A Guide to Contemporary Cooking With recipes and articles by Shelly McRae

The Contemporary Cook needs to meet special dietary needs as awareness of food allergies continues to grow, as more of us decide to limit the fat and salt in our diets, and as many more choose a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle. The development of personalized food styles leads to lifestyle changes, creating new paths and approaches to how we live on this planet. Listed are a few articles related to the vegetarian and vegan lifestyle, with links to the respective postings.

Cheap and Easy Meals for Vegetarians The vegetarian cuisine includes a wide variety of foods such as pastas, cheeses and breads along with fruits and vegetables. At the cost of meats and fish in the contemporary economy, eating vegetarian meals may prove less costly than those focused on animal products. Read more... Shopping for the Vegan Diet If you need to feed a vegan and your fridge is filled with eggs and milk and cheese and meat, and your vegetable crisper only holds a shriveled lemon and an unidentifiable green mass, and the fruit in the bowl on the table is wax, you need to get to the grocery store. Read more... What to Eat at a Regular Restaurant When You're a Vegetarian Vegetarians can enjoy several items from the menus of non-vegetarian restaurants. As a vegetarian, you can create your meals from the appetizers and side dishes sections, and many restaurants have pasta dishes with meatless sauces. Of course, any good restaurant will have garden salads available, which can make excellent main course. Read more...