This year, it’s Dominique Dupuis from L’Armoire du Haut that will offer the participants of the Big Veggie Gathering a culinary demonstration. Be there, because it’ll be very interesting… and mouthwatering!

Date : Saturday, December 4th 2009 from 12h to 17h

Gathering schedule:

11h: Organizers arrival

12h to 13h30 : Vegan Potluck (with best dish contest)

13h30 à 17h00: Discussions and presentations on different important subjects

Entrance fees : FREE (Participants have to bring a dish for the vegan potluck, including the list of ingredients)

Preliminary presentations schedule

1) Stéphane Groleau : Quebec Meatless Mondays campaign review

2) Mike Cianci : Debate surrounding arguments put forward by Collin Campbell (in English)

3) Josée Quenneville : Feminism and social movements

********* 30 minutes pause **********

4) Culinary demo with Dominique Dupuis « how to quickly prepare vegan food »

5) Stéphane Groleau : The making of the world first vegan accordion; vegan response song

6) Carl Saucier-Bouffard : Importance of using new communication medias in Quebec animal rights movement

7) Mélissa Galianos : Presentation of her video reviewing demos organized in Quebec in 2010

Coming…

Each organisation is invited to have an information kiosk about its activities and products offered. Nevertheless,  some criteria must be respected:

• No animal product offered or sold onsite.
• The litterature must promote animal protection and/or veganism.
• Groupes/businesses must at lesast be vegetarians.

For explanations or to take part to this event, contact us!

The concept is simple: each participant brings a food contribution (3 or 4 portions) containing no animal ingredients (no meat, fish, egg, milk, cheese, butter, honey, animal stock…). This can be a salad, a soup, a beverage, a dessert, fruits, vegetables, snacks… (Note that alcohol isn’t allowed during the event).

Last year, 150 people attended the event, making a fantastic vegan buffet.

Recipe ideas

To get inspiration, here are some interesting websites:

• Vegan chef, www.veganchef.com
• Simple vegan recipes, www.simpleveganrecipes.co.uk
• Or simply write « vegan recipe » in google.

Notes for a successful event

• We don’t have dishes, so everyone have to bring plates and cutlery.
• Don’t forget to bring the list of ingredients, and why not the recipe! Please bring a serving spoon for your dish.