A variety of products will be on sale this weekend as the Melton Mowbray Vegan Market returns to the town.

The event, which is on Sunday from 10.30am to 4pm in Market Place, will feature vegan street food, artisan bakes, craft cheeses, handmade cosmetics, ethical clothing & jewellery, arts and crafts and charity stalls.

It is organised by Vegan Market Co (VMCO), which has handpicked a selection of talented, ethical and sustainable businesses.

Lewis Beresford, VMCOs founder said: We are so excited to be back in Melton Mowbray.

"We work hard to find the countrys leading vegan producers, from street food vendors and bakers to ethical clothing and cosmetic producers.

"We also work with many local businesses and cant wait to give all of these fantastic producers the platform they deserve and introduce them to the wonderful people of Melton Mowbray.

The Melton Mowbray Vegan Market is in Market Place from 10.30am to 4pm on Sunday.

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Mac and cheese is one of Americas most beloved dishes. All varietiesgooey or baked, embellished or plainare welcome. Noodles draped in melted cheese and dairy; its a simple scoop of carb heaven. But when you need a vegan option, where do you begin? Why, with the cheese sauce, of course. Think of it this way: most dry pastas are already vegan, so youre halfway there. Use this cashew cheese sauce to take you the rest of the way.

The bulk of this recipe consists of soaked, softened cashews. The cashews become extremely tender after soaking and get blended with plant-based milk and spices, resulting in a thick, flavorful sauce. Its pretty amazing how soaking cashews can result in a texture totally different than the crunchy roasted version. (Try adding them to soups and stews.) The fat content in cashews creates a rich texture, the drupe has a mild flavor that can easily be manipulated by spices, and our cheesiest non-cheese friendnutritional yeastrounds the whole thing out. A pinch of MSG creates a subtle nod to parmesan cheese, and all you need to do is add the macaroni.

1. Soak the cashews

Theres the long way and the fast way, and both are effective. The long way is to add the raw cashews to a bowl and cover them with room temperature water. Leave them to soak for about four hours or overnight. The fast way is to dump the cashews in a bowl and then cover them with freshly boiled water. Let them soak for 30 to 45 minutes. The cashews will look swollen, pale, and some of them will split along the center. Other than those signs, I recommend you eat one. The cashew will be very soft, but still have some integrity.

2. Blend with the other ingredients

Drain the cashews and add them to a blender, along with the nutritional yeast, a clove of garlic, spices, salt, and MSG. Add half of the liquid measurement, and blend for about 30 seconds at high speed. Add the rest of the liquid measurement and blend again until smooth.

This sauce works best if you have a high-powered blender. I have a pretty good blender but it wasnt enough to make the sauce as smooth as I wanted. I had to transfer the mixture to a deep bowl and use my immersion blender to smooth it out, which always works when Im in a pinch. This cashew sauce is savory and satisfying, and the nutritional yeast does a great job delivering a cheese-like flavor. It will not have a stretchy cheese-pull to offer, but it is supremely creamy.

While you can use this sauce for topping vegetables, or swiping over eggs, I mixed a pound of elbow macaroni into my cashew sauce and poured it into a buttered casserole dish. Then, I generously topped it with panko crumbs (make sure to check the pankos ingredients if youre vegan) and spritzed the top with spray oil to aid in browning. You could also stir the bread crumbs with a teaspoon of oil if you dont have a spray bottle. My mac went into a 400F oven for 15 minutes to crisp on top and set throughout. This made for a clean-slicing casserole, but it lost its goo factor. If you want to keep it creamy, just broil it for a minute or two to brown the breadcrumbs.

