Sorry for eating half the bagel, but I was really hungry and forgot about taking the picture halfway through.

Anyway, after a bike race at Tufts, I took the opportunity to meet a good friend of mine down the road at David Square, where she took me to this very nice, rather bustling cafe. The people there put up with me not knowing what I wanted to eat, and what’s more they even had vegan muffins (of the chocolate variety).

The muffin was super tasty, and it was all I could do to not buy a big, fat, vegan cookie with it. That said, I highly recommend Diesel Cafe to any vegans wandering around Cambridge.

No better place to store food than on a window sill, right? It keeps it close to me as I study in bed, but without cluttering up the actual bed - genius!

Once the great sugar debate is settled, it’s clear that you need plain rice cakes and some sort of organic or natural peanut butter. That said, let me take a minute to praise Teddy Peanut Butter for being THE BEST PEANUT BUTTER EVER!

Not only is it natural (you can get organic too, but not with fake money at the on campus store), but the oil doesn’t separate at all, which makes it uberconvenient for the road. What’s more, it’s fairly inexpensive for good quality peanut butter.

I discovered this snack a while ago, but just rediscovered is a good road food while away for cycling. I urge you all to try it out, it’s both light and satisfying, and probably won’t make you too fat.

Does anyone else have some great rice cake snacks?

And when I say joins, I mean, darn, it sure can be rewarding even if it is a huge pain in the butt.

So this spring Dartmouth Vegan Society is coming back into force after being on hiatus in the winter due to my inability to keep up with an extra course load and other obligations. It was a bit sad to lose touch with the group, but now that we’re back in action I’m reminded how troublesome it can actually be.

We got about 10 people to show up, which, all things considered, is a pretty darn good turn out. Some new faces, but pretty much the same old folks you get to know when you’re vegan on a small campus.

Anyway, we’ve got a few plans, and I thought it might be worth going over some of them in case anyone is interested or has some suggestions (since the group can be pretty sparce for ideas when it comes down to it):

• we’re going to work on bringing back a vegan nutritionist (named Deanna Latson) next year. Last year she gave a great presentation, and it would be cool to see her back to expose some new faces.
• last year we had a pretty sweet  barbeque during  the large party weekend in the Spring (known as Green Key), and I definitely think we should do that again.
• we’re also working on doing some pot-lucks, both within and without the group, to have fun and also to get some new people interested in the tasty possibilities that are vegan cooking.

Anyway, just a short update, but I’m pretty excited, you’ll see more updates (hopefully with pictures and recipes) as life goes on.