6/10/00
Candle Cafe participates in the Food Farm Festival to benefit the children of Harlem.
9/18/99
Bart and Joy attends the PeTA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, 501 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510, 757-622-PETA) Event in L.A. Activism, education, and government lobbying non-profit organization to put a stop to animal cruelty wherever it is found: Rescue and help animals suffering and dying in laboratories, on factory farms, in the fur industry, in circuses, and in other forms of "entertainment." Grassroots and consumer campaigns include Proctor and Gamble, Fur, Fishing, College Action, Consumer Products, Animal Experimentation, Wildlife, Companion Animals, and Vegetarianism. PeTA's informative website, www.peta-online.org/cmp/cveg.html, has many online articles about vegetarianism's popularity, recipes, health benefits, and slaughterhouse cruelty. An annual donation of $16 gives you a membership and a subscription to Animal Times, but more importantly, continues the education, activism and consiousness-raising for a vegan lifestyle.
9/9/99
Candle Cafe celebrates their Fifth Anniversary.
9/7/99 Candle Cafe donates desert catering to a fashion show benefit for the Humane Society of New York, co-sponsored with the Jivamukti Yoga Center. High fashion meets higher conciousness when top models and noted personalities walk the catwalk, dressed by leading designers and accompanied by equally well-dressed pets (their own, or animals from the Societyıs adoption center.) Participants include Christy Turlington, Sting, Willem DaFoe, Todd Oldham, Mary Tyler Moore, Bernadette Peters, Michael J. Fox, Donna Karan, and Betsy Johnson. Animal Mukti will embrace the principles of Yoga-a state of non-harming and Union with all beings-and it's very concrete goals include: Raising funds to underwrite free spay/neuter in the Humane Sociey of New York's non-profit veterinary clinic. The Society's clinic is open seven days to promote pet health and combat animal overpopulation. In addition, another goal is to raise awareness of the animals that wait for adoption in shelters, and the conditions presently endured by pets in the New York City system. It receives no government funding. Humane Society of New York is an adoption facility and a veterinary hospital on East 59th Street just off of First Avenue in Manhattan. (212) 752-4840, www.animalalliance.com/hsny/
8/19/99, 5-7 p.m.
Author, Ken Bergeron, appears at the Candle Cafe to speak about his book, Professional Vegetarian Cooking,(John Wiley & Sons, Inc.). Professional Vegetarian Cooking is filled with dynamic ideas for building flavor with the help of vegetable stocks and a global array of herbs, spices, oils, condiments, and more. The book explains how to integrate vegetarian dishes into every phase of a meal; includes 200 ready-to-use recipes; and lists best sources of purveyors and mail order products.
8/6/99VegTV.com tapes an interview with Joy and Bart for an upcoming 3-part streaming video show on the internet. Thank-you Candle Cafe customers for participating that afternoon and especially to VegtTV.com. Vegtv.com, a new global health network for the new millennium, is comprised of like-minded people in the television industry who are creating an "alternative" network on the internet, combining cutting edge streaming media technology with cutting edge attitudes on nutrition, exercise, the environment and relationships.
Equinox Nutrition Seminars
Presented by Joy Pierson, Nutritionist and Hattie Weiner, Creator Retro Age
In 1998, Bart and Joy had created a health and juice bar, "The Spa Bar", at the upscale Equinox Fitness Club (85th Street, Upper East Side) to coincide with their lecture series. Nutritional information on products is provided so Equinox members can customize their intake of muscle-building protein, energy-providing carbohydrates, healthy nutrients, and necessary calories.
11/21/98, 8-9 p.m., Candle Cafe The Protein Myth
9/11/98, 8:30-9:30 p.m., Equinox Studio 2 Life Beyond Broccoli: Make Vegetables Irresistable
7/23/98, 8:30-9:30 p.m., Candle Cafe Don't Wanna Gain? Start Cooking with Grain:
A Journey from Amaranth to Quinoa
9/18/99
Bart and Joy attends the PeTA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, 501 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510, 757-622-PETA) Event in L.A. Activism, education, and government lobbying non-profit organization to put a stop to animal cruelty wherever it is found: Rescue and help animals suffering and dying in laboratories, on factory farms, in the fur industry, in circuses, and in other forms of "entertainment." Grassroots and consumer campaigns include Proctor and Gamble, Fur, Fishing, College Action, Consumer Products, Animal Experimentation, Wildlife, Companion Animals, and Vegetarianism. PeTA's informative website, www.peta-online.org/cmp/cveg.html, has many online articles about vegetarianism's popularity, recipes, health benefits, and slaughterhouse cruelty. An annual donation of $16 gives you a membership and a subscription to Animal Times, but more importantly, continues the education, activism and consiousness-raising for a vegan lifestyle.
9/7/99 Candle Cafe donates desert catering to a fashion show benefit for the Humane Society of New York, co-sponsored with the Jivamukti Yoga Center. High fashion meets higher conciousness when top models and noted personalities walk the catwalk, dressed by leading designers and accompanied by equally well-dressed pets (their own, or animals from the Societyıs adoption center.) Participants include Christy Turlington, Sting, Willem DaFoe, Todd Oldham, Mary Tyler Moore, Bernadette Peters, Michael J. Fox, Donna Karan, and Betsy Johnson. Animal Mukti will embrace the principles of Yoga-a state of non-harming and Union with all beings-and it's very concrete goals include: Raising funds to underwrite free spay/neuter in the Humane Sociey of New York's non-profit veterinary clinic. The Society's clinic is open seven days to promote pet health and combat animal overpopulation. In addition, another goal is to raise awareness of the animals that wait for adoption in shelters, and the conditions presently endured by pets in the New York City system. It receives no government funding. Humane Society of New York is an adoption facility and a veterinary hospital on East 59th Street just off of First Avenue in Manhattan. (212) 752-4840, www.animalalliance.com/hsny/
8/19/99, 5-7 p.m.
Author, Ken Bergeron, appears at the Candle Cafe to speak about his book, Professional Vegetarian Cooking,(John Wiley & Sons, Inc.). Professional Vegetarian Cooking is filled with dynamic ideas for building flavor with the help of vegetable stocks and a global array of herbs, spices, oils, condiments, and more. The book explains how to integrate vegetarian dishes into every phase of a meal; includes 200 ready-to-use recipes; and lists best sources of purveyors and mail order products.
8/6/99
VegTV.com tapes an interview with Joy and Bart for an upcoming 3-part streaming video show on the internet. Thank-you Candle Cafe customers for participating that afternoon and especially to VegtTV.com. Vegtv.com, a new global health network for the new millennium, is comprised of like-minded people in the television industry who are creating an "alternative" network on the internet, combining cutting edge streaming media technology with cutting edge attitudes on nutrition, exercise, the environment and relationships.
