Party Vegan, by Robin Robertson is filled with 140 recipes geared toward making entertaining easy and delicious. Of course, there are menus recipes for specific holidays, but there are also themes for any time entertaining such as a dinner party or birthday parties for all ages, and even a party of “just desserts”!
The book opens with a wealth of information on party organizing with ideas for planning your time, calculating how much food you’ll need and even more fun and innovative ideas for making you want to have a party. With 25 menus to choose from, I’m just going to show you the photos of some of the food without spilling the beans on just what the theme might be. Some will be obvious, others might keep you guessing! Help yourself to a handful of “It’s My Party Popcorn Mix” up top while you check these out.
Black Rice Salad, but made with regular rice. Just imagine it with black!
Pastry Wrapped Roulades with Heart-Beet Rosti and Sauteed Rainbow Chard. This was so elegant but took very little effort.
Man-Size Chocolate Chip Cookies. Remember that commercial “manly, yes, but I like it, too”? The same can be said for these cookies. Not that they’re exactly manly….these cookies have a slight crunch to the outside, but are soft on the inside.
Really, a book like this makes an almost-hermit like me want to entertain! For your chance to win a copy, tell me something you like to celebrate. It could be anything, big or small! Just post a comment to this blog post and the drawing will be held next week. If you’ve already won this month at Vegan Appetite, please let someone else have a chance. International people are welcome to enter.
Want another chance at winning a cookbook? Check out Our Veggie Kitchen!
Two week notice! If you’d like to join us for Food Network Friday, we will be veganizing this recipe for a wrap-up on Friday, Nov. 26th. To play along, all you have to do is recreate this recipe your way. Add what you want, drop what you don’t and either email me your version by Nov. 25 (Thursday), or add a comment linking to your blog post on that Friday. Join us!
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone! This wraps up week 2!
11/17 Update: The contest is closed! Thank you to all who entered. Congratulations, Tahinitoo!
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I like to celebrate tea. I would like to win this cookbook so that I can bake those cookies to go with the tea I am celebrating and thus double my celebration.
Oh wow, I’d love to win this book! I love to celebrate my birthday, every year I always do something fun & eat awesome cake!
I like to celebrate anything with the kiddo, because she’s adorable and loves to party
I like to celebrate being with my family. I go to a boarding school about 4 hours away from my family, and I only see them on brakes. One is coming up (Thanksgiving break), and like always I cook a vegan meal including desserts for my mom and one for my dad and brother. My parent’s are separated so I get to make two meals. I am the only vegan in the family, so it is fun to show them all the amazing flavors you can have without the meat and dairy.
I just like to celebrate, preferably with family and friends for no reason at all. I especially like it when everyone brings an instrument and there’s live music in between all the food and chatter!
I’m away at university and was able to come home this weekend and spend a few days with my family, so that’s something I’d like to celebrate
. And the Christmas holidays are coming up, which for me are just a time to celebrate being with my family 
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I like to celebrate surviving another work week! A little sweet treat, a fuzzy blanket, and a movie on TV does the trick!
We celebrate everything in my house! My three year old makes up days like Apple Party Day or Upside Down Day and I oblige by having cupcakes and little presents, full decorations everytime!
I like to celebrate birthdays with my family. I always try to make something good to eat… I think I should organize more parties. With lots of vegan food!
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My friends will tell you that I will find just about any reason to celebrate. I used to detest New Year’s Eve for a lot of reasons. A couple of years ago on NYE Fred and I decided to quit eating meat and poultry. The next NYE we hosted a 4 course all vegan wine dinner with two other couples (who are omni). Each couple makes a course and pairs it with a wine. The host does two courses. Now NYE is something we always look forward to. This year we are in charge of appetizers. What’s Robin cooking for appetizers?
BTW thanks for posting the FNF link!
I love to celebrate all the little things in life..and celebrating always includes delicious vegan food!
Wow beautiful pictures – I want to come to a party at your place!
I like the celebrate the end of each semester in grad school. It’s such a huge relief when it’s over for a bit.
I have a lot of friends in England and even if I can’t be with them on their birthdays I still like to bake something for them.
p.s -Thanks for posting all the pictures, can’t wait to get Robins book, it’s next on my list.
I look forward to any opportunity to celebrate delicious, cruelty-free living with friends and family. I helped to create the Chicago Vegan Family Network, and every month, we have a big potluck: at our Halloween one, we had almost sixty people. Our children have no idea what it means to “go without” because they’re vegan: they get it all, but healthier, homemade and without suffering! Our potlucks are always a highlight of the month, but I also love to cook for my non-vegan friends and we have several parties a year. I think food is the perfect entry point for people to learn about veganism. People are less guarded and everyone loves to talk about delicious noms. If I win this book, I will have another tool in my arsenal of tasty vegan persuasiveness!