Ingredients:

1 cup raw cashews

cup nutritional yeast

1 garlic clove, peeled

1 cup unsweetened oat milk (substitute other plant milks)

teaspoon turmeric

teaspoon paprika

teaspoon onion powder

1 teaspoon mustard

1 teaspoon salt

teaspoon MSG

1 pound of macaroni, boiled

1 cup of panko crumbs

Spray oil to coat the crumbs

1. Preheat the oven to 400F, if baking. Butter a medium or large casserole dish.

2. Put the cashews in a bowl and cover them with just-boiled water. Soak them for 30 to 45 minutes.

3. Drain the cashews. Put them in a blender with the nutritional yeast, garlic, turmeric, paprika, onion powder, mustard, salt, and MSG. Add half of the oat milk. Blend the mixture on high speed until thick and smooth, about 30 seconds. Add the other half of the oat milk, and blend again until smooth. Mix the cashew sauce together with the cooked macaroni and add it to the buttered casserole dish.

3. Top the mac and cheese with panko crumbs and spray them with oil. Bake the mac for 15 minutes, or broil it for one or two minutes if you just want a crispy topping.

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Vegan goats cheese is now available in Waitrose supermarkets across the UK in another landmark moment for plant-based cheese.

Goats cheese lovers can get their hands on plant-based organic brand Palace Cultures Mouldy Goaty in stores and online.

Winner of a Great Taste award 2023, Mouldy Goaty is made with organic cashews and almonds. It also contains coconut milk, sea salt, and live cultures.

Palace Culture started life in a family kitchen in Crystal Palace, London, in 2018. Founder Mirko Parmigiani wanted to create a dairy-free cheese that the whole family, including his dairy-intolerant son, could enjoy.

Having previously been sold at markets and independent stores, including La Fauxmagerie, Palace Culture cheeses are now available nationwide. Mouldy Goaty is available at an introductory price of 4.46 (which will rise to 5.95).

Two other Palace Culture products are also entering Waitrose. Kimcheeze is a soft cheese made with red chillies and Holy Smokes is a smoky cream cheese. Both are also available at an introductory price of 4.46.

With new product launches happening ever more regularly, vegan cheese has well and truly become mainstream in the UK. Until now, however, goats cheese had remained more elusive for many consumers.

On Instagram, enthusiastic consumers called the announcement the best news ever.

Investigations have unveiled cruelty in the goat milk industry. Like humans, goats need to have a baby in order to produce milk. On farms, they are forcibly impregnated and newborn goats are taken from their mothers.

The arrival of vegan goats cheese in supermarkets offers an alternative for consumers looking for a more ethical alternative to their favorite cheese.

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Its now just over a week until Thanksgiving, and if you havent already found your chosen spot, there are plenty of options! There's even a vegan Thanksgiving meal on offer in the capital! You can take a look at our first rundown of Thanksgiving deals here, but now without further ado lets get those belly rumblings with even more delicious offerings!

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Oatly Group AB (Nasdaq: OTLY), the worlds largest oat drink company, known for its witty marketing campaigns, has announced a new collaboration in the US with Insomnia Cookies.

Present at all 250+ locations across North America, Oatlys 11oz Original and Chocolate Oatmilks are now featured alongside Insomnia Cookies assortment of signature warm cookies, desserts, and ice creams.

Following a steady decline since mid 2021, Oatlys stock surged by well over 30% after the announcement of the new partnership and has since leveled out.

The company has been shifting toward an asset-light supply chain strategy in an effort to boost profitability and has stated that it is on track to post profits this year. Part of this strategy has included transferring plant management and manufacturing facets to entities like Ya YA in the US. Simultaneously, Oatly has canceled plant construction plans, aiming to enhance operational focus, reduce complexity, and minimize capital expenditure.

Insomnia Cookies, a swiftly expanding late-night bakery, operates over 245 locations in the US. Mike Messersmith, the president of Oatly North America, emphasized the alignment of the new partnership, stating, Among the most quintessential of food combinations has to be milk and cookies. Insomnia Cookies has built an amazing brand and reputation for providing fantastic cookies and more whenever people are craving them, and we know that our Oatly oat milks will be a perfect complement to any order. Were delighted to continue building our foodservice footprint in the US with such a sweet partner.

