[Photo: Kathy Chan] For the most part, I stay away from tutti-fruit, rainbow colored sweets—you know, those too colorful for their own good sort of desserts. But at Stogo, the dairy free ice cream stop in the East Village,...
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First Course Salad of Frisee and Local Pears, Tea Smoked Cashew Cheese, Crispy Shallots, Sherry Shallot Vinaigrette Or Chestnut Honey Caramelized Endive and Figs, Pickled Beet Crème Fraiche, and Walnut Galette Second Course Delicata Squash Bisque with Fall Spices,...
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"Eggs are delicious, but I don't miss eating them because I feel very bad about the... animal cruelty to eggs. [But] you see a runny poached egg walk by and I'm like 'oooohhh.'" —Alicia Silverstone, from the New York Diet...
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Some Serious Eaters shudder when they hear the word "vegan." Not Jessica Mahady, founder and organizer of Veggie Conquest, a regular vegan cookoff that threatens to convert even the most carnivorous New Yorker. Jessica took some time to tell us...
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This afternoon I spotted the newest members to join the lineup at Babycakes on the Lower East Side: powdered sugar, chocolate-dipped, cinnamon-sugar, and jelly "doughnuts". These vegan doughnuts are delicious, tender with a hint of cinnamon spice. But blindfolded,...
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"There is a place in the world for fresh, ingredient-driven vegan cuisine. Unfortunately, Angelica Kitchen didn't quite seem to be it." Previous BYOBs Sigiri Ivo & Lulu Gazala Place Tartine Vegans may miss out on many of life's gustatory pleasures,...
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I'm no vegan—I like my scones made with butter and my lattes with milk, thank you very much. I'm usually wary of places that peddle primarily vegetarian food, and those with punny names. But much to my surprise, the...
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The weather is warming up and frozen sweets are on my mind. What do you do when you've eaten your way though every single gelato bar and ice cream shop in the city? You turn to the vegan counterparts....
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Delicious-looking vegan food in Williamsburg. Photograph by Robyn Lee. Is vegetarianism becoming a thing of the past? Newsweek says "flexitarians" are becoming more common than ever, with more knowledge of where livestock is coming from and how it's being...
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While I find vegan restaurants to be disappointing about 50 percent of the time (I like to accommodate my vegan friends when I eat, alright?), I have much better luck with vegan baked goods and sometimes even prefer them...
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