“There is no love sincerer than the love of food.” – George Bernard Shaw.  Our love and passion for great vegetarian and vegan food pushed us to dream farther and bring out dishes which are not just fresh and healthy but also made with a key ingredient called delicious, the one which appeases to all the senses. We at Walnut [...]

ON THE FIRST WARM NIGHT of the year in Paris, the horse-chestnut trees along the Champs-Élysées are freshly veiled with new leaves. Just off the avenue, at Lasserre, a glamorous old luxury-liner of a restaurant, the elegant and habitually blasé crowd can’t help grinning at the cancan moment this place is famous for. Late in the evening, as many diners [...]

sweetgreen, the much-loved, organic, farm-to-table salad shops founded in Washington, D.C., has announced the lineup for sweetlife 2013: an unforgettable celebration of music + food. The event will take place on Saturday, May 11th, at the Merriweather Post Pavillion in Columbia, MD, a beautiful and iconic venue situated among 40 acres of forest. The 2013 lineup follows sweetgreen’s recent announcement [...]

Tal Ronnen, a chef aiming to bring veganism to the masses, opens “plant-based” restaurant Crossroads on Melrose Avenue on Thursday. The menu at Crossroads, Ronnen’s first L.A. restaurant, features his vegan, Mediterranean-influenced small plates in a chandeliered, wood-floored dining room designed by Studio Collective. Ronnen, author of The Conscious Cook, teamed with entertainment and hospitality veterans Steve Bing and Parnell [...]

Visit a typical Japanese restaurant in North America, and you’ll find plentiful vegan options—from fresh avocado sushi rolls and hearty soba noodles to exotic seaweed salad and sweet inari (fried tofu pockets stuffed with rice). And as people learn about the pain that fish feel when they are killed for fish-based sushi, sushi chefs are starting to create ever-more new [...]

Whether you’re just dabbling in Meatless Mondays or have gone full-force vegan (perhaps for a New Year’s resolution), the Big Apple’s restaurant scene has plenty to offer. A number of city restaurants focus on options that will please even the most discriminating herbivore. From a chef who makes “candy” from the dirt of her garden to some tasty vegan menu [...]

If you think vegan food only consists of brown rice, lettuce and tofu, you’re wrong. These days, vegan options are far from boring. Before I became a full-on vegan (vegetarian six years ago), I was all about the rich comfort food. Fried chicken. Juicy crab legs. Macaroni and cheese. How could I resist? Turning to a plant-based diet was definitely [...]

The Washington Post called on readers to point them to their favorite dishes, this time with one major (dietary) restriction: going meat-free. An avalanche of vegan and vegetarian suggestions poured forth via e-mail, on Facebook and Twitter, and via the blog. It turns out, this is what we actually eat: Brownies. Thick, carb-loaded sandwiches. Pizza. Pho. Tacos. Deep-fried cheese. See these and [...]

There’s still plenty of Arizona summer left to whip yourself into nutritional and bathing-suit shape. Here are 10 top-notch spots that won’t make the task seem like a chore. Fresh Mint The scents of Asia permeate this cheery vegetarian/vegan (and certified kosher) spot. Green papaya salad, fragrant Vietnamese pho with soy “beef,” lemongrass eggplant, citrus-y “spare ribs” and a vegetable [...]

It was the vegan wine that did it. Sure, the menu was a surprise, but when the waiter asked if I wanted vegan wine, I nearly fell off my seat. I was at the Lobby Bar of The Heritage Hotel in Auckland. I’d heard through friends that the Heritage had vegan options and as a long term herbivore, I was [...]