Lisa of Transplanted Taste Buds is out this weekend, but we wanted to bring you a delicious dish anyway. We can't cook like Lisa can, so we got a little help from Bella Luna. Enjoy! Eggplant puttanesca is a delicious vegetarian meal with an Italian flair, perfect for friends and family alike. After the jump, learn to make Bella Luna executive chef Jacob Zachow's take on the dish. (Interesting eggplant photographed by RJL20.) Ingredients: 1......

...Not with a traditional hot dog, but a veggie dog of course! In response to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council declaring July 23rd National Hot Dog Day, Compassion Over Killing has dubbed July National Veggie Hot Dog month. Nothing says summer quite like a veggie hot dog on the grill and vegans everywhere can enjoy that pleasure with the great meat-free hot dogs on the market today. LightLife has a lot of......

Let's face it, as a culture we just can't get enough celebrity news and gossip. Activism by celebrities then is a useful tool in getting the word out about a veg lifestyle. Veganism got a great push recently by the Queen of All Media herself, Oprah Winfrey. Oprah went on a 21-Day cleanse during which she abstained from all animal products, gluten, caffeine, alcohol, and sugar. She talks about the process on her blog,......

Just because we don't eat animals products doesn't mean that vegans don't love to EAT. As such Veggiest is happy to welcome Vej Naturals to the Boston area. Vej Naturals (hereafter VN) is an all vegan restaurant serving brunch, lunch and dinner to the under served vegan community. While its location in Malden may seem out of the way at first, VN is located right across the street from the Oak Grove T stop......

Pizza. The word alone can kick-start the salivary glands of most Americans, and we might remind you that vegans and vegetarians have pizza-craving taste buds too. Going veg doesn't mean that you have to give up the delicious foods you grew up with: enter T.J. Scallywaggle's Vegan House of Pizza in Allston. Touting itself as "comfort food for enlightened times," TJ's is a mainstay in the Boston veg community and the only completely vegan......

Veggiest is back after a brief hiatus and just in time for World Vegetarian Week (May 19 - 25). This week is the perfect opportunity to think about making more vegetable-friendly dietary choices. We love the quote from Sir Paul McCartney, and couldn't agree more: “If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat. That’s the single most important thing you could do. It’s staggering when......

Let's face it, our country is hopelessly addicted to plastic bags. We are offered bags for even the most minute of purchases, and those bags all end up in the same place - landfills. The facts are pretty scary. While the focus is often on how much of nightmare plastic bags are to get rid of (they only take 1000 odd years or so to decompose), the production of plastic bags is an environmental......

Join the millions around the world who have pledged to go "one hour - no power" on March 29, 2008 in order to raise awareness for climate change. The Earth Hour concept was created by the World Wildlife Fund, and last year 2.2 million people and 2100 businesses in Sydney turned off their lights; sending the message that each one of us can make an impact. Check out the video to learn more about......

For the past 28 years, people across the country and throughout the world have dubbed the first day of spring as the Great American Meatout, using the day to spread the word about veganism. Spring is a season of renewal and birth, making it a perfect time to learn more about a compassionate diet that celebrates life - both the life of the animals and the preservation of our own health. We encourage you......

Veggiest is passionate about a meat-free diet, and will happily discuss the innumerable benefits of adopting a veg lifestyle with anyone who asks. When it comes to speaking of slaughterhouses and the meat-producing industry in the U.S. however, Veggiest almost always keeps mum. Why? Well, to be frank, we don't want to piss anyone off. We understand there are many happy carnivores out there who want nothing less that to hear the reality of how......

Unfortunately the world of vegan gourmet dining is a small one, with most restaurants concentrated in the Veg-friendly cities of New York, San Francisco, and Portland. While visiting San Francisco, Veggiest was able to dine at Millennium, which is consistently rated among the very best veg restaurants in the country. Everything about the experience was impeccable, the decor, staff, wine, and of course FOOD, were all top-notch. We dined on avocado and endive salad,......

Veggiest Quick Hits -- Happy Valentine's Day! For us being vegan is all about the love. We love our bodies and want to keep them healthy and strong and free of animal products. We love the environment and want to protect it from the extremely destructive practices of factory farming. We love animals and don't want to see them mistreated. You'll most certainly be doing your heart a favor. Heart disease is still one......

While in San Francisco this past week Veggiest was able to take a trip to the beautiful headquarters of VegNews magazine. For those of you unfamiliar, VegNews is the premier (and only completely vegan) vegetarian publication on the shelves right now. What sets VegNews apart, aside from their fabulous staff of course, is that they seek to promote the entire vegetarian lifestyle and offer informative stories on a wide variety of veg topics. The......

Bostonist's intrepid Veggiest is off this week--but never fear! Veggiest is dining in the finest vegan restaurants of San Francisco and meeting with the brains behind the magazine VegNews. Next week, Veggiest will be back with a full plate (nyuk, nyuk) of news, recipes, and advice on how not to subsist entirely on French Fries when you give up meat. Until then, here's "Store Wars," also known as "Star Wars With a Cast of......

Those who keep a vegan diet will probably tell you that eating a healthy breakfast out can often be a challenge, especially when hoping to get something quickly. Breakfast in America is heavily focused on animal products and often the only options involve bacon, eggs, milk, or all three! Enter the chain of Bagel Rising and Espresso Royale cafes in Boston. These green-leaning, eco-friendly, and vegan-catering cafes are warm, inviting, and most importantly, delicious!......