What does it taste like? Is it actually a sustainable choice? We answer these and other questions after talking to experts and trying the futuristic food.
Carnivores can wolf down the eight-pound Strasburger while watching the Washington Nationals play, but what’s left for vegetarians? Quite a few options, it seems.
May 13, 2010
Food Fair Weekend: Showing Love to the Veggies
The Seventh Day Adventists at Capital Memorial Church are serving up an awesome sampling of vegetarian dishes from around the world this Sunday from 1-4 p.m., all for $10. CMC’s fair is by far my favorite of the area’s church festivals. At most other events, like at this weekend’s beloved St. Sophia Greek Festival, you’ll find long lines for a not always inexpensive taste of the parishioners’ common heritage. DCist took some heat from…
Nov 24, 2009
Vegetate to Close at the End of the Month
We’d been hearing the rumors that Vegetate, the popular vegetarian restaurant on 9th Street NW in Shaw, would soon be forced to close its doors, and now the Convention Center Community Association has posted this farewell message from owners Dominic & Jennifer Redd, confirming the news. Fans of the restaurant will be relieved that the Redds say they are planning on opening in another location as soon as they find one. We’re writing with…
Oct 15, 2009
Virginia is for (Vegetable) Lovers
If you love guns, Whitetail deer, or even just want everyone to know you’re a horse enthusiast, Virginia’s the place for you. With 180 designs for personalized and commemorative license plates, the commonwealth caters to drivers of all sorts (well, except advocates of traditional marriage, it seems). But while Virginians who love hunting things have long been able to get a license plate celebrating that fact, vegetarians have largely been left without a way…
May 18, 2009
A (Food) Festive Weekend: Soy Good!
So much to taste this past weekend—so little stomach space. And so little time on a Sunday afternoon before the food runs out, the tables get broken down, and the crowds thin. As we tipped you off to in our Weekly Feed, eaters had the chance to eat their way through Taste of Arlington , Taste of Wheaton, and a local church’s 2009 International Vegetarian Food Fair on Sunday, all with a decidedly different feel…