Yorokobinoma
Tue, 31/08/10 – 5:19 | No Comment

It is sad to admit that Japanese food is the most desired but the most difficult place for vegetarians to dine out. The chefs sometimes to give up their katsuo dashi (bonito stock), which is …

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Eat less greens: no computer love in Azabu Juban
Thursday, 27 Aug, 2009 – 20:22 | 5 Comments
Eat less greens: no computer love in Azabu Juban

Azabu’s Eat More Greens cafe splits people right down the middle into those that love it and those that loathe it. I’m somewhere in the middle. The food they serve is fabulous (with the exception …

Manna
Friday, 14 Aug, 2009 – 15:32 | One Comment
Manna

VegeTokyo contributor Melissa has a piece in Metropolis this week about the new raw food restaurant in Yoyogi Koen.
Manna is located on the sixth floor of a modern residential building; the space is compact but …

Carl Lewis on being vegetarian
Friday, 14 Aug, 2009 – 11:34 | No Comment
Carl Lewis on being vegetarian

Ten-time Olympic medal winner Carl Lewis talks about when the US Olympians went veggie.

Soup Stock corn and sweet potato potage
Friday, 14 Aug, 2009 – 10:13 | No Comment
Soup Stock corn and sweet potato potage

Soup Stock has a new vegetarian, though not vegan, summer soup. It’s a cold corn and sweet potato potage topped with slices of apple. It’s thick, creamy and fairly sweet.
Ingredients: Corn paste, sweet potato, …

Vitamin water: a nutritionist’s view
Wednesday, 12 Aug, 2009 – 4:28 | No Comment
Vitamin water: a nutritionist’s view

Coca-Cola is pushing its Vitamin Water hard in Japan right now. Here’s a video from How Stuff Works with a nutritionist not exactly wholeheartedly behind the product.

Peta’s lettuce ladies take Shibuya
Tuesday, 4 Aug, 2009 – 6:46 | No Comment
Peta’s lettuce ladies take Shibuya

The TokyoVeg Yahoo group reports that Peta were patrolling Shibuya yesterday, dressed in lettuce-like bikinis. As you’ll notice from the faces of passersby, the stunt successfully conveyed that vegetarians are a bit odd.

Activists of People …

Vegan till 6pm: the Mark Bittman diet catches on
Sunday, 2 Aug, 2009 – 19:54 | No Comment
Vegan till 6pm: the Mark Bittman diet catches on

The Times has a piece about what it claims is the rising popularity of Mark Bittman’s ‘vegan till lunchtime‘ diet to boost health and save the environment. Click the link and scroll down for some …

Gordon Ramsay’s teriyaki tofu, cashew and aubergine rolls
Sunday, 2 Aug, 2009 – 7:42 | No Comment
Gordon Ramsay’s teriyaki tofu, cashew and aubergine rolls

Who’d have thought that Gordon Ramsay, hater of all things vegetarian, would come up with a veggie bbq recipe. But The Times is running a really delicious-sounding barbecue option that’s 100% vegetarian, and easily converted …

Healthy food combos
Sunday, 2 Aug, 2009 – 2:25 | No Comment
Healthy food combos

The Times outlines some of the healthiest food combos, such as hummus and tabouli (or hoummos and tabbouleh even), or carrots and olive oil, and explains the science behind it.

We all know about “power couples”those …