Veggie Heaven. - Teaneck, New Jersey - restaurant reviews

Share your favorite natural foods recipes with like-minded folks. The Garden of Eden Natural Foods & Country Kitchen Inc., a grocery store and restaurant in Mt. Laurel, N.J., is compiling recipes for a community cookbook, slated to be called Country Kitchen Natural Favorites. Please include your name, address and phone number with your recipe as well as the number of people your recipe serves. If yours is chosen, you will receive a chef's apron with the Garden of Eden insignia. For more information, call or write Diana P. Melchiorre, Garden of Eden, 1155 N. Route 73, Ramblewood Center, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054; (609) 778-1971; E-mail: http://www.multiplex.com/1/a/gardenofeden

Better School Lunches

Cooking with Kids is a public school program that teaches Santa Fe schoolchildren to cook and eat healthful vegetarian foods. Supporters include the Santa Fe Public Schools, private sponsors and Chefs Collaborative 2000, an organization affiliated with Oldways, an international food and nutrition coalition. Last year, some Santa Fe schoolchildren cooked Llapingachos (an Ecuadoran potato dish); Green and White Pasta with Tomato Basil Sauce; Brazilian Black Beans with Calabacitas and Blue Cornbread; North African Tajine; and Mediterranean Salad with Tabbouleh. After the children cooked a meal in the classroom, it was offered on the school's regular menu. Cooking with Kids hopes to expand throughout the state and to become a model for other communities. For more information, contact program coordinator Lynn Walters, Route 8, Box 331 G, Santa Fe, NM 87505.

Veggie Kids

Vivactive! is a new magazine for kids published by Viva!, the British vegan society. Features include photos of animals by kids, vegan kid news, poetry, book reviews and pen pal messages. For a sample copy, contact Viva! at P.O. Box 212, Crewe, England CW1 4SD; Ph: 01270 522500 fax: 01270 522511; E-mail: viva@netcentral.co.uk.

Finer Wine

The Viva! Wine Club mail order catalog is now available, listing the best in vegan wines, beers and spirits from around the world. All drinks are free of animal products; many are organic and have won awards in wine-tasting competitions. For a free catalog, contact Viva! at P.O. Box 212, Crewe, England CW 1 4SD; Ph: 01270 522500 fax: 01270 522511; E-mail: viva@netcentral.co.uk.

Eggless Baking

Thinking of making your own bread in large quantities, without using any milk or eggs? You may need help. In the latest issue of the Vegetarian Journal's Foodservice Update, a quarterly newsletter published by the Vegetarian Resource Group, chef Rachel Himmelheber gives tips on great vegan baking. Recipes include basic French bread to make 12 loaves, plus variations of whole wheat, cracked wheat, cinnamon raisin, rosemary onion and granola breads. For a sample copy of Foodservice Update with vegan bread baking ideas, send $3 to The Vegetarian Resource Group, P.O. Box 1463, Baltimore, MD 21203. A one-year subscription to Foodservice Update is $10.

School Tool

The Fund for Animals has released a 30-minute video for classrooms called What's Wrong with Hunting. It features celebrities such as Coach Marv Levy of the Buffalo Bills, Alexandra Paul of "Baywatch," Tiffani-Amber Thiessen of "Beverly Hills 90210," Craig Paquette of the Kansas City Royals and wildlife biologists and animal activists debunking the myth that hunting is a fun sport or useful for wildlife "management." The video was made to be a counterattack to the pro-hunting messages distributed to schools by rifle and hunting organizations and state and federal wildlife agencies. A report published by the fund last year found that 31 states sponsored hunts and recruited youths to take part in them and 37 states sanctioned hunter training as part of junior high and high school curricula. For a copy (VHS, Beta, 3/4 inch or 1 inch) of What's Wrong with Hunting, please call The Fund for Animals at (301)0 585-2591. Cost is $15, but the film can be screened in classrooms for free.

Calendar

National Center for

Homeopathy 1997 Annual Meeting

and Conference

April 4 to 7 Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor Hotel Baltimore, Maryland

The National Center for Homeopathy is a nonprofit organization. Its mission is to promote health through homeopathy by providing information and education to the public. There will be a wide variety of homeopathy for the beginning consumer to the advanced prescriber. Highlights include: Homeopathic Treatment of Depression; Homeopathy and Heart Disease; and Homeopathic Veterinary Care. Contact: National Center for Homeopathy (703) 548-7790 Cost: varies ($30 to $210)

United Plant Savers

Conference on the

Cultivation and Preservation

of Medicinal Plants

April 20 University of California, at the Santa Cruz Arboretum Santa Cruz, California

United Plant Savers will be hosting three conferences this year. These conferences will focus on the sustainable cultivation of medicinal plants with emphasis on "at risk" plants, identification of wild medicinal plants, ecological herbalism, plant conservation principles and techniques, and bio-regional herbalism as a healthy way of living. The remaining two conferences will be held on June 6 to 8 at Equinox Botanical Sanctuary, Rutland, Ohio and August 1 to 3 at Sage Mountain Retreat Center, East Barre, Vt. Contact: United Plant Savers (802) 479-9825 Cost: $45 Web site: http://plantsavers.org E-mail: ups@ilhawaii.net