Boston’s Summer 2010 Restaurant Week comes to a close tomorrow, and after three-course meals at three different restaurants, I’m stuffed. First, I narrowed down the options and pleasantly found several restaurants serving both vegetarian cuisine and local food — even in Boston’s meat-centric Back Bay! Then, I ate. Bistro Du Midi I enjoyed my first Restaurant [...]
Archive for August, 2010
24 Aug
Easy Tips for Being Green — beyond not eating meat
People decide to follow a vegetarian diet for myriad reasons. Personally, I have many reasons and the list seems to grow over time. After spending an afternoon at Boston’s GreenFest this past weekend, I found myself thinking about vegetarianism and being green. Certainly, the detrimental effect the livestock industry has on the environment tops my [...]
16 Aug
Restaurant Week in Boston: Top picks for locally grown, vegetarian options
New for this year’s Restaurant Week is a partnership between the Greater Boston Convention and Vistors Bureau and the Sustainable Business Network of Boston (SBN). The SBN, which is also sponsoring the first Boston Local Food Festival later this year, worked with the organizers to highlight restaurants serving local food. Restaurants with Massachusetts-grown food on their Restaurant Week menus have a MassGrown logo next to the information.
15 Aug
Veggie Planet: All My Favorite Things
Continuing my Tofu Sunday quest to teach myself to love this congealed soybean delight, I crossed the Charles River and headed to Cambridge several weeks ago. After a few not-so-spectacular attempts of making tofu myself, leaving it to the pros sounded like a good idea. Boston-based vegetarian author and chef Didi Emmons is co-owner of [...]
8 Aug
Nutrition Fail
The vegetarian diet does require planning and attention to nutritional intake. However, I find that when I’m eating healthy food, especially that I cook myself, getting the right nutrients happens without extra effort. Occasionally, I’ll enter all the food I eat in a day into an online analysis tool. Most of the these tools are [...]
