{"id":1504,"date":"2010-10-19T16:02:53","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T23:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?p=1504"},"modified":"2015-10-21T01:17:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T08:17:21","slug":"look-do-yourself-a-favour-and-dont-bother-with-vegetarianism-go-vegan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/look-do-yourself-a-favour-and-dont-bother-with-vegetarianism-go-vegan\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8230;look, do yourself a favour and don&#8217;t bother with vegetarianism &#8211; go vegan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_75 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/look-do-yourself-a-favour-and-dont-bother-with-vegetarianism-go-vegan\/#Updated_%E2%80%93_Tuesday_September_9_2014\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\"  >Updated &#8211; 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here.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/look-do-yourself-a-favour-and-dont-bother-with-vegetarianism-go-vegan\/#Facebook_Page_%E2%80%93_here\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\"  >Facebook Page &#8211; here.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/look-do-yourself-a-favour-and-dont-bother-with-vegetarianism-go-vegan\/#KABARET_the_new_inhabitants_of_Karamel_at_Chocolate_Factory_2_%E2%80%93_http_karamelrestaurantcom\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\"  >KABARET, the new inhabitants of Karamel at Chocolate Factory 2 &#8211;\u00a0http:\/\/karamelrestaurant.com\/<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/look-do-yourself-a-favour-and-dont-bother-with-vegetarianism-go-vegan\/#Louise_on_Wikipedia\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\"  >Louise on Wikipedia.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/look-do-yourself-a-favour-and-dont-bother-with-vegetarianism-go-vegan\/#KabaretKaramel_at_Twitter\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\"  >@KabaretKaramel\u00a0at Twitter.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/look-do-yourself-a-favour-and-dont-bother-with-vegetarianism-go-vegan\/#Original_post_%E2%80%93_from_%E2%80%93_October_19_2010\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\"  >Original post &#8211; from &#8211; October 19, 2010<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Updated_%E2%80%93_Tuesday_September_9_2014\"><\/span>Updated &#8211; Tuesday September 9, 2014<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kabaret_at_Karamel\"><\/span>Kabaret at Karamel<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On HappyCow &#8211;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/kabaret-north-london-51081\" title=\"Kabaret offers vegan meals with world influences. Menu ranges from sandwiches, fry up brunch, curries and stews, to salads, pasta, cakes and desserts. Organic vegan wines, beers, and spirits. Price: Moderate Vegan, International, Western, Organic, Beer\/Wine\"  target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"color: #555555;\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/fatgayvegan.com\/2014\/08\/20\/best-news-ever\/\" title=\"I am incredibly proud to announce Kabaret @ Karamel as the new home for the one and only London Vegan Drinks. Starting on September 6th, 2014 and continuing on the first Saturday of every month, London Vegan Drinks is finally set to take place in a 100% vegan venue. Plant-based bar snacks, visiting DJs and an overwhelming selection of vegan drinks makes this the perfect location for the event.\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">FatGayVegan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #555555;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;\">London is getting\u00a0a brand new 100% vegan venue that is part restaurant, part drinking establishment and part late night music hot spot.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #555555;\">Yep, that\u2019s right. After years of waiting, the capital has a 100% vegan bar and I couldn\u2019t be happier.\u00a0<em style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: italic;\">Kabaret<\/em>\u00a0is set to explode onto the scene from September 1st, 2014 and London better get ready for a globally-inspired food menu, a tantalising range of craft beers, outstanding coffee, world class fine wines and even a vegan White Russian cocktail. All of this is vegan, people!<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #555555;\">The venue is the brainchild of Frank Hutson and Louise Wallis. Frank is an award-winning musician, composer and DJ and Louise is a globally recognised DJ and just happens to be the founder of World Vegan Day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Karamel.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10394 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Karamel.jpg\" alt=\"Karamel\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Karamel.