Vegetarian News

At heart, a quesadilla is pretty much a Mexican grilled cheese. Take a tortilla, stuff it with something savory, add some cheese, fold it in half and toast it.

It's the UK's National Vegetarian Week but what's on the veggie menu at your local bar, pub or bistro? If it's mushroom risotto - again - have a word with the chef because there's no excuse for those second-rate meals that should have been left behind in the 1970s.

A staffer with the Dapoer at Bambu Indah restaurant shows a set of fresh vegetables that are used in the kitchen.

Women who eat a lot of meat are apt to weigh more than those who do not. Previous studies have consistently shown that vegetarians are lighter and have a lower body mass index than their omnivorous counterparts.

Lara Mackenzie, born and raised in Quebec , will be participating in Miss Universe Canada 2013.

Editor's note: Here to answer your questions is contributing writer, former managing and SENY editor, and frequent author of our NYC restaurant reviews Carey Jones .

Most people agree that eating more vegetables is a good idea. Those who consume a lot of veggies enjoy health benefits from clear skin to a lower incidence of some chronic diseases.

Czech schools should take an accommodating approach to kids of vegetarians and enable them to warm up their home-prepared vegetarian lunches, ombudsman Pavel Varvarovsky has told CTK.

Nutritional yeast is a heat-deactivated yeast that is typically sourced from beet molasses and sugarcane.

STARING at my freezer full of chicken, sausages and minced beef, I wondered why I had agreed to give up meat for the week.

The Veggielante has had it up to here with people bitching that St. Louis restaurants are vegetarian unfriendly.

What's more nostalgic then a sprinkle-coated doughnut or a good old-fashioned milk shake? Vegans have no fear.

Flesh-eating bacteria amputee Aimee Copeland now uses the latest technology in prosthetic hands to chop vegetables, pick up tiny items like Skittles, and comb and iron press her hair.

The meal: "I'm a New Orleans vegetarian, which means that I avoid meat and prefer seafood," Thompkins wrote in an email.

The 'Bleeding Love' hitmaker doesn't know if she'll have kids of her own but is determined to give a disadvantaged child a home after learning about her mum's childhood spent in care.

In the Best & Worst Departure Cities for Domestic Travel, Detroit it the fourth-best departure city behind Denver, Dallas and Chicago.

Vegetables will be the name of the game on 'Meatless Monday" as Vancouverites are urged to go vegetarian on June 10 to educate people about how going meat-free can reduce their carbon footprint, minimize water usage, cut down on fossil fuel dependence as well as improve their health.

Last Sunday, on Mother's Day we ate lunch at another new Indian restaurant in town: Khana Khazana.

If you grew up eating Italian food, you likely enjoyed eating meat sauce on your pasta at some point.

CARDAMOM, carom seeds, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, cumin, fenugreek seeds, fennel, nigella, saffron, haldi, curry leaves, tamarind, dill and kokam are only a few of the spices typically found in India's rich culinary palette.