Peace o’ Pie 487 Cambridge St (at N Beacon and N Brighton) Allston, Massachusetts 02134 617-787-9884 Owner: Eric Prescott Is this your first restaurant? Yes What has been your greatest professional success and your biggest setback? Greatest professional success so far was our big launch in 2009. Biggest setback was hiring a manager who was not a good fit for the position. What’s your favorite dish on the menu? I like them…
Today’s Meatless Monday post comes from Kelly at Kindfood in Ontario. Their food is wholesome, nutritious and delicious! They hold a strong 5 Stars on HappyCow! Check out the interview we did with the owners a few weeks ago. They share one of their customer favorites, the Buddha Bowl, filled with all kinds of goodness. BUDDHA BOWL (Gluten Free and Vegan) Serves 4-6 This recipe is so easy!! There’s no…
Did you know that HappyCow is not only your source for finding the best vegetarian and vegan restaurants, but also has a recipe database with tasty holiday options? We actually have recipes for any occasion or ethnicity. So if you have no idea where to start and you are making the food this holiday season give some of these a try! If you don’t feel like cooking check out our Holiday Food Guide below!…
Restaurateur Interview Series: Kelly and Erinn from Kindfood
Kindfood Gluten-free and Vegan Organic Bakery & Cafe 399 John Street (at Lakeshore) Burlington, Ontario L7R 2K3 905-637-2700 Owner: Kelly Childs: Co-Proprietor and Head Baker & Chef Co- Founders: Kelly Childs and Erinn Weatherbie (daughter) Is this your first restaurant? Yes, it’s quite an eye-opener, but my husband Ken has been in the business his whole life, so I get a lot of coaching, inspiration and support. What have been your greatest professional success…
Today we have a wonderful recipe from Cornucopia in Dublin, Ireland. Now that colder weather is upon us this Moroccan Chickpea Tagine is just the thing to warm you up and keep you satisfied! This is a classic North-African spiced casserole with slow-cooked vegetables and dried fruit, served up on a bed of aromatic bulgur wheat. Tagines are traditionally served with couscous, but in Cornucopia we often use bulgur wheat, as it is…
Orlando is not a very big city but houses one of the largest tourist attractions in the United States, Walt Disney World. Visitors from all over the world meet here for fun in the sun, eating and other tourist-friendly activities. So it would make sense that Orlando has some really great vegetarian and vegan restaurants right? Here are some of the top-rated restaurants on HappyCow for Orlando, Florida. Photo by…
Ann Gentry, owner of Real Food Daily in Southern California, shares with us a beautiful and nutritious recipe from her new vegan cookbook, Vegan Family Meals: Real Food For Everyone. This kale salad includes roasted vegetables and a unique tahini based dressing. You could always serve it on it’s own or pair it with the marinated tempeh dish found below. I can’t wait to try it! Harvest Kale Salad with Sweet Mustard Tempeh and…
Restaurateur Interview Series: Ann Gentry of Real Food Daily
Restaurant: Real Food Daily 414 N La Cienega Blvd (at Oakwood) West Hollywood, California 90048 514 Santa Monica Blvd (at 5th St) Santa Monica, California 90401 Owner: Ann Gentry Is this your first restaurant? Yes What has been your greatest professional success and your biggest setback? Its one and the same. In January 1994, only seven months after opening my first restaurant, first business, a serious earthquake struck Los Angeles. While nobody at RFD…
It’s a good time to be vegetarian or vegan! Even in small cities, new veg restaurants are popping up making it easier than ever to get a wholesome vegetarian meal. I wanted to recognize these small town restaurants that are going against the grain and taking chances in their communities to offer healthful food for everyone. As you can tell from our new Restaurateur Interview Series, opening a restaurant is…
Restaurateur Interview Series: Deirdre and Tony of Cornucopia
Restaurant: Cornucopia Wholefood Vegetarian Restaurant 19 Wicklow Street Dublin, Ireland Owners: Deirdre McCafferty: Proprietor Tony Keogh: Head Chef Deirdre: Is this your first restaurant? Yes What have been your greatest professional success and your biggest setback? Our greatest professional success has been being open here on Wicklow Street, Dublin for 25 years – we are celebrating our 25th birthday this year. It is also the fact that we succeeded in acquiring the…
There’s this really cool thing that happens every year across the internet called Vegan MoFo. A bunch of vegan bloggers write as much as they possibly can during the month of October on all things related to food. Vegan food that is. The powers that be would like you to commit to at least one post per weekday or at least 20 times during the month. It’s a great way…
Restaurant: The Naked Sprout 4040 Palladium Way Unit 11 Burlington, Ontario L7M 0C2 905-319-2293 Owners: Clayton Smith, Shanine Dennill and Peter Niculescu Is this your first restaurant? No If not was the previous one vegetarian/vegan? Yes. What made you decide to open a vegetarian/vegan restaurant? We have a co-located yoga studio and our vision was to share the joy and health benefits of yoga and healthy eating with as many people…
Today’s Meatless Monday post comes from Peter Niculescu, Executive chef/co-owner of the Naked Sprout, Burlington first and only vegan and raw restaurant! The idea from the recipe actually came from another dish that we serve at The Naked Sprout. It’s a raw noodle dish that we call the Noodle-Tang. It has a thick creamy almond thai flavour to it with real tamarind paste and almond butter. The sauce is thick and creamy enough to…