Each December we hold an AmnesTea with friends and colleagues to celebrate good food, good friends, some amazing kitchen skills and, of course, to raise money for Amnesty International.
love your blog…thanks for sharing
cheers!
I like to have small celebrations (like one-cupcake-affairs) for small everyday successes. And today I passed a test _and_ helped someone solve an HTML problem!
A “just desserts” party sounds like something from one of my dreams…!
I love celebrating birthdays! Anyone’s birthday is a great chance to get people together just to hang out. Also, Mondays. Because I have to do something to make them less dreary
I like to celebrate changing seasons; I’m lucky enough to get all four and am always ready for the next one by the end of the season we’re in. C’mon winter.
I like to really celebrate with a great Cabernet. I don’t drink often, so it’s always a treat.
I like to celebrate Fridays!
I like to celebrate my kids! They are very awesome and deserve all the cookies I make them.
I like to celebrate Fridays!
I like to celebrate the end of a hard day by curling up on the sofa with some good food and watching DVDs with someone special
haha
Thank you for opening the competition to everyone, I’mliving in Spain so no one wants to ship things to me
Apart from the typical holidays, I think we like to celebrate sports more than anything else, mostly because it’s an excuse to hang out, grill up some foods and have some beers.
oh my the timing could’ant have been better! i’d celebrate my 1st vegan aniversary next month!
I love celebrating around the holidays. I love holiday baking and cooking for everyone; and the season is just so darn festive! It’s hard not to want to entertain.
I celebrate Wednesday because it’s halfway through the week, of course!
Yum, these look awesome! I love to celebrate Thanksgiving because I have an awesome mom and step-dad who do a vegan feast with me and my husband and son. Until a few years ago, I dreaded Thanksgiving but now I love it.
I like to celebrate time with family and friends
I like to celebrate random days. Happy Thursday! Happy 2pm! Sometimes it’s fun to just decide you’re going to be happy and cheerful for a bit, even if it’s for no apparent reason.
I like to celebrate my friends, although I should definitely do that more than I do!
My favorite celebrations are birthdays! Most people love birthdays. I especially love them because it means I get to do some guilt free baking
and by guilt free I mean I won’t be scrafing down a whole cake to myself or overdosing on cupcakes. The thing I enjoy the most is it gives me a chance to share vegan baking with my friends and family. I am the only one among our circle so it’s awesome to see them enjoying something that means so much to me. Not only are they always amazed by the fact that my creations are vegan but it gives them the opportunity to realize it’s not just about tofu & veggies. You can be vegan and still have amazing food & treats.
I would like to try that porcini stuffed seitan, yummy!
I like to celebrate birthdays, preferably with my family.
I love to celebrate birthdays
Courtney
Seems like a great cookbook! I flipped through it the other day at a bookstore. Hands down, my favorite thing to celebrate is my son’s birthday every year.
Wow! I regularly attend vegan potlucks and this book would be an absolutely perfect resource since the recipes are designed to make gatherings more yummy! I am keeping my fingers crossed for this one!
I like to celebrate veganism! Every single day!
Also, Harry Potter.
My last celebration was a centered around a football game!
I love Robin’s books – Vegan Planet is among my favorite cookbooks. Hmmmm… What do I enjoy celebrating? I am going to answer lamely and say my birthday. I love cake, ice cream, and spending time with my boyfriend. My birthday is in February when the weather is colder, so I love making cozy meals and wrapping myself in blankets. Thanks for hosting such a great giveaway!
My husband just got a job that he has been hoping to get for a long time, so that is something that we definitely need to celebrate this weekend!
-Emily
Right now I am celebrating getting urine from a cat with a tiny bladder. I am at work.
When I get home I shall be celebrating spending time with my own beloved kittehs.
And tonight I will be celebrating my friend’s 30th birthday in pirate style.
I love celebrating whenever I finish a big project. It’s really an awesome feeling to know that you accomplished something- and then to have a great (food) reward!
I love to celebrate nature. And I do that by using eco friendly foods to honor the roots of life on earth! Oh, and birthday celebrations are fun, too!
i would love some new inspiration for my kitchen! and the porcini stuffed eitan looks amazing..
I love to celebrate birthdays! Presents, cake, and phone calls from afar – there’s everything to like!
