Vegetarianism

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Thanksgiving pot luck

Failure
No turkey in sight.
By KARL STEVENS | November 22, 2011

How to annoy vegans

Failure
There are many ways to annoy vegans. This is #1082.
By KARL STEVENS | January 06, 2011

Furthermore … Soggy Chinese Leftovers and other truths about life as a vegetarian

Consumer Reports tackles the veggie lifestyle
Last month my life was wedged between a relentless exegesis on suntanning and a compulsively complete investigation of built-in dishwashers.
By ANDE ZELLMAN | July 22, 2010

Let's Get Raw

Do It Clean Dept.
Couldn't score a seat at the Climate Change Conference underway in Copenhagen, but still want to reduce your carbon footprint? Perhaps you need to eat it raw.
By TOM MEEK | December 16, 2009

United BBQ

The pull of the pork, and so much more
Reviewing the dishes at a barbecue eatery feels a bit like judging a family dinner. Most of us have specific expectations of what the meats and the sides should taste like — sensory memories that grabbed us the first time we ate pulled pork or collard greens, and they won't let go.
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | July 08, 2009

Jack and the Bean Bowl

A tasty vegetarian/vegan cart sneaks past the Back Bay’s guardians of dullness
A tasty vegetarian/vegan cart sneaks past the Back Bay's guardians of dullness
By MC SLIM JB | June 10, 2009

In the raw

Exploring GRO Café's uncooked cuisine
The new GRO Café offers a vegan menu on which (almost) nothing has been heated beyond 112 degrees. This is supposed to preserve something raw-foodists call "living enzymes," which they imagine to be important to our health. Technically that is nonsense.
By BRIAN DUFF | May 20, 2009

How to do prix-fixe

In anticipation of Restaurant Week, we find a great model
In anticipation of Restaurant Week, we find a great model
By BRIAN DUFF | February 18, 2009

Pho Horn

Authentic Vietnamese plus
Strictly speaking, this is not a pho shop, like the more than two-dozen in Boston that offer countless variations, since it offers much more — nearly 100 dishes.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | July 30, 2008

Willful imprisonment

Letters to the Boston editor, June 20, 2008
Letters to the Boston editor, June 20, 2008
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS | June 18, 2008

Happy Earth Day!

Going green
What follows is a tilt-a-whirl ride through my green-saturated brain.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | April 16, 2008

Dance, Monkey: Josh Blue

We put a visiting comic on the hot seat
I too am a dirty hippie. But I’m different, because I believe in soap — in that I believe it exists.
By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | April 07, 2008

The wonders of olive oil

The Italians, French, and Greeks are on to something
Many of us may think about increasing our intake of olive oil just by pouring a bit more on our salads.
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | April 02, 2008

Everything is coming up bacon

That intoxicating smell, the siren-call sizzle — looks like pop culture has gone hog wild
Pigs are noble creatures, selflessly giving of their delectable flesh — and we need as many of them as we can get.
By MIKE MILIARD | February 22, 2008

Understated flavor

Green Elephant affirms life through the palate
Any group — whether a city, a cohort of friends, or a couple — must be cautious about where they first fall for vegetarian Asian food.
By BRIAN DUFF | January 23, 2008

Soy what?

Going green
Sausage! Bacon! How can I resist these savory treats?
By DEIRDRE FULTON | January 23, 2008

The iPhone of markets

Fat Baxter’s mealtime offerings
Residents of Munjoy Hill got a Christmakwanzakkah present early this year in the form of Fat Baxter’s East End Market.
By TODD RICHARD | January 02, 2008

Eating, my words

Going green
In 2008, I’m going to eat less meat.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | December 26, 2007

T.W. Food

Foodie heaven, but not for beginners
What if a chef dropped all commercial considerations and spent his or her days searching out the best local ingredients and producing short-menu masterpieces for a select clientele?
By ROBERT NADEAU | December 12, 2007

Out of Africa

By LOUISA KASDON | June 18, 2007

Grain and Salt

From the earth, with love
There are three holy grails we seek on the restaurant-review beat.
By ROBERT NADEAU | June 06, 2007

Veggies delight

You don't have to be a meat eater to enjoy fine dining
You don't have to be a meat eater to enjoy fine dining
By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | June 01, 2007

Green Street Grill

Ditching the Caribbean for New England? Surprisingly, it works.
People always send me press materials about new chefs and new menus, but it’s my experience that restaurants are what they are.
By ROBERT NADEAU | May 18, 2007

The taste of sanctimony

Animal-rights activists flavor their philosophy with purity in Year of the Dog and a vegetarian food fest
Both the Maine Animal Coalition’s recent Vegetarian Food Festival and Mike White’s new film Year of the Dog explore the idea that the confinement and killing of animals is the great moral shame of our time.
By BRIAN DUFF | May 09, 2007

Editors' picks: Food

Best eats in Quahog County, best Thursday night two-fer, best destination dinner, and more
Spark, Bliss, Pam's Pizza, Duffy's and more.
By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF | January 28, 2010

Cattle call

Love humans, don’t eat them
Does anyone else find it ironic that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is treating human beings like pieces of meat?
By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | April 11, 2007

Spark

Another winner in Newport
Spark is Newport’s new kid on the block, or rather those three blocks along Broadway that have become the city’s restaurant row.
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | January 24, 2007

Markos Kabob and More

Cheap eats for the masses
Though many years have passed since I patiently had to explain what “pita bread” was to local supermarket managers, it’s still not that common to find a Middle Eastern restaurant smack in the middle of small-town Rhode Island.
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | October 04, 2006

The Whole Hog

August 22, 2006
Vegetarians, avert your eyes: on August 22, Craigie Street Bistrot will horrify you with Whole Hog, a six-course pork dinner.
By TAMARA WIEDER | August 17, 2006

Thou shalt pop corn

Little Lad's has a big draw
Okay, okay, I confess. I thought the whole Little Lad’s thing was a little strange, especially when I heard whisperings of the founders being religious.
By JESSICA PORTER | August 09, 2006