Does anyone know of any good recipes that use fake crab meat (the stuff that’s made from pollock or some such fish and comes in chunks)? It’s cheap and relatively healthy, but needs gussying up. The ubiquitous NYC...

again, though, there’s a difference between veggieburgers (ie, patties made of veggies) and fake hamburgers. a lot of veggieburgers aren’t meant to imitate/replace meat, they’re meant to be veggieburgers –...

Is anyone aware of any "fake" or vegetarian chicken with certification? I know there is a brand (Amy’s?) with breaded chicken nuggets, but I’m looking for look-alike/taste-alike product that mimics chicken pieces. I...

I second your recommendation, although i used a slightly different approach. i used tofu, drained and cubed, instead of meat, and I used fenugreek seeds (? not sure what, but it definitely wasn’t powder!—should have...

Any other Laurie Colwin fans out there who remember her recipe for "Fake Tandoori Chicken"? It was in one of her books, Home Cooking or More Home Cooking, I think maybe in the chapter “how to avoid grilling.” I would...

petit fours, tea sandwiches, some sort of pink punch maybe with sherbet swimming around in it. Take the ribbons off of the gifts and make a paper plate bouquet for you all to take turns throwing. Can I come on the fake honeymoon?...

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Is fake meat appropriate for a formal event?

what I’m talking about. I’ll start the ball rolling... Pinocchio’s in Burbank on Magnolia has a deli with authentic cheeses and salamis, but the food cooked there strikes me as utterly American... tomato sauce,...

The fake stuff has its own aesthetic.

The people at the U.S. Bistro counters in the Tysons Corner and Pentagon City shopping mall food courts readily admit that the "crab meat" in their salads is fake, but they do not see the problem in identifying it as "crab meat"...

But isn’t that like saying a piece of meat costs a restaurant $8 ( or whatever) and they charge customers $24?

or Spanish cured meats?

The intersection between veganism and feminism has been taking a bit of a beating lately.

Chinese vegetarian food lovers can rejoice. From the mobs of hungry veg lovers at Happy Veggie Garden, this place is all that. The menu leans toward fake meats, rounded out by a good selection of tofu, vegetables, and noodle...