I love to celebrate Christmas. It may be cold and dark outside but the kitchen is warm and inviting, the source of many good things to eat.
I like to celebrate a good workout…with a good snack
I like celebrating my friends birthday’s because I get to make them a cake and they always love this. And Christmas as well – I LOVE LOVE LOVE Christmas.
I celebrate pretty much anything! I throw birthday parties for friends almost monthly and if there’s any sort of holiday watch out because I’m most likely throwing a party! I have “game nights” with all my friends every month and those are the most casual parties I throw. I use all these events to try out new vegan recipes on those closest to me and none of them are even vegetarian! I think they really enjoy it, they keep coming back anyways! A new cook book full of recipes would be a hit I’m sure!
I like to celebrate holidays because of the traditions I have built with my family over the years. It is nice to still have those familiar traditions even though we are all grown up and scattered in different directions.
I celebrate whenever I get my act together and do something like organize my overflowing desk, file my taxes, etc.
It doesn’t happen that frequently.
I like to celebrate the weekend! Those tater skins look good – I bet your company enjoyed them!
I have four kiddos and twelve nieces and and nephews so we are always celebrating someone! Making yummy vegan stuff for omnis is always celebrate-able!!
I LOVE to celebrate the weekends! Yay for Fridays.
I love to celebrate having my mom with me… she’s 81 yrs old so we have a big vegan dinner every Sunday, just because we can!!
celebrate the end of the semester in 3 weeks!!
wow tami, what a great post! you’ve been busy! those pictures are all amazing… from cookies and snacks to some really fancy looking meals. I’m so impressed.
As for celebrating, I am a total dork. I love just about any holiday, even ones I’ve never heard of before, and I’m just totally nuts for a theme. I’m always coming up with all sorts of wacky themes for potlucks and parties, and I don’t know if there’s enough time in this life for all the themed potlucks I want to host.
I celebrate weekends – every weekend!
My friends and I have cooking parties, mostly on Saturdays but sometimes on Sundays or Fridays.
I like to celebrate any occasion that brings my family together, who are currently scattered all over the country!
I want to celebrate that two good friends of mine will have a baby in a few days!
I love to celebrate my veganniversary! This book sounds great and I would love to win a copy. Thanks!
I love to celebrate most anything! Birthdays, Christmas,all the holidays really, and Friday is a nice thing to celebrate also!
Yet another thing I need to make…that porcini stuffed seitan thing looks delish. I already have the book.
I like to celebrate the first snow of the season. My brother and I have a tradition that we always call each other to announce the first snow where we are (we live about 1000 miles apart).
Ooh i’d love to get my hands on this book. I like to celebrate by having dinner parties at home, getting the friends over for some drinks and chats and impromptu kitchen dances!
I’d love to celebrate winning this book, it looks fantastic! On another note, I’d like to celebrate Wednesdays. I think they sometimes get neglected, but they’re a major stepping stone on the pathway to the all important weekend days…
I have a mini celebration when my kids actually like and eat the dinner i spend hours making
those cookies look perfect!
(p.s. my captcha word is “nunood” heh)
I like to celebrate not only the Big Holidays ie.. Christmas, Thanksgiving, 4th of July etc.. but the ones that alot of people over look. Earth day and World Vegan Day are two of my faves. I also love to celebrate are animals Birthdays. The chickens get pumpkin, strawberries, blueberries, and sunflower seeds & The dogs get pumpkin biscuits. The cats and the ferrets r a little harder to please and normally get a new cat tree or house. But some of our cats love sweet potatoes, watermelon, cantaloupe, & tomatoes. Every year I also make my none vegan family vegan B-day cakes so we can all celebrate together. And for all holidays and get together I almost always make vegan dessert for everyone. But I am never sure what besides dessert people might try. So I would love a book full of party snacks and treats to try with my non vegan family during our many celebrations.
I like to celebrate all my kids’ half birthdays! They love it! And I’m sure I would love this book since I am loving Vegan on the Cheap BIG TIME right now!
i like to celebrate making it through the week!
phew!
so i do my “big” cooking on sunday night, and we have leftovers through the rest of the work week.
the sneaks you posted make me want to crack into this book super bad.
I like to celebrate my family every week. I try and make one special meal a week. Where we sit at the table and have a great meal.
I’ll be more than happy to celebrate the end of this year’s NANOWRIMO, provided I succeed. Not spending so much time viewing vegan sites might help, but hey, a girl’s got to eat!
I love entertaining (i.e. forcing people to play board games) and feeding them. So, this book couldn’t be a more perfect match.
All of this looks delicious!