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Karamel-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Karamel-195x110.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #141823;\">Frank Hutson &amp; Louise Wallis, co-Directors of KABARET, the new inhabitants of Karamel at Chocolate Factory 2, are throwing 3 opening parties to celebrate on Fridays the 5th, 12th and 19th September, 2014.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kabaret_at_Karamel_Chocolate_Factory_2_4_Coburg_Road_London_N22_6UJ_United_Kingdom\"><\/span>Kabaret at Karamel, Chocolate Factory 2,<br \/>\n4 Coburg Road, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><br style=\"color: #141823;\" \/><span style=\"color: #141823;\">Tickle your taste buds with our World Food, fine wines, and Craft Beer supplied by the award-win<\/span><span class=\"text_exposed_show\" style=\"color: #141823;\">ning Pitfield Brewery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And strut your stuff to DJs from the Luminous Frenzy Sound System &#8211; spinning an eclectic, off the wall mix of house, disco, funk, soul and reggae.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone&#8217;s invited &#8211; Karamel regulars, as well 1st timers curious to see the venue.<\/p>\n<p>As Liza &amp; Louis famously put it:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What good is sitting alone in your room?<br \/>\nCome hear the music play<br \/>\nLife is a Kabaret, old chum<br \/>\nCome to the Kabaret&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Facebook Event Page &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1553696634854313\/?ref=22\" title=\"Friday, September 12at 7:00pm\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/h2>\n<h2>Facebook Page &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kabaret.karamel\" title=\"Now an amazing vegan eatery with fantastic hosts Louise and Frank. Absolutely LOVING it!\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #141823;\">KABARET, the new inhabitants of Karamel at Chocolate Factory 2 &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/karamelrestaurant.com\/\" title=\"http:\/\/karamelrestaurant.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">http:\/\/karamelrestaurant.com\/<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Louise on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louise_Wallis\" title=\"Louise Wallis is a DJ, singer, and writer who is also known for her animal advocacy. \"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Wikipedia<\/a>.<\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KabaretKaramel\" title=\"Kabaret @ Karamel, 4 Coburg Rd, London N22 6UJ. Cutting edge World Food, award-winning craft beer, &amp; live music Tel: 0208 829 8989\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">@KabaretKaramel<\/a>\u00a0at Twitter.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Original_post_%E2%80%93_from_%E2%80%93_October_19_2010\"><\/span>Original post &#8211; from &#8211; October 19, 2010<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/farmed-animals-march-2.10.10.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1505\" title=\"farmed animals march 2.10.10\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/farmed-animals-march-2.10.10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/farmed-animals-march-2.10.10.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/farmed-animals-march-2.10.10-300x89.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>by Louise Wallis from the national &#8216;March for Farmed Animals&#8217; on 2nd October 2010 (World Farm Animals Day)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1506\" title=\"Farrmed Animal March\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/farrmedanimalmarch0210101.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/farrmedanimalmarch0210101.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/farrmedanimalmarch0210101-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><br \/>\nI&#8217;m going to keep my speech pretty short. Thanks to the organizers for allowing me to speak, and thank you all for coming today. What a great event!<\/p>\n<p>We are here because we all care about farmed animals, and because we don&#8217;t want them to suffer.<\/p>\n<p>The single most effective thing we can do to stop the suffering of farm animals is to go vegan. Being vegetarian is not enough, because you are still relying on farm animals for food. Farmed animals will only be free when we stop using them for food &#8211; of any kind.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, veganism still suffers from a poor image. Vegans are seen as self-sacrificing, hair-shirt-wearing idealists who lead deprived, difficult and miserable lives.