Our vegan wedding 5.9.09

Ethical Pizza has been married now for over a month, but we have yet to post about our wedding and -- since we pretend to be a baking blog -- the cake and the food. Naturally, we threw an all-vegan wedding, at Fort Mason in San Francisco (which is the place where I popped the question, eight months prior).

The night before the wedding, Kathleen and I hosted a pizza party / rehearsal dinner at our house. With friends' help, I made about 8 pizzas (our standard tomato and pesto), which everyone loved. I think I may have created just a few more adorers of Ethical Pizza :)



The wedding itself was catered by Back to Earth, who did a 100% fantastic job! The food was absolutely delicious and the service flawless. I think it's safe to say that many of our guests never had an all-vegan meal before, yet everybody loved the menu. We knew that the food was going to be delicious, but the amount of compliments it received, surprised even us.



For the cake, we went back and forth between BTE's pastry chef and Millennium (since we love the Chocolate Almond Midnight!), but eventually settled on Back to Earth and we did not regret it.



Our vegan cake had two tiers. Since at the tasting we couldn't decide between the chocolate and the lemon, we made the bottom tier the chocolate, while the top tier was the lemon, and a white frosting all around, with spectacular effect. People literally raved about this cake -- especially the flavor, the lightness, and the frosting. It was clear that prior to our wedding, for most of our guests, it was outside of the realm of possible to make a cake this delicious and light, without animal ingredients. Kathleen and I definitely relished the opportunity to show off how great vegan food can be. Our thanks and compliments to the chef, the pastry chef (whom we sadly never got to meet), the waitstaff, and most of all, Eric, the president of BTE who was in attendance and ensured that things ran smoothly.










A few more noteworthy suppliers:

• Jewelry by our good friend (and bridesmaid) Melissa at Live Vibrant
 

• Makeup by Jason Nitsch, Melissa's husband, make-up and tattoo artist
 

• Hair by Jerry Tapia (Kathleen's cousin, professional hair stylist / Seattle)
 

• Felt flowers, felt boutonnières, felt hairpieces by Kathleen (Mrs. Ethical Pizza)
 


• Wedding Dress by Unique Vintage
• Tailoring by Victoria's Clothing Design (and her two pooches, Lisa and Luigi)
 

• Vegan (non-silk) tie by Jaan J.
• Non-wool suit by H & M
 

• Our shoes came from *gasp* Payless, actually a great source for non-leather dressy shoes.

• Engagement ring (conflict free diamonds) and
• Wedding bands (recycled metals) by Brilliant Earth
 

• Wedding favors (quality whole leaf tea) by Adagio
 

• Photography by our dear friend and professional wedding photographer Jon Claxton