Vegan Diet

Unclassified Info: My life as a vegan

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Dining review: Fatty's keeps it really vegan

Situated in what looks to be a deco-style former garage, with concrete pillars framing floor-to-ceiling glass and lights dangling from its exposed-beam ceiling, Fatty's & Co. beacons passersby on Colorado Boulevard. The airy cafe's taupe and tawny walls...

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Dining review: Follow the Golden Road to good beer

Sometimes a great restaurant experience is all about the venue. Certain settings encourage an easygoing, unhurried time. Such is the case at the Pub at Golden Road Brewing. People come here to hang out and drink fresh-brewed beer. They bring their dogs....

Tags: Sandwiches, Bars and Clubs, Lifestyle and Leisure, Alcoholic Beverages, Potatoes

Basement Cafe is big on veggies

Vegetable lovers rejoice! There’s a hidden gem of a cafe in Glendale that is armed with veggies and is not afraid to use them. The Basement Cafe is nothing fancy, but they serve good, home-cooked food with a lot of flavor at a reasonable price....

Tags: Vegetarian Diet, Foods and Beverages, Diets and Dieting, Salads, Mushrooms

Dining Review: Serving up the finest brews in the state

Back in the day, the only reason I'd visit Tony's Darts Away in Burbank was to see a fight, and I'm not talking about a boxing match on TV. I'm happy to report that urban renewal in our city has extended to Magnolia Boulevard, and the "New Tony's" is a...

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Christine Taylor and family go vegan

Get juiced!

It's easy to forget that food is about more than taste. We have four other senses, each of which can play a role in how we perceive what we eat. Today, we'll focus on texture, in particular how changing the texture of vegetables by juicing can increase...

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All About Food: Turning over a Greenleaf

Costa Mesa's 17th Street is full of mini-malls and teeming with traffic. So, finding Greenleaf Gourmet Chopshop in an old hacienda-like building surrounded by lush greenery is like discovering an oasis in the desert. Jonathan Rollo has brought his...

Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants, Potatoes, Dining and Drinking

Can Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution solve our obesity epidemic?

"We're losing the war against obesity in the U.S.," says chef Jamie Oliver. "Our kids are growing up overweight and malnourished from a diet of processed foods, and today's children will be the first generation ever to live shorter lives than their...

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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health

Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com May 21, 2012 Q: My school-age children have been sick with colds lately and, because of conflicting information in the news, I'm still unsure about which over-the-counter...

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Brooklyn Actor Named PETA's 'Sexiest Vegetarian'

Twenty-eight-year-old Brooklynite Zachary Koval can now add PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door 2012 to his résumé. The actor and waiter beat out nine other male finalists to be crowned the male winner of PETA's contest and take home the grand prize of...

Tags: Travel, Vegetarian Diet, Upper West Side, Diets and Dieting, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Sugar may make you stupid -- talk about adding insult to injury

Sugar creates addicts out of us. It tempts us, wears down our willpower and keeps us coming back for more. Yup, just like cigarettes, which, you know, come with warning labels. And just like a pack of smokes, processed sugar has absolutely no...

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