Vegan

Long before everyone was going paleo and gluten-free, Torontonians were concerned about their own health and that of the animals on the planet – and the vegan trend was born. These days it’s no big deal to be vegan, even if your parents still find it weird, and Toronto has more than enough great options for your dining pleasure

Eating healthy in Toronto while eating out is becoming a very easy thing to do. Health food culture and health conscious lifestyles have been steadily growing in popularity over the years, meaning there’s no longer a shortage of places to go for a good vegetarian or vegan dinner. In fact, here are nine of our favourites…

Toronto has a vegetarian butcher shop. And yes, that sentence makes perfect sense. Here's everything you need to know

As a gluten-free vegan, there is nothing more awkward than being taken to a super nice restaurant on a first date and having to cause a bit of a fuss because of dietary restrictions. I’ve been through it too many times to count – crusty gluten-filled bread with butter, chicken stock in soups, cheese in absolutely everything – all leaving me with one option just to be easy: a salad

From Brad Pitt, to Russell Brand, to Ellen DeGeneres, celebrities are singing the benefits of becoming vegan. Documentaries supporting the cause are coming out by the dozens; books that advocate plant-based eating are bestsellers. But while celebs can comfortably go green with L.A.’s vast choice of vegan-friendly venues, giving up meat in Montreal isn’t so simple

Get ready to graze, ladies and gents. When Fressen shut down at the end of 2012, anyone whose affinity for vegetarian and vegan cuisine surpassed a wanderlust for carnivorous offerings was left in despair. Well, that desolation needn't last, because the answer comes in the form of Grasslands, aka Fressen redux