World Vegan Day 2015 has come and gone. It was celebrated in Hong Kong with the Meat Free Hong Kong meetup group enjoying a fabulous, fabulous, fabulous hot pot meal at the city’s Pure Veggie House. HK has 7+ million people and 200+ all vegetarian restaurants. It’s thus maybe slightly surprising that so few of … [Read more…]
I’ve always maintained that you could eat your way through Toronto without repeating a single meal. Do I still believe this to be true if you’re a vegan or vegetarian? I do! How about if you’re gluten-free or soy-free? You bet! Let me guess. You just googled “Vegan restaurants in Toronto” and found a fairly … [Read more…]
Wednesday 26 August witnessed the 2015 Hong Kong Top 10 Vegan/Organic Restaurant Awards presented by Happycow.com. Part of Natural and Organic Products Asia 2015 at the cavernous Hong Kong Conference and Exhibition Centre, the ceremony was also supported by Meat Free Hong Kong. All the winning restaurants obviously had in common being geared to the … [Read more…]
Nestled between hip art galleries and coffee shops is a 13,500 square foot vegan paradise in downtown Los Angeles called The Springs. This vegan café and juice bar* meets yoga studio and state-of-the-art spa would make any West-sider brave the 10. The holistically assembled desert oasis theme reminds one a bit of the oh-so-cool Ace … [Read more…]
On August 1, 2014 I convinced my omnivorous husband and business partner that his Paleo organic meat-mecca restaurant, GustOrganics, absolutely needed to go plant-based. On March 2, 2015 GustOrganics ecame the first meat-heavy restaurant to go entirely vegan in NYC. In two sentences it sounds easy enough—but let me tell you that this was … [Read more…]
Sarasota County schools now observe “Meatless Mondays,” making Sarasota the first city in Florida to serve all-vegetarian meals once a week. Instead of mystery meat, the schools are serving kid-friendly, meat-free meals, such as hummus and vegetable subs, spaghetti, and taco salads. While the food chief for Sarasota County Public Schools acknowledges that the Meatless … [Read more…]