Amidst a busy year, Oatly has appointed a new CEO, launched various products and foodservice initiatives, including soft-serve ice cream in Deutsche Bahn lounges across Germany and for UK foodservice, and opened a pop-up soft-serve shop in Amsterdam. The company introduced Philadelphia-style cream cheese in the US, expanded its oat drink range in the UK, and initiated product sales on Amazon in Europe.

Tom Carusona, Chief Marketing Officer at Insomnia Cookies, concluded, Oatly is the original oat milk and has paved the way for the plant-based milk revolution. Were excited to bring this new offering to our customers, who we know are increasingly looking for great non-dairy options that are better for the planet. Paired with our signature, warm delicious cookies, its a no-brainer.

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Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery its the sincerest form of learning. George Bernard Shaw

I learned to draw by copying from my favorite comic books, trying to understand each heros pose, their expression, and how their muscles fit together under all that spandex. (Superheroes have soooo many muscles!)

I think that we all learn that way. How to act, how to dress, how to move through the world. You see someone doing something amazing, and you try your best to do it the same way. Its only natural, right? So why does it feel so bad being called a copycat?

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My new book The Cardboard Kingdom: Snow & Sorcery came out in early November. Its the third book in a series that Ive written with a total of eleven different writers, and weve always tried to create a wide-reaching, inclusive world where each child in the kingdom can express themselves with homemade costumes and creativity. In Snow & Sorcery, that sense of play and adventure inspires kids from the nearby neighborhood of Parkside to join in the fun. But things do NOT go well.

When Mr. Millionaire waves a hand drawn million-dollar bill to prove he really is a millionaire, Alice the Alchemist calls him a counterfeiter and a crook. She is a hard-working young entrepreneur, and shes offended by his fakery.

When Jack the Sorceress sees Nando the Necromancer show up in a cool costume with snazzy eye makeup, Jack asks, Youre a BOY dressing up as a dark magic diva?! But, he says, Thats MY thing!

And then theres the Copycat, who wears a mish-mash of costume parts that shes proudly copied from other Cardboard Kingdom kids.

Needless to say, the new kids from Parkside are not warmly welcomed into the Cardboard Kingdom, setting up a string of misunderstandings and conflicts that will escalate over the course of the book.

As I developed the stories of Snow & Sorcery with members on my writing team, we kept circling around the same questions: Why is it so uncomfortable seeing ourselves reflected in others? When is it okay to be a copycat? How inclusive and expansive can the Cardboard Kingdom really be?

I like to ask a lot of questions with my work, and I dont claim to come up with answers for all of them. But heres some of what Ive learned while working on Snow & Sorcery.

What we fear in the mirror:

We all have faces. Theyre awkward, expressive things that we use to interact with those around us: to talk, to display emotion, to interpret the feelings of others. But theres this strange, uncanny thing about faces: you can never really know what yours looks like. You can look into a mirror, which certainly helps, but you can never actually know how everyone else sees you. Not unless they show you.

I think that the fundamental horror of being mimicked, imitated, or caricatured is discovering something ugly about ourselves that we hadnt seen before. It can lead to anxiety and insecurity, the fear of ridicule or even replacement.

Thats what drives Jack the Sorceress to see Nando the Necromancer as a rival rather than a new friend. Later in the book, Jack explains that to Nando:

If were insecure about ourselves or our place in the world, seeing someone else like us can feel threatening, as if theyre going to steal whatever spot weve carved out for ourselves. Worse yet, if they show us something about ourselves that we dont like, weve got to either adjust our own self-image or deny reality.

Imitation and caricature are powerful things. They can be hilarious and insightful, or they can be absolutely devastatingeven unintentionally so. As an artist, I hesitate whenever someone asks me to draw a likeness of them. Capturing a likeness means identifying someones most distinctive traits, what sets them apart, but those specific things are often what theyre the most insecure about. Even with the best of intentions and the lightest touch, its a challenge. Whenever another artist draws me, I brace myself before looking at their work! (Insecurity apparently has no age limit or expiration date.)

