Gastronomic Gatherings

Summer Green Market Every Saturday in Palm Beach Gardens

By Laine Doss Sat., Jun. 2 2012 at 10:49 AM
Categories: For Vegetarians, Gastronomic Gatherings
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Veggies galore are offered at the summer green market at Store Self Storage.
Sometimes it seems like South Florida packs up for the summer, not realizing that there are people who live here year 'round. Many green markets close for the season, partly because of snowbirds flying north but mostly because the growing season is over and many farmers either take the summer off or migrate to farms north.

Luckily for us, Store Self Storage in Palm Beach Gardens starts its annual green market just as others are packing up in anticipation of the hot weather. 

Though you won't find many local greens, you will find a ton of other organic and local products from about 40 vendors that offer their wares every Saturday from now through September 15.



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Ethical Eating

Eat Vegan Food That Doesn't Taste Like Meat -- or Cardboard -- at Veg-a-cation at Wave 2700

By Tricia Woolfenden Wed., Apr. 11 2012 at 10:19 AM
Categories: Ethical Eating, For Vegetarians
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Wave 2700 owners Sally and John Stilley found a home for vegans on their seafood-focused menu.
Forget the caricature of the pale, noodle-armed vegan openly judging you for your dietary choices while nibbling on a piece of raw tofu and silently coveting your bacon cheeseburger. It's a misconception that could stand to be put out to pasture and certainly not one that would apply to Sally Stilley, co-owner of Wave 2700 in Boca Raton and hostess of the vegan dinner series Veg-a-cation.

Sun-kissed and fit, with yoga-sculpted arms and not a whiff of "vegan superiority," Stilley is an ideal ambassador for the meat-free lifestyle. She's blunt but upbeat, speaking with candor about the challenges that a vegan faces in a region that is slow to accept the nuances of an "alternative" diet.

"People can treat you like a nitpicker," Stilley laughs, sitting in a cushioned chair in the Wave 2700 lounge during a recent Tuesday-night trivia match. "I've been known to take my own cheese to the pizzeria."

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Ethical Eating

The Great American Meatout Is Today: Here's a Vegan Recipe From Wave 2700

By Tricia Woolfenden Tue., Mar. 20 2012 at 6:02 AM
Categories: Cook This: Recipes, Ethical Eating, For Vegetarians
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No. This does not come with bacon.
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Today is The Meatout -- or, the Great American Meatout as it is sometimes known -- an international event designed not to make you feel like a jerk for eating that bacon cheeseburger, but rather, to raise awareness of the health benefits associated with a plant-based diet.

In the spirit of the Meatout, Clean Plate Charlie asked Sally Stilley -- co-owner of Wave 2700 in Boca Raton and founder of the vegan group Veg-a-cation -- for a meatless recipe to share with our readers.

During a recent interview at the year-old seafood restaurant, Stilley and her husband/co-owner John Stilley offered us a complimentary tasting of the vegan nut loaf. The loaf ($18.99) is part of the restaurant's standing "vegan and vegetarian menu" which includes five items. Recipe after the jump. 


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Ethical Eating

Weird Al Yankovic Talks About Vegetarianism on "WTF With Marc Maron"

By Tricia Woolfenden Wed., Feb. 29 2012 at 8:34 AM
Categories: Ethical Eating, For Vegetarians
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Weird Al loves animals: just not on his plate.
​Weird Al Yankovic -- the singer who famously implored picky young eaters to "just eat" their SPAM and tuna casserole -- talked about his vegetarian lifestyle during an appearance on Monday's edition of comedian Marc Maron's cult hit podcast "WTF With Marc Maron." The  comedian mentioned spotting Yankovic in a vegetarian restaurant in Montreal which led to a few minutes of conversation about militant vs. non-militant vegan diets.

Yankovic said he has been a vegetarian since 1992 when he read John Robbins' "Diet for a New America" and stopped eating meat based on the book's arguments from a "health, sociopolitical, and ethical" standpoint.

