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08/10/2015

Los Angeles: everyone go to the Julia Child Gone Vegan event! » It’s time for a Mohawk Bend Authors’ Worth Celebrating event, and this time it’s with the delightful Annie and Dan Shannon cooking up Julia Child’s favorites, but vegan! OH HELL YES. Here are the details! Get your tickets TODAY: Monday, August 31

6pm - 9:30pm

$40/per person

RSVP beginning August 10th: authors@mohawk.la The evening will include…

a four-course vegan meal straight from the cookbook along with craft beer and cocktail pairings. Plus, Annie and Dan will offer guests a Julia Child-inspired cooking demonstration so folks can recreate the dishes at home. About Annie and Dan Shannon…

Annie and Dan Shannon, the authors of Betty Goes Vegan, are back. In their new book, they show readers how to cook creatively and thriftily with recipes, sidebars, and tips on stocking a pantry and using ingredients creatively. Most recipes result in leftover ingredients and servings that can be reused in multiple ways, reducing waste in your kitchen while keeping your meals fresh and flavorful. Inspired by the recipes and cost-saving techniques used during the Depression and World War II and paying a vegan homage to Julia Child, The Shannons have figured out how to get the most out of what you’ve already invested so that you can spend less and get more. With recipes like Korean Kimchi BBQ Burgers, Vegan Yankee Pot Roast, Not-cho Everyday Chili Dogs, and Savannah Pecan Pies, MASTERING THE ART OF VEGAN COOKING offers a way to make eating vegan both affordable and delicious.

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04/08/2015

Los Angeles: Watch Farm Sanctuary’s Gene Baur Speak While You Eat Amazing Food! » Gene Baur, a real hero to farm animals everywhere and kick-ass Daily Show guest, is coming to Los Angeles and you don’t want to miss the opportunity to meet him and hear him speak and just generally be in the presence of one of Animal Rights true pioneers. Basically, this is very important (and, in addition to being around Gene, it’s being served with an insanely delicious four-course meal by the genius chefs at Mohawk Bend!) and you NEED to be there. Plus, you’ll get to see me and my beautiful face and I will give you all of the (APPROPRIATE) kisses. Here are the details: Gene Baur @ Mohawk Bend

Tuesday, May 5th

6:30 p.m.

$40 per person, four-course vegan meal

RSVP: authors@mohawk.la

Mohawk Bend, 2141 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026 About the Authors Worth Celebrating series: The “Authors Worth Celebrating” series at Mohawk Bend spotlights authors who share Mohawk Bend’s community values. With the guest author, our Executive Chef creates a delicious multi-course meal for attendees to enjoy while they get to know the author, and the inspiration for their books, through robust conversation. Past authors featured include Joseph Shuldiner, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Tal Ronnen, Laurie David, Mayim Bialik, Randy Clemens, Terry Hope Romero, Ayinde Howell and Bryant Terry. www.mohawk.la

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02/10/2015

Los Angeles! Celebrate Vegan Mardi Gras in style! » Mohawk Bend is celebrating Mardi Gras in style with the lovely, brilliant, and incredibly talented chef Bryant Terry, author of Afro-Vegan (SUCH a good cook book! So good! The best!) and you BETTER BE THERE. Like, seriously, if you go to one Los Angeles culinary event this year, make it this. His food is insane! Here are the details from Mohawk Bend: The party begins at 6:30 p.m on Tuesday, Feb. 17th. Tickets are $40. RSVP authors@mohawk.la (Ed.: DO IT NOW! We’ll see you there! I’ll be the fat red-head who’s face is stuffed with all the delicious food!) About Chef Bryant Terry: Bryant Terry is a chef, educator, and author renowned for his activism to create a healthy, just, and sustainable food system. Bryant’s fourth book, Afro Vegan was published by Ten Speed Press/Random House April 2014. Just 2 months after publication, Afro-Vegan was named by Amazon.com one of the best cookbooks of 2014. In December it was nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the Outstanding Literary Work category. ALSO! Here are some more upcoming events from the Mohawk Bend family: February 22: Vegan Chili Cook Off @ Tony’s Darts Away in Burbank Five teams of multi-talented chefs will compete for ultimate culinary bragging rights on Sunday, February 22 in the 3rd annual Vegan Chili Cook-Off hosted by Tony’s Darts Away. This year’s chef line-up includes chefs from across Los Angeles including Chef Ron Russell of SunCafe, Chef Jackie Sobon of Vegan Yack Attack Chef Doomie of Doomie’s Home Cookin and Chef Jennie Cook of Plant Based Parties. Joseph Shuldiner of the Institute of Domestic Technology and Author Ayinde Howell (The Lusty Vegan) lend their expertise as judges. February 14: Valentine’s Day Tony’s Darts Away Diners can invite their furry friends to join them for a brunch extravaganza - complete with a Valentine’s Day treat for dogs! What better way to celebrate L-O-V-E than on our sunny patio with man’s best friend? Vegan-friendly, dog-friendly, and lots of California craft beer! Mohawk Bend Vegan Surf ‘n Turf is available Friday and Saturday for lovebirds and foodies alike. PLUS Valentine-inspired cocktails and beer flights.