The power of a costume:

At its heart, The Cardboard Kingdom is a kind of pastiche, an homage to all the superhero, fantasy, and science fiction stories that have inspired me and the entire creative team. Its an exploration of how we project our favorite imaginary worlds onto our everyday lives, using a cardboard costume to transform into a towering robot or an enchanting sorceress. Theres something incredible about copying, about costumes, and about creativity.

In The Cardboard Kingdom, each childs costume provides an opportunity to cosplay as a different character, but it also provides an option to try on a different personality for a while, to test drive a different aspect of themselves they might not be ready to deal with outside of it. Jack feels much more confident and powerful when in costume as the Sorceress, and he gradually learns to feel a bit more of that magic at school and at home.

The Copycat prides herself on her costuming craftsmanship, eagerly copying the cardboard pieces of everyone elses outfits. Its a skill she develops alongside her mimicry, as a means of fitting in.

As George Bernard Shaws quote conveyed at the start of this article, copying is about learning. Its a kind of rehearsal, trying to learn through repeating what you see, faking it til you make it.

People say that I have a distinctive illustration style, that they can tell from just a quick glance at a books cover that I drew it. But I dont really know what that style is. Its like my own face: its too much a part of me to get a proper look at. My artistic style only took shape after countless times copying and being inspired by others art, and somewhere along the way, it became uniquely mine.

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And now I have the distinct pleasure of seeing readers copy costumes from our book, dressing up as Jack the Sorceress or Seth the Gargoyle for Halloween. Its profound and inspiring to see the reverberations of your own creative work ripple out into the world, to see glimmering reflections of it shine back at you. And I hope its just as powerful for those kids to see themselves reflected in our book, to read characters that look and act just like them.

There are a lot of lessons to learn from copycats.

Meet the author

Chad Sell grew up in a small town in central Wisconsin. He lived in a neighborhood much like the Cardboard Kingdom, where he and his friends bounded through backyards in imaginative games and outfits! His favorite characters to play were the villains because, despite being different and misunderstood, they were powerful and confident, and they got the best costumes. Chad lives in Connecticut with his husband and cat. Chads other books include Doodleville and The Stupendous Switcheroo.

About The Cardboard Kingdom #3: Snow and Sorcery

The kids of the Cardboard Kingdom go on a new adventure! This time, they are in search of new friendsbut what they discover is a lot more likeenemies

Its winter break in the Cardboard Kingdom, and kids from the town across the park want to play together! But according to the evil Sorceress, not just anyone can join the kingdom So its not long before the two communities spiral into battle.

Will the Sorceress realize the error of her ways before all hope is lost? Will friendship still manage to win the day?

The Cardboard Kingdom: Snow and Sorcerywas created, organized, and drawn by Chad Sell with writing from seven other authors: Jay Fuller-Ng, David DeMeo, Katie Schenkel, Vid Alliger, Manuel Betancourt, Barbara Perez Marquez, and Jasmine Walls.

ISBN-13: 9780593481639 Publisher: Random House Childrens Books Publication date: 11/07/2023 Series: Cardboard Kingdom Series #3 Age Range: 9 12 Years

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Bill Logans love affair with the works of Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw goes back to his days as a college student at the University of Houston in the late 1970s.

But throughout the intervening years, he had never had the opportunity to work on a production of one of Shaws most popular plays, Candida until now.

Logan directed the play for The Gingerbread Players of Saint Lukes Church in Forest Hills. It opened last weekend and two performances remain on Nov. 18 and 19.

Logan, who lives in Forest Hills, got his feet wet as a Shavian actor early in his theatrical career, appearing in a production of Getting Married. Four decades later he came full circle when he directed the play for the Gingerbread troupe.

Among the other Shavian plays with which he has been involved either as actor or director are The Philanderer and You Never Can Tell.