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Best Of Broward-Palm Beach

South Florida's Best Vegetarian-Friendly Restaurants

By Tricia Woolfenden Mon., Feb. 27 2012 at 11:25 AM
Categories: Best Of Broward-Palm Beach, For Vegetarians
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Load up on veggies at Darbster Waterside Bistro.
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South Florida isn't exactly awash in vegetarian-friendly choices, but it's not a total wash out, either. From Palm Beach to Broward, there are a smattering of restaurants that either focus entirely on meatfree dining, or at the very least, acknowledge that veggies aren't really interested in eating yet another damned iceberg lettuce salad or soggy portobello sandwich. Below are ten restaurants that are doing a fine job of catering to the meatfree lifestyle in South Florida. As always, your input is welcome. Know a place we missed? Leave it in the comments. 

Sublime

All vegan, partly organic, and thoroughly gourmet, Sublime has been a favorite of vegetarian and flexitarians for years. In addition to meals like eggless quiche, brick-oven pizza, and chicken-free picatta, you'll find organic wines and cocktails that take flavor from freshly squeezed juices and hand-torn herbs. These are carefully constructed and presented dishes that do nothing to call to mind the soggy portobello burger that passes as the go-to veg dish in many a restaurant.


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Eat This

The Mysterious Honeybell Gift Box

By Laine Doss Tue., Jan. 3 2012 at 11:19 AM
Categories: Eat This, For Vegetarians
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Honeybells -- by the boxload.
​Last Friday, the FedEx guy came by my house with a rather large box from Cushman's Fruit. As I signed for it, I noted that it was addressed to my husband, so I left it unopened.

When he came home, I told him someone sent him fruit. We opened the box to find no gift card, no sender name (on box or inside). "Someone sent you grapefruit? But we live in Florida," I said.

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Foodie Fun

Pizza is a Vegetable: Pay It Forward (Video)

By Laine Doss Fri., Dec. 2 2011 at 7:30 AM
Categories: Foodie Fun, For Vegetarians
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Pizza is a vegetable that we can't get out of our heads!
​You know the term "pay it forward", right?  Well it goes both ways, suckah!

Yes, that movie with the do-gooder boy who sees dead people was heart-wrenching and all that stuff, but paying it forward can also mean passing on some horrible song that's stuck in your head.

Case in point: The Pizza is a Vegetable song by Jonathan Mann. In the YouTube video that we unearthed, Mann sings "pizza is a vegetable" to a banging synth track. Over and over...and over...(though he switches it up to take a knock at Congress).

Once we watched the inane ode to Congress acting like dickweeds and pronouncing pizza as good as a vegetable for public school lunches, we knew we would never get that ditty out of our heads.....unless we paid it forward.

Just because we like you (and not because we want to purge ourselves from the curse of the tune) -- here's the Pizza is a Vegetable song.  Our advice? Pay it forward!

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On the Farm

Marando Farms Grows Porny Produce

By Melissa McCart Sat., Nov. 26 2011 at 11:36 AM
Categories: For Vegetarians, On the Farm
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Chelsea and Fred Marando opened Marando Farms two years ago with the intention of serving as a Fort Lauderdale hub of locally grown, organic produce. I'm smitten with the charm of the place, from the potted gardens to the chicken coop to the boiled peanuts to the visual feast of in-season fruits and vegetables. Inside the general store, the Marandos sell locally roasted coffee from Oceana, preserves, and spices. Don't miss the beautiful pumpernickels, marbled rye, nutty breads, and olive rosemary loaves by the register.

When I'm stricken with the need to cook, I tend to plan around what's in season, which is why I like the idea of Marando Farms' CSA. All fruits and vegetables are provided by local farmers within a 160-mile radius and include items grown on-site. We're in week two of a 20-week season, which costs $500 for a half share ($25 a week) and $900 for a full share ($45 a week). After the jump, a peek at this week's stash as well as some porny vegetables that may inspire you to swing over this afternoon. 


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