<\/p>\n<p>People say things like: &#8220;Oh I don&#8217;t know how you do it, I could never be vegan&#8221;. This drives me nuts, and makes me laugh &#8211; as it could not be further from the truth. I have been vegan for 28 years and I can honestly say it&#8217;s the best thing I ever did. I went vegan out of concern for animals, but I quickly realized that being vegan was good for me too!<\/p>\n<p>I feel happier, healthier, and I enjoy my food far more than I did before going vegan. We need to turn on its head the idea that vegans are deprived or missing out. On the contrary, it enhances your life, and makes it better, not worse!<\/p>\n<p>It certainly makes life less complicated. As a vegetarian you could drive yourself mad trying to ensure you only ate free range eggs, or vegetarian cheese &#8211; as few food manufacturers or restaurants bother using these.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason, vegetarians relax their standards and eat ordinary cheese &#8211; the stuff you find in supermarkets, restaurants, takeaways &#8211; despite the fact that dead calves are used to make it. The rennet used to make cheese is obtained from their stomachs. Which makes you sick to the stomach when you think about it.<\/p>\n<p>Go vegan I say, it&#8217;s A LOT simpler!<\/p>\n<p>I think it&#8217;s high time we reclaimed the word vegan too. I&#8217;ve noticed that many groups promote vegetarianism rather than veganism, because they worry that it will alienate supporters. I disagree. The more we use the word vegan, the more appealing it will become.<\/p>\n<p>All we are doing when we avoid using the word vegan is internalizing the negative messages and stereotyping that our critics invent to discredit us. We should never be ashamed of who we are, and what we stand for: non-violence.<\/p>\n<p>Vegetarianism is a red herring. People go vegetarian in the belief that milk and eggs are &#8216;freely given&#8217; or &#8220;humanely produced&#8217;, but we know that this is a lie.<\/p>\n<p>We all want people to go vegan, it&#8217;s a damn sight easier being vegan than it is trying to be an ethical vegetarian, so let&#8217;s not be afraid to say: &#8220;look, do yourself a favor and don&#8217;t bother with vegetarianism &#8211; go vegan&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what farmed animals would say if they could.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>by Louise Wallis of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.louisewallis.net\/\"  rel=\"external nofollow\">http:\/\/www.louisewallis.net\/<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DJLuminous\"  rel=\"external nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DJLuminous<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated &#8211; Tuesday September 9, 2014 Kabaret at Karamel On HappyCow &#8211; here. From FatGayVegan. London is getting\u00a0a brand new 100% vegan venue that is part restaurant, part drinking establishment and part late night music hot spot. Yep, that\u2019s right. After years of waiting, the capital has a 100% vegan bar and I couldn\u2019t be happier.\u00a0Kabaret\u00a0is set to explode onto the scene from September 1st, 2014 and London better get ready for a globally-inspired food menu, a tantalising range of craft beers, outstanding coffee, world class fine wines and even a vegan White Russian cocktail. All of this is vegan, people! The venue is the brainchild of Frank Hutson and Louise Wallis. Frank is an award-winning musician, composer and DJ and Louise is a globally recognised DJ and just happens to be the founder of World Vegan Day. Frank Hutson &amp; Louise Wallis, co-Directors of KABARET, the new inhabitants of Karamel at Chocolate Factory 2, are throwing 3 opening parties to celebrate on Fridays the 5th, 12th and 19th September, 2014.\u00a0 Kabaret at Karamel, Chocolate Factory 2, 4 Coburg Road, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom Tickle your taste buds with our World Food, fine wines, and Craft Beer supplied by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9728,"featured_media":1505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,2274,3],"tags":[1800,1799,389,390,16,245,388,1801],"class_list":["post-1504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animal-rights","category-events","category-vegan-history","category-vegan","tag-frank-hutson","tag-kabaret-at-karamel","tag-louise-wallis","tag-march-for-farmed-animals","tag-veganism","tag-vegetarianism","tag-world-farm-animals-day","tag-world-vegan-day"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>...look, do yourself a favour and don&#039;t bother with vegetarianism - go vegan - HappyCow<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/look-do-yourself-a-favour-and-dont-bother-with-vegetarianism-go-vegan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"...look, do yourself a favour and don&#039;t bother with vegetarianism - go vegan - HappyCow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Updated &#8211; Tuesday September 9, 2014 Kabaret at Karamel On HappyCow &#8211; here. 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