So delighted is he by Shaws writing that he claims, One of my most pleasant discoveries was on a business trip to Boston where I found a six-volume set of the complete works of Shaw for $35.

He appreciates that Shaws plays have a serious yet humorous way of approaching topics that are still relevant.

Candida, which was written in 1894, is a case in point. The themes, among them the examination of a womans place in marriage and the meaning of marriage itself, are pertinent to today, Logan said.

Shaws portrayal of independent women must have startled audiences back then, Logan said.

The plays three central characters are James Morell, a well-known English reverend and moralist (played by David Ezra Stein); his devoted wife, Candida (Lauren Snyder); and a passionate young poet, Eugene Marchbanks (Joey Mignone), who tries to win Candidas affections.

Snyder says her character is surprisingly a lot like me. She is good-natured and likes taking care of people a bit more than I do.

She first became acquainted with the role when she took a workshop at HB Studio, one of the original acting studios in New York City, under famed actor and teacher Austin Pendleton. He had a wealth of knowledge about Shaw, she said. I worked on my character in class. Now, she says, I notice things differently about her.

Rounding out the cast are Farah Diaz-Tello, Andrew Dinan and Mike Miller.

Not only does Candida question Victorian notions of love and marriage, but, as is typical in many of Shaws works, it also touches upon political issues of the day, though, according to Logan, theyre not central in this play.

Following open auditions, rehearsals for the production began in late August. Logan has found the experience to be great. The cast is very dedicated. They work very hard. Theyve learned how to play Shaw; they get the humor and all his points across.

Remaining performances take place at Saint Lukes Church, at 85 Greenway South, on Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 19 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $15. For more information, visit gingerbreadplayers.org or call (718) 268-7772.

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PEN TO PAPER: Letters shape history and peoples political and personal lives.

In 1527, King Henry VIII put ink to paper to write his future second wife, Anne Boleyn, telling her that he had written with the hand of him who wishes he were yours.

Letters now have a place in museums and estate houses, as well as on stage.

On Thursday evening in London, Letters Live, the literary event that brings together celebrities and critically acclaimed writers to read letters to a live audience, celebrated its 10th anniversary at the Royal Albert Hall with a helping hand from Montblanc, the German luxury goods brand dedicated to writing instruments, as well as timepieces, leather goods, accessories, fragrances and eyewear.

A jam-packed audience at the concert hall listened, laughed, cried and clapped as letters were read aloud by Benedict Cumberbatch, Gillian Anderson, Olivia Colman, Minnie Driver, Stephen Fry, Will Sharpe and Woody Harrelson.

It was only natural for Montblanc to unite with Letters Live, as both share an unwavering devotion to the written word and the influence it wields on individuals and communities. Montblancs very inception was rooted in a visionary concept to transform the way people connect through the art of writing, and we are thrilled to extend this incredible legacy through our partnership, opening fresh avenues for people to rediscover the magic of words, said Vincent Montalescot, chief marketing officer at Montblanc.

Cumberbatch, a coproducer of Letters Live, kicked off the evening with a letter by playwright and critic George Bernard Shaw to The Times of London from 1905.

Shaw wrote about of his evening at the Royal Opera House to watch a performance of Don Giovanni, which was disturbed by a woman wearing a large white bird, which looked exactly if someone had killed it by stamping on the beast, and then nailed it to the ladys temple.

I wore the costume imposed on me by the regulations of the house. I fully recognize the advantage of those regulations. Evening dress is cheap, simple, durable, prevents rivalry and extravagance on the part of male leaders of fashion, he wrote.

Other famous letters in the lineup included Jackie Morris note to the BBC; one from Nina Simone to Andy Stroud, and Anas Nins message to The Collector, an anonymous collector that would pay a dollar a page for the erotic stories of Nin, Henry Miller and their group of friends.

Tom Odell, Angelique Kidjo, The Spirituals Choir and Kae Tempest performed musical and spoken-word numbers in between the letter readings.

