Vegan Sweets Featured in San Diego Union Tribune

Whole grain ganache-topped pistachio brownies are among the decadent sweets featured in San Diegos newspaper, San Diego Union Tribute.
Chef Robin Asbell makes dessert almost guilt-free. Though still decadent and full of tasty ingredients such as chocolate and pecans, Asbell’s treats are eggless, dairy-free, and elevated with whole grains, flaxseed, and natural sweeteners. Pastry chef and six-time cookbook author Jill O’Connor takes on Robin’s vegan recipes in a recent UT San Diego feature with her dessert-loving 12-year-old daughter as the skeptical taste-tester. Ganache-topped pistachio brownies, chewy coconut-mango breakfast cookies, and a moist cinnamon-crunch stuffed bundt cake later, the healthier sweets are a winner, and O’Connor tells the paper, “Asbell is a gentle and encouraging guide” to enjoying cruelty-free treats. “She sprinkles flaxseeds as easily as fairy dust.” Recipes for all three tasty treats are included in the article.
Austin, TX Named Most Veg-Friendly City in US
In addition to being known as the nations live music capital, Austin has garnered a reputation as a mecca of plant-based foods.
Read More »
Tropical Smoothie Café Will Offer Beyond Meat
Customers can now enjoy a sandwich or salad filled with plant-based meat at one of the national smoothie chains 300 locations.
Read More »
Arrest Made in Major European Horse Meat Scandal
Dutch authorities have made an arrest related to the recent scandal of mislabeled horse meat throughout Europe.
Read More »
Vegan Egg Company Receives $1 Million in Funding
Founders Fund chose to back Hampton Creek Foods as its first culinary startup investment.
Read More »
PETA Uses CGI to Show the Suffering of Film Apes
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals personifies the plight of apes used in Hollywood productions in its new advertisement.
Read More »
More Flashbacks
- River Citys Second-Annual Plant-Based Festival
- Shape Magazine Spotlights Plant-Based Meat Company
- VegSwap Allows Backyard Farmers to Trade Produce
- Rehoboth Beach VegFest Set to Take Place June 1
- Vegan Chef to be Featured on Food Networks Chopped
- UK Kicks Off National Vegetarian Week Festivities
- A Fitness and Food Venture Takes to Indiegogo
- Factory Farm Manure May Be Causing Explosions
- Dun-Well Doughnuts Entered in Business Competition
- Vegan Baker Uses Kickstarter to Launch Business
- Vegan Ice Cream Hitting New York City Streets
- New Casual Vegan Eatery Opening in Los Angeles
- Vancouver: Citywide Meatless Monday Celebration
- Chicagos Vegan Eatery Kitchen 17 Recently Opened
- Rally at the Capitol to Prevent Horse Slaughter
- Kaiser Permanente Encourages Plant-Based Diets
- De Rossi Shares Recipe For Ellens Favorite Dish
- Starbucks Rolls Out Veg Salad On its Spring Menu
- Worlds First Lab-Grown Hamburger to Be Eaten Soon
- New Jersey Legislature Passes Gestation Crate Ban











