautiful day on the farm, and the speakers I was able to see gave really inspiring presentations.  I enjoyed meeting all [...]

UPDATE: The Green Lounge event was last night and we had a great time.  We met a ton of really nice people, both guests and vendors.
The highlights of the night were sampling some M Cafe wraps, Large Marge Sustainables kale soup and chickpea salad (both were delicious), and also trying some yummy vegan truffles [...]

Lila
Yesterday, Ryan and I headed up to Animal Acres for the Eggless Easter celebration.  They were having a vegan bake sale, so I donated some brownies and gluten-free chocolate cookies and also got to enjoy some goodies that other guests brought.  We had a chance to hang out with lots of the animals, including Lila, [...]

UPDATE:  Thanks so much to everyone who came out to help support the cause!  In addition to Doctors Without Borders, we’ll also be donating a portion of our sales to the organization FilterPure.  We learned about FilterPure from Ryan’s sister, Whitney, who personally knows the people who started this amazing organization.  Check them out if you [...]

I couldn’t think of a better way to end Vegan MoFo (and to celebrate Halloween at the same time) than with our beautiful cat, Maya!  I wanted to write about her for my last MoFo post because she had a lot to do with us going vegetarian. I think when you live with an animal, [...]

Next month (that would be tomorrow!) I’m going to be participating in Vegan MoFo III – the Vegan Month of Food.  Participating bloggers will attempt to post something every weekday for the month of October that relates to vegan food.  This is the first year that I’ve had a food blog for Vegan MoFo, and I’m [...]

Hey, guys!  If you love food, you’ll want to head to Long Beach for this event on October 9th.  The proceeds from ticket purchases to go Animal Acres, and you get to eat tons of amazing vegan food from lots of different vendors, including C’est La V Bakeshop!  We’re really excited to be a part [...]

I’m so excited to finally be able to announce that C’est La V Bakeshop will be providing desserts at the Animal Acres Gala on September 12th!  Animal Acres has a very special place in my heart, and I’ve really been looking forward to the Gala.  Unfortunately, due to the fires that are currently burning in [...]