There’s an old adage that goes along the lines of “Do one thing and do it right.” Cinnaholic co-founders Shannon Michelle and Florian Radke took that to heart when they opened their new bakery in Berkeley last month. While more vegan bakeries have been popping up around the country in the last few years, most [...]

If there’s a more vegan friendly city than Portland, I have yet to find it. Sure, New York City may have more veg restaurants per square mile, but per capita, Portland takes the lead. When I visited last year, I promised myself I’d allow more time on the next visit so I could cover more [...]

They don’t call it sin city for nothing. Any vices, desires or cravings you might have (including those that you didn’t know you have), any pleasure you seek, this is where you will find fulfillment. Even those of us who like our guilty pleasures animal free and cruelty free can find nirvana here.
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Complete the following analogy: United States is to burgers as Australia is to _______. If you said pies, advance to the next level. Just as you can be in any American city and be within five minutes walk from a burger joint, the same applies to pies in Australian cities. While Americans have managed to [...]

(Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen the film “Ratatouille” and don’t want to know how key plot elements turn out, skip to the next paragraph.) If you’ve seen the animated Disney film “Ratatouille,” you probably recall curmudgeonly restaurant critic Anton Ego’s reaction upon tasting the ratatouille. After the shock of being served “peasant food,” his [...]

After overindulging on Voodoo Doughnuts, my body was experiencing a sugar overload and needed some relief. I set my sights on The Blossoming Lotus in the Pearl District, and enjoyed some real whole food to counter the empty calories of the doughnuts.
Occupying a corner of the lobby at Yoga in the Pearl, the Blossoming [...]

The next time you want to get a vegan excited, try these six words: All you can eat vegan brunch. For some reason, brunch is a meal that gets us vegans salivating, and when it’s all you can eat…well, let’s just say that I knew where I’d be eating this past Sunday morning when I [...]

Underground supperclubs have been sprouting up in cities across the country for years, so it was only a matter of time before someone came up with the idea for a vegan supperclub. That someone, or someones, are Carmen, Edward, and Mark; three talented chefs who spend their spare time planning gourmet vegan menus for those [...]

It was the best of lunches, it was the worst of lunches, it was a meal of delight, it was a meal of disgust, it was…ok, enough with the Dickensian babbling. Two days, two lunches, one city: Boulder, Colorado. I had high expectations after reading about VG Burgers and Leaf Vegetarian, so I was thrilled [...]