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Silicon Valley Veggie

Silicon Veggie - Elisa Camahort

Cafe Artemis
Silicon Veggie follows the trail of vegan alternatives to a Mediterranean cafe in Campbell

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Vegan Travel Tips

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Going All In

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Hut Hit

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Vegan Improv

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Vegan Voting

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AA Vegan in Vin Santo

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A Campbell Surprise

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The Lazy Vegan

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Vegan Is the New Black

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Dim Sum of All Fears

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Survival Tactics

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Good Question

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Are You Being Served?

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Going mainstream.

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Merit badge.

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Meatless holiday treats.

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The vegan wedding, part deux.

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More than lip service.

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Do you take this buffet to be vegan?

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The Santana Row vegan challenge.

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Omnivores, vegans and their dilemmas.

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Meatless little lies.

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Veggie House Of Bamboo.

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Does mindful matter?

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Mindful eating at Tanglewood.

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The Internet has become an incredible resource for prospective veg*ns (vegetarian/vegan), whether they're looking for recipes, nutritional information, humane products or inspiring stories.

Silicon Valley Veggie: Readers' recommendations, part 2
The Veggie shares more restaurants that local vegans rely on.

Silicon Valley Veggie: Readers' recommendations, part 1
This month, the Veggie shares some restaurants that local vegans rely on.

Silicon Valley Veggie: 30 days as a vegan
The 30-day experiment was easy for Elisa Camahort, but it also reminded her that the outside world doesn't think too much about vegans.

Silicon Valley Veggie: Cha-Ya and Café Gratitude
A tale of two vegan restaurants.

Silicon Valley Veggie: 'Meat Market—Animals, Ethics and Money'
Author Erik Marcus' anti-meat industry book is about taking action and trying to effect change.

Silicon Valley Veggie: Casa Lupe
Stop in and visit your local Mexican restaurants, like Casa Lupe in Campbel.

Silicon Valley Veggie: VBBQ
Time for the beach, baseball and every vegetarian's summer favorite: barbecue.

Silicon Valley Veggie: Sino
Sino at Santana Row in San Jose is the brainchild of Straits cafe chef and owner Chris Yeo and the ambience is impeccable.

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Party meatless.

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Suspicious minds.

Fast Food Vegetarian
How to get your vegetables even at Taco Bell, McDonald's and Wendy's.

The Vegan Way
The argument for veganism begins with the idea that humans have no right to 'use' animals.

A Vegetarian Confession
Even after 17 years of vegetarianism, the author still finds that meat smells tasty.

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Who picks these dates?

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Surviving the holidays.

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Entrees? Who needs entrees?

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Pets or meat?

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Eat like animals?

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Something's fishy.

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Some people get a head-start.

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When good vegetarians go bad.

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SF's veggie surprise.

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What kind of vegetarian are you?

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Our resident vegetarian boldly takes on the final frontier—steakhouses—and Peachwood's comes out on top.

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Vegetarian 'hardship.'

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A Christmas tale.

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Veggie for the holidays.

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TVP (Textured Vegetable Protein) dinners.

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Currying favor.


Elisa Camahort's monthly column covers everything from giving kudos to veggie-friendly restaurants with variety to advice for newbie vegetarians.