Vegetarianism

Rustic Canyon Review: Chef Jeremy Fox Makes a Good Restaurant Even Better

The high-profile chef brings out the Californian at this nine-year-old mainstay

5 Best Dosas in Los Angeles

There are as many kinds of dosas as there are moms in South India -- which is to say, a lot. This Indian breakfast and snack food is a thin, crispy crepe made from a lightly fermented batter of ground rice and lentils. The batter is ladled onto a hot griddle and then quickly spread to paper thinness ... More >>

Meatless Mondays: Homestyle Taiwanese at Bean Sprouts Restaurant in Arcadia

Taiwanese cuisine has gained recognition for its street food, night market eats, and even beef noodle soup, but what might be overlooked is the accessibility of vegetarian fare throughout the island. A Jan. 13, 2011, article published in CommonWealth Magazine reported that flexible vegetarianism bec ... More >>

The Undercover Vegetarian: Corazon y Miel

Corazon y Miel (subject of this week's restaurant review) is basically a meat-obsessed restaurant. There's a lot of pig parts, a lot of chicken bits. But it caters to vegetarians in that there's at least one starter and one (and sometimes two) entrees that are meat-free.

Meatless Mondays: Susan Feniger A Burmese Gin Thoke Melon Salad Recipe

A three-week trip to an ashram in the Indian town of Ahmednagar in 1981 shifted Susan Feniger's (Street, Top Chef Masters, etc.) aesthetic and approach as a chef. Before then, her professional purview was almost exclusively located within traditional French restaurants on the East coast to the West, ... More >>

Hinoki and The Bird: If There's No Grilled Tofu Entree, Does That Mean It's Not Vegetarian Friendly?

Hinoki and The Bird (the subject of this week's restaurant review) came up as a possible option for a group dinner I was trying to organize a few weeks back. The group included one vegetarian. "I think this will be a great option for a vegetarian eater," I proposed, noting that the menu had a whole ... More >>

The Undercover Vegetarian: Bar Ama

When you think of Tex-Mex, you don't think much of vegetarian food. Unless you're one of those vegetarians who lives on 7-layer burritos from Taco Bell. Sure, there are cheese enchiladas, and queso dip, and guacamole. In fact, sometimes Mexican and Tex-Mex spots can be a respite for vegetarians -- ... More >>

The Undercover Vegetarian: Alma

At Alma, the downtown restaurant owned by chef Ari Taymor (and the subject of this week's restaurant review), vegetarian options take up about a quarter to a third of the menu on any given night. The problem is that the menus are very short, so while there are certainly meat-free things you can eat, ... More >>

Opening Soon: A Burger Round-Up

Can Los Angeles be considered an unofficial burger capital of the U.S.? It wouldn't be a tough argument to make. We have plenty of burger joints: Apple Pan, Hawkins House of Burgers, In-N-Out, Father's Office, Rick's, Pie'n'Burger, and Earlez Grille, to name a handful. Next week, two burger joints - ... More >>

The Undercover Vegetarian: Trattoria Neapolis

Italian restaurants with big, crowd-pleasing menus are generally safe territory for vegetarians, and Trattoria Neapolis, the subject of this week's restaurant review, is no different. The wide-ranging menu offers staples like caprese and beet salad, as well as a strangely re-imagined panzanella wi ... More >>

The Undercover Vegetarian: Superba Snack Bar

Here again, at Superba Snack Bar, we find a kitchen obviously in love with meat in all its permutations. And yet, chef Jason Neroni and crew also have an affinity for vegetables and, unlike many of Neroni's contemporaries, he avoids putting meat in his vegetable options. That means the entire "from ... More >>

Hot Knives Bringing "Books & Brews" to Tony's Darts Away This Sunday

In a last hurrah of summer celebration, vegetarian food blogstronauts and cookbook authors the Hot Knives, a duo of of Evan George and Alex Brown, are taking over Tony's Darts Away beer bar in Burbank for an entire Sunday, namely this Sunday, Sept. 16. It's part of a series called "Books & Brews, ... More >>

The Undercover Vegetarian: Mo-Chica

Peruvian cuisine is heavy on meat and fish, and Ricardo Zarate's downtown hot spot Mo-Chica is no different. Much of what's on offer consists of stewed meats and bright ceviches, but there is hope here for a diner looking to enjoy the restaurant meat-free. One of the staples of Peruvian food is th ... More >>

The Undercover Vegetarian: Short Order

This week, we focus on Short Order, the burger place at the Original Farmer's Market that was a collaboration between the late Amy Pressman and restaurateur Bill Chait. Though Pressman passed away, Short Order lives, with some consulting help from Pressman's friend Nancy Silverton. Burger joints a ... More >>

The Undercover Vegetarian: L&E Oyster Bar

L&E Oyster Bar, which is the subject of this week's restaurant review, is a seafood joint, and as such, it's a pescatarian's paradise. There's very little meat on the menu -- bacon in the clam chowder, chorizo on some toast, one lone steak sandwich. The rest is all fish and shellfish.