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If Thomas Edison hadnt repeatedly tried and failed (1,000 times), paid attention to results, and modified his approach to fix each flaw, the invention of the light bulb might have been in question. Trial, and error, admitting mistakes, acknowledging the obvious, and correcting course is the basis of scientific endeavor. Unfortunately, any such objective scrutiny of results and applied remedies is often missing in the public policy process, particularly when it comes to sanctuary policies for illegal aliens. Unlike Edison, leftist politicians who put in place sanctuary havens for lawbreakers now refuse to recognize the cause and effect of their colossalmistakes.

Yet, in the midst of Bidens Border Crisis that fuels massive flows of migrants to states and major urban areas within them, the evidence is now crystal clear: Sanctuary policies are an abject failure resulting in skyrocketing costs, increased gangs, drugs, crime, housing shortages, and publicoutcry.

Sanctuary policies generally referring to municipalities (or even entire states) that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities exist in some 600 cities and counties. Three sanctuary jurisdictions, in particular, are currently experiencing dramatic cause and effect due to theirpolicies.

George Bernard Shaw once observed, No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answers are obvious. While sanctuary-supporting politicians, blinded by the pursuit of power and corrupted by special interests, may have difficulty seeing the obvious, the citizens of New York, Chicago, and Boston can see it, and for them the answer is easy: End sanctuary policiesnow.

Sanctuary policies lack any inherent public benefit and impose adverse impact on local communities. They must be reversed because if not now in the middle of unprecedented turmoil with incontrovertible proof of failure, then when if ever would it betime?

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Check out all that Carlow has to offer this November weekend.

Friday 17th November:

Palatine GAA Clubhouse will host a fundraiser table quiz at 8pm on Friday.You can enter the quiz as a table of four for 40, with raffle prizes up for grabs on the night. The fundraiser is in aid of Carlow'sBrooke Cassidy whowill travel to Cape Town, South Africa in March alongside thirty-five other volunteers withFreeland projects.

Man Down byCarlow based choreographer Roisn Whelan will be in the George Bernard Shaw Theatre at 8pm on Friday. This dance show brings together evocative lighting and a foreboding set design that amplify the turmoil of one mans internal world. Tickets cost 16 and can be purchased online HERE

"Chopin by Candlelight" is a mesmerizing concert that will take place inSt Mary's Church of Ireland, Carlow at 9pm Friday night. Tickets cost21.35 and can be purchased online HERE

Saturday 18th November:

Dance Republic's 2023 show will take place on Saturday in the George Bernard Shaw Theatre. They will take to the stage and show off what they have been working on all year at classes and rehearsals. The shows will take place at 12pm, 3.30pm and 7pm with tickets costing 10-15 available to purchase HERE

Mayor Cllr. Tom O'Neill & Santa will turn on the Christmas lights this Saturday atLightfest. The familyevening will be filled with music, fireworks, and much more. Gates open at 4pm with lights being turned on at 6pm. The event is free to attend but you must reserve your place on eventbrite

Irish contemporary folk harpist, singer and composer BRDNwill perform at Carlow Pembroke club D'Art on Saturday at 8pm. Tickets cost 17 and can be purchased online HERE

The Foundry presents a Party Powerhouse night with DJ A/K at 10.30pm on Saturday. Tickets cost 8 and can be purchased online HERE

Sunday 19th November:

The Step House Hotel will host their Winter Wedding Showcase on Sunday between 2pm and 5pm.

Dorothy DoLittle's Magical Adventure Puppet Show comes to the George Bernard Shaw Theatre on Sunday at 3pm. Tickets cost 7-10 and can be purchased online HERE

WAR PONY film comes to the Visual this Sunday. It is a tender portrait of two boys' troubled passage into adulthood and a winner of the top prize in the Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard. The film will be shown at 7.30pm onSunday November 19th 2023. Tickets cost 7 and can be purchased online HERE

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