{"id":9074,"date":"2013-10-07T15:35:09","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T20:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/2013\/09\/28\/"},"modified":"2013-10-07T15:35:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T20:35:40","slug":"10-questions-with-brian-patton-aka-the-sexy-vegan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=9074","title":{"rendered":"10 Questions with Brian Patton (aka The Sexy Vegan)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Sexy-Vegan-Happy-Hour-at-Home-Cover.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Sexy-Vegan-Happy-Hour-at-Home-Cover-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Sexy-Vegan-Happy-Hour-at-Home-Cover-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Sexy-Vegan-Happy-Hour-at-Home-Cover.jpg 578w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><strong>1. After \u201cThe Sexy Vegan Cookbook\u201d, what made you decide to make your next book \u201cThe Sexy Vegan\u2019s Happy Hour at Home\u201d? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was sitting at my computer one day and got an email from my editor at New World Library. As I remember it, she said something to the effect of, \u201cyour first book is selling really well, and we project that it will continue to sell&#8230;and we love you better than all of our other authors, and you\u2019re the best at everything, oh, and do you have any ideas for another book?\u201d I had recently started a tradition in my house of doing a little \u201chappy hour\u201d on our little balcony with me and my girlfriend (who has since become my wife). It was a tapas kind of thing with small plates and, of course, some adult beverages. I presented this idea to the editors and presto! Happy Hour at Home was created!<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. You have very specific rules as to what constitutes a happy hour. Do you mind sharing them with my readers? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, well, these are the rules I use in my own home. You can use these, make up your own, or have complete anarchy and chaos.<\/p>\n<p>1. Happy Hour is always served on the balcony.<br \/>\n2. Happy hour season may begin only when the weather is such that once the sun goes down, even the whiniest of guests won\u2019t get chilly sitting outside, because, see rule #1.<br \/>\n3. Happy hour is on Friday. Period.<br \/>\n4. Happy hour is for four people. Any more and you\u2019d have a dinner party, and that\u2019s a different book.<br \/>\n5. Happy hour guests may not be made privy to the menu until the chef posts it.<br \/>\n6. Guests bring the booze at the chef\u2019s instruction.<br \/>\n7. And finally..there\u2019s no crying in happy hour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Is it hard being a vegan when going out to an average restaurant\u2019s happy hour? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is. Usually going out to eat as a vegan in a non vegan world is not a difficult thing once you get the hang of it, but a happy hour poses it\u2019s own challenges. The menu is usually limited to bar food like buffalo wings, chicken fingers, nachos, sliders, jalapeno poppers, etc. There\u2019s always fries, and sometimes onion rings, but those onion rings most likely came out of a big industrial bag and were frozen solid 5 minutes before they were served to you. &#8220;Happy Hour at Home&#8221; is the solution to these problems\u2026and if all else fails, we still have gin\u2026thank Dog that&#8217;s vegan\u2026makes things much easier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. What is your favorite food recipe from \u201cHappy Hour at Home\u201d?<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>The stromboli from the first menu is very near and dear to my heart, because I ate stromboli growing up. There were all kinds, too. Regular stromboli had salami, ham, cheese and veggies. Then there was the cheesesteak stromboli, which was awesome! And I&#8217;ve even had buffalo chicken stromboli! I really wanted to veganize it, and with all the great new vegan cheese options out there, it made it pretty easy. So I get to have stromboli once again\u2026really good stromboli.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. What\u2019s your favorite drink recipe from your latest book? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For many reasons, my favorite cocktail is The Bloody Vulcan. While a blood mary is made with tomatoes, and colored red, a Bloody Vulcan is made with tomatillos and colored green&#8230;like the blood of a vulcan. It\u2019s fresh tomatillo juice mixed with lime, agave, and tequila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. The Bloody Vulcan as a Star Trek reference is all well and good, but now what are you going to do about those alienated Star Wars fans?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, if you pay attention to my instagram, facebook or twitter feed, you can see that I have hung a large R2D2 pinata in my unborn child\u2019s nursery. I give both Star Wars and Star Trek equal time in my life&#8230;but I can\u2019t *ahem* FORCE myself to come up with a Star Wars themed drink. It just didn\u2019t happen this time. While I can\u2019t think of a drink, however, the only thing I can come up with off the top of my head here is: \u201cBoba Fett-uccine\u201d&#8230;a pasta dish, with a \u201cbounty\u201d of fresh veggies. See? That\u2019s what happens when I force it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. And let\u2019s face it, once you\u2019ve got Star Wars covered you better have a Lord of the Rings drink lined up too.  Ideas?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oh wow. Okay\u2026 umm\u2026 How about a shot called \u201cThe Fires of Mordor\u201d. Tomato juice, carrot juice, tequila and a squirt of Siracha..then float Bacardi 151 on top and set it ablaze. I totally just made that up and it is untested..I may have to give it a try though.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. With your first book you were a guy with a girlfriend.  Now you\u2019re married to that girlfriend with a baby on the way.  What\u2019s a vegan infant\u2019s diet going to be like?<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Well, it\u2019s going to start with breast milk, which technically isn\u2019t vegan, I suppose, but I\u2019ll let that one slide. Once the kid starts eating solid food, it\u2019ll be the same as any other baby, pureed fruits and veggies. At some point, most people \u201cintroduce\u201d animal products into a child\u2019s diet. We\u2019re just going to skip that part, and make sure he\u2019s getting all the vitamins and nutrients he needs with plants. I\u2019m not all that worried about it. I know plenty of kids that have been vegan from birth, they seem more than fine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9082\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9082\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Oliver.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Oliver-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Oliver-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Oliver-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Oliver.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Update: Say Hello to baby Oliver!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>9. So, you\u2019re the executive chef for Vegin\u2019 Out in Los Angeles.  You still do the Sexy Vegan instructional YouTube videos, you\u2019ve authored two cookbooks, you travel the country to attend events, and now you\u2019re about to become a father.  What\u2019s next for Brian Patton?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Retirement. Ah, if only. I\u2019m doing some menu consulting for a new vegan restaurant that\u2019s coming together in Los Angeles, and I\u2019m toying with the idea of doing some pop-up dinners and things like that. I\u2019ve got more book ideas that I\u2019m fleshing out as well, but that\u2019s a ways off. Mainly I\u2019m going to be making sure my dogs don\u2019t eat my baby..at least for the next few months or so. I don\u2019t think they will, they\u2019re pretty good dogs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Parting shot!  Ask us here at The Magical Buffet any one question.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What will be your first order of business once you, Rebecca, become the \u201cSupreme Ruler of the world?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>I have three words for you: Bring back Firefly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Brian Patton:<\/strong><br \/>\nBrian L. Patton is the executive chef for Vegin&#8217; Out, a vegan food delivery service in Los Angeles. The quintessential \u201cregular dude\u201d vegan chef, he started posting instructional cooking videos on YouTube as his witty, ukulele-playing alter ego \u201cThe Sexy Vegan\u201d and quickly gained a large following. Brian offers his popular cooking demonstrations at stores, restaurants, and community centers throughout Southern California and in his travels around the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sexy Vegan and I talk about alcoholic Star Trek drinks, alcoholic Star Wars drinks, alcoholic Lord of the Rings drinks, and oh yeah, his new cookbook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,10,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9074"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}