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“I’ll have a glass of Cab”
“I’ll have a glass of Chardonnay”
Don’t take the easy way out, who knows you might be nicely rewarded with self-discovery and actually smile!
My former college roommate who lives in Chicago was in town a few weeks ago and we were able catch up and talk over dinner one night. It was important that I saw him and spend time with him as he is one of the smartest people I know. He’s extremely inquisitive, a wonderful listener and amazingly observant, and he always has a way of asking thought provoking questions. Over dinner we discussed many things, from the story behind The Traveling Wilbury’s to his recent trip to Tokyo, studying Japanese design, to my experience-working crush on Howell Mountain this fall, we caught up on the last two years of our lives. When our professional careers came up in conversation he asked me ... [more]
Stephen Paul Mancini, Union Square Cafe
Vegan in New York
What's a vegan? Well...for starters, we don't eat meat, chicken, fish, eggs, dairy products, or any other animal-derived food. Of course, there's much more to this lifestyle than can be covered in a single blog post - e.g.,vegans also don’t "wear" animals (wool, fur, leather, down, etc.) - but what we're here to report is that our fair city is nothing short of a vegan paradise.
East Side or West Side, Uptown or Downtown...beneath NYC's concrete façade lies a vast array of strictly vegan eateries along with an incalculable number of vegan-friendly establishments. Fast food, slow food, organic food, raw food...no one does the vegan thing like NYC.
From A (Angelica Kitchen) to Z (Zen Palate), no major metropolis on the [more]