17 Items Tagged

Vegetarian

Queens, New York

Bodhi Village

Get to know the plant-based fare of Chinese Buddhist monks.

Lee's festive spread of holiday dishes includes several vegan meat substitutes.

In Taiwan, Vegetarian Meat Isn't Trying to Fool You

Vegan chef George Lee’s new cookbook explores the potential of plant-based foods.

Andrew Coletti May 14, 2024

A bronze statue of a cow with blanket and flower garland around her neck

Sherborn, Massachusetts

Emily the Cow Statue

Dedicated to a local cow who escaped a slaughterhouse and became an international symbol of peace.

Humboldt, Kansas

Sad Saga of Vegetarian Creek

This historical marker is all that remains of Octagon City, Kansas, a failed vegetarian utopia.

Author Alicia Kennedy.

The Wild History of Not Eating Meat

Alicia Kennedy's debut book tackles punk restaurants, underground vegan zines, and Silicon Valley.

Diana Hubbell August 15, 2023

Podcast: Bloodroot Feminist Restaurant

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team September 29, 2022

A Guide to the World's Most Wondrous Vegetarian Eateries

No meat? Never a problem.

Anne Ewbank August 2, 2021

Gregory, with Dr. Alvenia Fulton, one of his nutrition mentors.

The Legacy of a Civil Rights Icon's Vegetarian Cookbook

Dick Gregory was an activist, comedian, and trendsetter for Black vegans.

Shea Peters July 21, 2021

East Palo Alto, California

Chùa Giác Minh

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

A tofu king in his domain.

To Earn His Crown, Germany's Tofu King Had to Overcome Sausage and the Slammer

The country once arrested purveyors of meat alternatives.

Diana Hubbell February 25, 2021

Brooklyn, New York

Govinda's Vegetarian Lunch

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

Long Beach, California

Appu's Cafe

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

Zurich, Switzerland

Haus Hiltl

Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.

Permanently Closed

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bloodroot Feminist Vegetarian Restaurant

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

Posing for a picture at Bloodroot restaurant, 1977 or '78.

The Scholar Mapping America's Forgotten Feminist Restaurants

Challenging patriarchy, one eatery at a time.

Reina Gattuso June 21, 2019

Jingwan-gil, South Korea

Jinkwansa Temple

An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

A garden party using "suffragette china."

How Vegetarian Food Fueled the British Suffragette Movement

Some even started a cafe.

Anne Ewbank July 3, 2018