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10/20/2014

Los Angeles! Mohawk Bend is back with another Authors Worth Celebrating event and this time it’s for the LUSTY VEGANS. (boom chicka wa wa!) (is that how you spell that?) (I need a definitive answer here.) Here are the details: Monday, November 24th 6:30pm @ Mohawk Bend

$35/per person, 4-course vegan meal

Mohawk Bend

2141 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026 RSVP authors@mohawk.la $35/per person, 4-course vegan mealMohawk Bend2141 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026 Friendsgiving theme! Yay! Let’s all go and eat all the food and be best friends and have the NIGHT OF OUR LIIIIIIIVES!

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09/23/2014

If you’re in Los Angeles and you’re not attending Mohawk Bend’s “Authors Worth Celebrating” dinner and drinks series, you are seriously missing out. Each month, the restaurant has an author with a new cookbook swing by and prepare a four course dinner (with beer and cocktail pairings! BOOZE!) and then feeds you the entire thing while the author tells you all about it. I’ve been to two–one for the brilliant Tal Ronnen (Crossroads FOR LIFE!) and one for also brilliant Terry Hope Romero (Salad Samurai! Yes!)–and they were both two of the best meals I’ve ever had. AND YOU KNOW I LOVE TO EAT. Plus, it’s so fun to hear the author speak about the process for coming up for each dish, and it’s just all together a really lovely night. Oh! And there are awesome giveaways after the meal, and you have the opportunity to buy the chef’s cookbook. It’s all inclusive, you guys!!! The mastermind behind the festivities is Mohawk Bend co-owner Amy Yanow (that’s her interviewing Terry Hope Romero above!), a genius in her own right for devising this delicious idea. We sat down with Amy and asked her a few questions about the series, and here are her terrific answers: Why did you decide to start doing this series? We had always visualized using the Ramona Room at Mohawk Bend to facilitate conversations and serve as a community hub for interesting events. We just hadn’t necessarily found a format that worked. Prior to this year, we did host the occasional book event at Mohawk Bend and Tony’s Darts Away, but under different formats in which the event guests usually comingled with the regular dining service. To me, the prior formats lacked customer engagement. Late last year, I found myself so inspired by some of the values-based cookbooks coming that I wanted to actualize that dream of using the Ramona Room at Mohawk Bend to curate interesting conversations that reflect the values of my family and our restaurants. The original idea was to ensure that customers felt that they had direct contact with the featured guests, an opportunity for conversation and an experience that was different than the usual dining experience. Why have most of the authors been vegan? We had always intended for the series to have vegan offerings regardless of whether or not the author was vegan. Naturally, we started off by approaching people we knew and not so coincidentally most of them were vegan. However, an early event featured Laurie David and Kirstin Uhrenholdt, two women I respect greatly, who included a lot of plant-based options in their book but the book isn’t vegan. Regardless, I keep finding myself most compelled by the books featuring plant-based recipes, because that is something that I am passionate about and there are so many great cookbooks to celebrate. Further, there is an interest in the vegan authors we feature, so it’s win-win. Ultimately, we’ve just been really blessed with the quality of guests we’ve been able to host and have been rolling with the punches. I would definitely consider having another guest that published a book I believed in so long as we could have a vegan friendly offering as well, but everything in the pipeline at the time continues to be vegan. It seems like, in addition to the Authors Worth Celebrating series, you always have vegan options at your establishments (Mohawk Bend in Echo Park, Tony’s Dart’s Away in Burbank, and Golden Road Brewing in Glendale!). Why is catering to vegans important to you? Yes, having an inclusive menu was a decision made on Day 1. My husband and I couldn’t fathom opening anything that wasn’t hospitable to eaters of all kind, particularly because we prefer vegan offerings. That spirit of bringing vegans, vegetarians and carnivores together in a space that they could all be happy in only supported our goal to serve as a neighborhood gathering space and pub. Do you plan to continue the series indefinitely? So long as we are inspired by what is being published, people are interested and quality conversation continues. Who do we have to look forward to in the future? Thug Kitchen (ED.: YES!! We fucking love them!!!) is coming in October and we are thrilled. After our Laurie David event, their publisher approached us to host their LA book release and we couldn’t be more honored that the series gained their attention and that they would like to use our space for such a milestone event. (Note: I I’m still not actually sure who Thug Kitchen is other than that they are a duo. I can’t wait to find out!) What’s been your favorite dish so far and why? You can’t make me pick one. They’ve all been amazing. What I can tell you is that, I love a good salad and I tend to prefer easy for myself. I have found myself making Isa Chandra Moskowitz’s Caesar salad and Terry Hope Romero’s wedge salad. I have found myself day dreaming about Tal Ronnen’s kale ricotta tortellini with saffron cream sauce. DID YOU HEAR THAT: THE NEXT ONE IS THUG KITCHEN YALL. You can call me lots of things (fat, sexy, adorable, hilarious, full-of-swears), but don’t call me late to that fucking dinner. xoxox.