Top 5 Reasons Not to Eat Meat on Mondays

5. You work at the USDA (or maybe don't anymore): And thus got an internal memo last week, which helpfully pointed out that "one simple way to reduce your environmental impact while dining at our cafeterias is to participate in the 'Meatless Monday' initiative." (Meatless Mondays is a 2003 non-profi ... More >>

The Undercover Vegetarian: Maison Giraud

The Undercover Vegetarian is a series in which we look at the vegetarian options at a non-vegetarian restaurant. Maison Giraud (reviewed this week) is a restaurant with a lot of vegetarian options. Unfortunately, most of those options pale in comparison to the meatier dishes on the menu.

The Undercover Vegetarian: Ink.

There's no doubt about it: the majority of serious food, and therefore food writing, is heavily meat-centric. There are certainly fantastic outlets, in the form of blogs and magazines and columns, which cater specifically to vegetarian readers. But as part of the regular discourse, and reviews in pa ... More >>

Q & A With Roy Choi: Slinging Tacos at Midnight, Calling Out Jamie Oliver Choi's Vegetable Moment

On a bench outside Handsome Coffee Roasters in downtown Los Angeles' arts district, after the requisite coffee inside and under the (also requisite) California sun, Roy Choi sat down late last week to talk about, well, lots of things. He wanted a cigarette, or a few of them. He wanted to be close to ... More >>

Yelp Introduces Yelpy Insights: Find, or Avoid, Places Vegetarians and 20-Somethings Like

Thirty-something vegetarian looking for restaurants that other 30-something vegetarians also enjoy? Now, there's a Yelp for that: The site recently rolled out two new filters called "Yelpy Insights," which narrow search results based on eateries "liked by vegetarians," as well as those liked by 20- ... More >>

Vien Cafe Opens Near Kosher Corridor

Vietnamese food on the Westside? It's not that uncommon, but we are always pleased to see more of it. On Monday night, Vien Cafe opened on Pico Boulevard just east of La Cienega. The small, friendly cafe offers pho (both beef and chicken), half a dozen varieties of banh mi (including classic charcu ... More >>

Mian Geda: Not Quite a Dumpling, Not Yet a Noodle

Against Northern Chinese noodles, mian geda may not measure to the knife cuts and the hand-pulled in unapologetic looks and name. Humble origin notwithstanding, mian geda is treated with more thought at JTYH Restaurant. They offer a hearty Shanxi interpretation in two different soups built from pork ... More >>

Houston's in Century City Closes After 20 Years

C. SoudryHouston's veggie burger and sushi items​ Residing in Century City's Westfield mall for 20 years, Houston's has witnessed the comings and goings of neighboring eateries including Dive, Yin-Yang, French 76 and Harpers, to name a few. And on October 7th the restaurant will serve its fina ... More >>

Q & A With Perennial Plate's Daniel Klein: Fish Grabbing, Frog Bashing Fresh Uni Eating

The Perennial Plate Episode 54: To Catch a Frog from Daniel Klein on Vimeo. Season two of Minnesota-based chef/activist Daniel Klein's online weekly series "The Perennial Plate" is your dream project. It is you in a car with a bike rack tooling around the country getting private tutorials on thing ... More >>

Maite Gomez-Rejón's ArtBites Heads Into the Desert for a Vegetarian Cooking Retreat

Cary ConoverA scene from last year's Jeffersonian Feast at the Met in New York City​ From offal to potted preparations to in-house butchering to fabricated cuts, meat has been at the forefront of many recent food world trends. Anyone who has spent a few hours grazing at one of L.A.'s popular ... More >>

10 Things You May Not Know About Korean Food a Recipe

B. Hansenpork with kimchi at Yongsusan​ Did you know that L.A.-style galbi is famous in South Korea? If the answer is no, then bone up (what better term) on this and other little known facts about Korean cuisine with a 10-point guide that will make you sound like an expert. 1. L.A.-style g ... More >>

Meatless Mondays: Be a Vegetarian, Just for One Day

Santa Monica Farmers Market​ It's Monday, the grudging beginning of another work week, and the end of a weekend perhaps spent barbecuing or, if you were anywhere in the vicinity of Koreatown, consuming plenty of what others threw on the grill at the Korean BBQ Cook-Off, called, appropriately e ... More >>

Sin Carne: Looking for Mexican Vegetarian Cooking

Finding the little-known Mexican herbs and vegetables at La Casita Mexicana in Bell

Ask Mr. Gold: Sin Carne, Looking for Mexican Vegetarian Cooking

Anne FishbeinCheese It: Moles La Tia's quesadillaDear Mr. Gold:       Would you happen to have a Mexican restaurant recommendation for the unemployed vegetarian librarian's budget? Gracias, Emily, Silver Lake  

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