Eating Out as a Vegetarian
Being vegetarian does not mean skipping restaurants, road trips or food festivals with your friends. These posts cover smart fast food orders, veggie-friendly restaurant reviews, plant-powered travel guides from Montreal to Charleston, and tips for finding something delicious on almost any menu.
- June 19, 2017
[Veggie Voyager!] Plant-Powered Eating in Charleston, SC
Summer travel season is here, woo hoo! Today, we’ve invited SmartGirlVeg intern Leah Negrin to share her experiences eating as a gluten-free vegan in the decidedly Southern (think buttery grits…
- October 20, 2016
Craving a Pumpkin Spice Latte? Four ways to #PSL Smart Girl-style!
It’s fall, which means pretty much everywhere you look are pumpkin spice lattes. Between ads on the radio, Facebook, and TV, and in the windows of coffee shops, it can be hard to avoid these seasonal…
- January 8, 2016
7 Days To Veg! Day 5: Try a New (Veggie) Restaurant
Congrats! You’ve made it to Friday of The Smart Girl’s Guide To Going Vegetarian’s 7 Days To Veg! Now that it’s almost the weekend, we have a totally fun assignment for you that we hope you will be…
- December 7, 2015
Celebrity spotlight: Chef Chloe Coscarelli
Have you heard about the hot new vegan restaurant in NYC's West Village, by CHLOE.? At its helm is 28-year-old Chloe Coscarelli, a smart girl if we ever met one. We were lucky enough to interview…
- August 11, 2015
8 Vegetarian Fast Food Meals Nutritionists LOVE
- June 2, 2015
Veggie Voyager! Montreal
Can you survive as a vegetarian or vegan in the beautiful Canadian city of Montreal, a place known for cheese curd and gravy-topped poutine and smoked meat sandwiches? Bien sur (like, totally)! Check…
- May 13, 2015
The 10 Vegan Foods You Must Try at Smorgasburg
The New York Times once called Smorgasburg, the all-food spin off of the popular flea market Brooklyn Flea, “the Woodstock of eating.” We think of it more as food heaven—that is, if heaven had a lot…
- April 3, 2015
[recipe!] Maple-Almond Bars/Maple Mania in Vermont and Montreal!
Did you know it's maple season? A little bit about our visit to see maple sugaring in Vermont, maple delicacies in Montreal, and a maple-infused recipe that just happens to be Kosher for Passover…
- February 19, 2015
Do You Do Nondairy Milk?
Coconut, almond, hemp, cashew, soy. The nondairy milk options seem to keep multiplying, and are available more widely now than ever. Soymilk has long been a fixture in many coffee shops; last week…
- February 2, 2015
[restaurant review!] The Butcher’s Daughter: New York, NY
Creative and delicious vegetarian food from a place with a name like The Butcher’s Daughter? Heck yes! We stopped in to this tiny but bright restaurant in Manhattan’s Nolita neighborhood the other…
- July 2, 2014
Can you eat meat and still be a VegHead?
Yes! Our intern, Kat, learned after considering—and deciding against—going veg.
- June 18, 2014
California Dreamin' (SmartGirlVeg style): Part 2
Part two of our California adventure, including the best roadside food we've ever found.
- June 4, 2014
California Dreamin’ (SmartGirlVeg style): Part 1
Let’s be honest: California VegHeads tend to have it easier than non meat-eaters in the rest of the country. The state leads the way in produce production—nearly half of the vegetables, fruits, and…