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08/29/2014

Vegan Superhero Terry Hope Romero is coming to Los Angeles TO COOK FOR YOU. She is THE BOMB DOT COM (technical term). We love Terry so so much, and this will be a meal to remember! So get your ass to Mohawk Bend and eat all her food at the Authors Worth Celebrating dinner! YUM YUM GET YOU SOME ETC I AM STARVING IS IT LUNCH YET. Event Details:

Monday, September 15

6:30pm

RSVP authors@mohawk.la

$30/per person, 4-course vegan meal

Mohawk Bend

2141 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026

Event link on FB

About Terry Hope Romero:

Terry Hope Romero is the author or co-author of several bestselling and award-winning cookbooks, including her collaborations with Isa Chandra Moskowitz (Vegan Pie in the Sky, Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar, Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, and the “vegan Bible” Veganomicon), as well as Viva Vegan!, which contains 200 recipes for Latin food lovers, and Vegan Eats World, a 300 recipe worldwide culinary tour of vegan cuisine. In 2011 she was named “Favorite Cookbook Author” by VegNews. She lives in Queens, New York. http://veganlatina.com





About the Authors Worth Celebrating series:

The “Authors Worth Celebrating” series at Mohawk Bend spotlights authors who share Mohawk Bend’s community values. With inspiration from the guest author, our Executive Chef creates a delicious multi-course meal for attendees to enjoy while they get to know the guest author, and the inspiration for their books, through robust conversation. Past authors featured include Joseph Shuldiner, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Tal Ronnen, Laurie David, Mayim Bialik and Randy Clemens!

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07/09/2014

Los Angeles: Come to This Sriracha and Beer Dinner at Mohawk Bend! » YOU GUYS! It’s time for another DELICIOUS “Authors Worth Celebrating” dinner event at Mohawk Bend in Echo Park, Los Angeles! And you should be there because this one involves SRIRACHA and BEER. Yes.

The details: Join Randy, celebrated Los Angeles writer and BJCP Recognized Beer Judge, for a four-course vegan meal inspired by his plant-based book, “The Veggie-Lover’s Sriracha Cookbook.” Randy will explore the culinary delights of Sriracha through an evening of delicious vegan eats and California craft beers. Monday, July 21 6:30pm

Mohawk Bend

2141 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026

Reservations:

$25, per person



About the Authors Worth Celebrating series:

Reservations: Authors@mohawk.la $25, per person The “Authors Worth Celebrating” series at Mohawk Bend spotlights authors who share Mohawk Bend’s community values. With inspiration from the guest author, Chef Erick Simmons creates a delicious multi-course meal for attendees to enjoy while they get to know the guest author, and the inspiration for their books, through robust conversation. Past authors featured include Joseph Shuldiner, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Tal Ronnen, Laurie David and Mayim Bialik.

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