Thanks to everyone who came out for the House Of Dreams benefit dinner ^[1] Friday night! It went so well that we are going to make it a regular thing. We’ll pick a different local animal organization each time. As Michelle and I were shopping for the tchotchkes for the tables we thought that that might be a good way to decide which cause to support. If we’re going by animal figurines then pigs and bunnies are the front runners.

We’ll be putting up a new site soon, specifically for the benefit dinners, but it won’t stop there – we’ll also give you all the info you need to set up dinners like these in your community. Because we’re all knowledge spready like that.

Vegan Addict ^[2] posted a review of sorts of the whole thing, so check that out, too!

Pics from Katie Sweetpea:

Cornbread stuffing with homemade sausages in a baked acorn squash. Also, smoky grilled tempeh with mushroom ragout over kale.

Kitty cat gingerbread cookie over caramelized apples with ice cream and caramel sauce. I didn’t have time to make the ice cream myself. Oops.

Salad with toasted walnuts, red bartletts, roasted golden beets and caramelized shallots

Heather and Lisa building salads

Ummmm, that wasn’t on the menu!

That’s how I look when I grill – just straight up sexy and flawless

Alan eats kitties! WTF!

Katie rocks the ice cream I stole from Food Fight

A candid shot of me and Joshy

The first rule is not to eat your own product

These photos are from GetSconed Jess:

Happy diners from the hinterlands of Washington state

Poor Kimmy and the apples. Sorry Kimmy! That was a thankless job.

Some tchotchkes

Our venerable team of apron activists