A Vegan-Friendly Masquerade
There are aspects of leading a vegan lifestyle that you might never realize unless you are a vegan. This weekend, I attended a benefit Masquerade Ball. My ticket cost $75 for dinner and open bar. As I don’t drink and don’t eat meat or cheese, I paid thinking of it as strictly a donation.
In preparing for the event, I looked around at different mask options. Unfortunately, most pre-made decorated masks seem to include feathers. Sure, some of them might have been fake, but they weren’t often labeled either way. Plus, as an outspoken vegan I would get flack even if I wore fake ones.
So making my own mask was the best option. And it was a big hit! I got lots of compliments on how my mask matched my dress. My mask only cost about $5 in total to make, and many other attendees mentioned paying $30 or more for theirs. In the photo here, I am on the right and my roommate - a vegetarian who also made her mask - is on the left.
And as for the food? A vegan girl could not have been more satisfied! There was a carving station, but that was the only meat anywhere. There was a make your own salad table with lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, cucumbers, croutons, dressings, parmesan cheese, and more fresh veggies. There was another make your own set-up: a pasta bar. You could select from seven different fresh vegetables - red pepper, onion, olives, asparagus, zucchini, broccoli rabe, mushrooms - and either red sauce or garlic-infused oil, and a chef cooked it for you, tossing it with some penne pasta.
All around the event was fun and extremely vegan friendly. I had a blast!
November 16th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Ugh… you’re making me HUNGRY. I made homemade pitas & hummus tonight, but where-oh-where is my make-your-own pasta bar chef?