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City Spotlight: Toronto, Ontario

Toronto is one of the most vegan-friendly places on the planet. You’ll find vegan meetups, the Toronto Vegetarian Association, a plethora of vegan bloggers, and the tastiest restaurants offering healthful vegetarian and vegan meals. This week happens to be Compassionate Week in Toronto where compassion is celebrated “through fabulous food, exceptional art, and informative workshops.” What a great thing and a great reason to feature Toronto in this month’s HappyCow…

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Top 5 Places to Take New Vegetarians

With the recent US and Canada premieres of the documentary Forks Over Knives, many of your non-veg friends are wanting you to take them to the best vegetarian restaurants. When someone is just transitioning to the veg diet, I think it’s important to take them to a restaurant that has something familiar to them. Do they live in the south and love comfort food? Take them somewhere that has vegan…

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HappyCow 101: How to Eat Veg While Traveling

So you’ve decided you want to take a trip. You have the time off and you are dreaming of the beach or a historic city. If you are vegan most likely your vacation is going to revolve around food because you are a foodie or you would like to not starve while on holiday. Traveling and eating vegan is not an easy feat. But with a little planning and the use…

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Top 7 Places to Take Mom on Mother’s Day

Mom’s rule. They make everything possible. Why not treat the most important woman in your life with a special dinner at what I personally consider to be the top vegetarian and vegan restaurants across the world to visit for Mother’s Day. Cafe Gratitude Los Angeles 639 N Larchmont Blvd (at Melrose Ave) Los Angeles California 90004 323-580-6383 Not only does the name say “I love and appreciate you” to mom,…

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City Spotlight: Austin, Texas

Austin is one of the most hip, exciting, environmentally-friendly and progressive cities in the US. You’ll find farmer’s markets every weekend, people commuting on bike, green certified buildings, food trailer parks, community gardens, and of course some of the tastiest vegetarian food on the planet. My recent weekend getaway to Austin included some of my favorite spots as well as some new finds. Beets Cafe 1611 W 5th St, Ste…

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