January 2004—Issue #4
Vegetarian News, Food & More!
Brought to you by VegNews Magazine


In this issue:
**Our Latest Edition
**The Veggie Awards in the San Francisco Chronicle
**February VegNewsletter... Vegan Chocolate!
**The Veg News Network
**Free Copies of VegNews
**Exciting News from VegNews


Thanks so much for your interest in VegNews, America's favorite Vegetarian Newsmagazine. The popular "VegNewsletter" arrives in your email box just once a month and is filled with vegetarian news, tidbits, recipes, products reviews, and more. It's the perfect accompaniment to a VegNews subscription. Be sure to read about our exciting news at the end of this January edition of VegNewsletter.

We're thrilled to announce our January/February edition of VegNews, featuring a fascinating interview with veg presidential candidate, Dennis Kucinich as well as our annual Vegan Wedding feature. Read on for more...

**Our Latest Edition**

Cover Story
Presidential Candidate Dennis J. Kucinich
VegNews’ exclusive interview with the only vegan candidate with his eyes on the White House. The congressman shares his views on fear, hope, Iraq, the media, his proposed Department of Peace, being vegan, and much more. Plus, Mia MacDonald reports on a sold-out fundraiser at New York City's Counter Vegetarian Restaurant & Wine Bar.

Eight Dazzling Veg Weddings
Your favorite feature returns with eight new brides and grooms who did it in veg style. From a 350-guest celebration in an interactive music museum to an intimate gathering for 10 at a bed & breakfast inn, these spectacular weddings will blow you away. Click here for a special preview: vegnews.com/wedding1.html

Editorial
VegNews' Editor Joseph Connelly discusses what the discovery of Mad Cow Disease in the United States means for vegetarians. He also divulges an exciting change for the magazine.

News & Features
Fighting for Animals on Capitol Hill
The Humane Society of the United States' Wayne Pacelle introduces Humane USA--a Political Action Committee seeking to elect humane-minded candidates to state and federal offices.

Please Pass the Chicken
In the wake of mad cow disease, physician Michael Greger, M.D. weighs in on why you shouldn’t substitute one meat for another.

Chocolate Madness!
VegNews food columnist extraordinaire Robin Robertson pulls off the assignment of the year... reviewing nine different brands of decadent dark chocolate. From Givere's chocolate and macadamia nut truffles coated in raw unsweetened coconut to Rose City Chocolatier's vanilla-cream filled chocolates, these all-natural, organic and vegan chocolates are unsurpassed.

Veg Victories in 2003
PETA's Bruce Friedrich shares the many reasons more and more people will be going veg in the future.

Food
Vegan Moroccan Food
Delicious Healthy Veg Soups
Chef Beverly's Chocolate Hazelnut Truffle Cake
The Benefits of Soy
Sensational Vegetarian Wedding Menus
ChefTalk: An Interview with Wedding Cake Specialists Stephanie's Bakery

Travel
Vegetarian Bed & Breakfast Inns across the U.S.
Tale of Two Veg Honeymoons

Lifestyle
Veg Dating: How to Meet the Love of Your Life
Vegetarianism & Pregnancy
Yoga for Kids & Parents
Making those New Year's Resolutions Stick
Encouraging a Lifetime of Good Eating Habits
VegNews Staff Resolutions
Vegetarianize Your Cafeteria
How I Went Vegetarian
Lucy Watkins' Celebrity Buzz

Restaurant Reviews
Candle 79 in New York City

Book Reviews
Animals and the Afterlife
Café Max & Rosie's Cookbook
Growing America
Happy Yoga
Incredibly Delicious Cookbook
Living Among Meat Eaters
Organic Weddings
The Peaceful Palate Cookbook
The PETA Celebrity Cookbook
The Whole Foods Diabetic Cookbook
Vegan & Vegetarian FAQ
Vegan Planet Cookbook

PLUS all of the usual... Edgy Veggies Comic, the News Beet, Meat the Press, Practical Advice, Vegan Nutrition, Event Calendars, Letters to the Editor, VegNews Picks, Classifieds & Personals, Famous Veggie Contest, Photos Galore, Veg Products & Services, and much more!

The January/February issue can be purchased from our website for just $5, which includes first-class shipping. Place your order at: vegnews.com/backissues.html

**The Veggie Awards**
After hearing about the VegNews Veggie Awards, our annual reader survey of the best vegetarian products, services and places, the San Francisco Chronicle wanted to know more! Food columnist GraceAnn Walden devoted her December 17 column to the awards and made mention of a handful of our winners. Visit vegnews.com/veggieawards.html to view all of the winning companies as well as the Chronicle article. We're happy to report that VegNews was inundated with subscription orders after the piece was published.

**Upcoming February VegNewsletter**
We'll be devoting our February VegNewsletter to rich, decadent and dairy-free DARK CHOCOLATE. Learn about the best vegan chocolate available today as well as some of our favorite chocolate recipes. As always, there will be a few other surprises in this very special Valentine's edition of VegNewsletter.

**The Veg News Network**
If we haven't been busy enough, the founders of VegNews are pleased to announce a new non-profit organization, The Veg News Network. In much the same way that VegNews promotes current happenings in the vegetarian world, VNN will organize, fund, and assist in the implementation of exciting and appealing projects that promote a plant-based diet and lifestyle. Current projects include the Bay Area Veg Fair, The Veggie Awards, Compassionate Cooks Vegetarian Cooking Classes, and the VegNews Journalism Fund. Want to know more? Let us know!

**Free Copies of VegNews**
We just want to remind you that if you have friends or family whom you feel would be interested in VegNews, we will be happy to send them a complimentary copy of the magazine. Please submit requests to: vegnews.com/sample.html

**Brace Yourself... Exciting News from VegNews**
For the past several months, VegNews has been undergoing a re-design with the help of San Francisco-based Vertebrae Design Studio. Beginning with our March/April edition, VegNews will have a new look--a complete overhaul, you could say. A facelift. And a full-body tuck to boot. If you have liked us until now, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Have no fear--we’ll have the same up-to-date content (plus a few new surprises), but in a different “package.” Stay tuned... the best is yet to come.

Please help us get the word out! We'd be most grateful if you could share this edition of VegNewsletter with your friends, family, colleagues and any related lists you're on. Thank you.

Wishing you a wonderful 2004,
The VegNews Team

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