Veg Out

I love meat. In fact, I once ate Korean barbecue, at an all-you-can-eat buffet in Chicago, for an hour and a half straight. A friend of mine once said, upon introducing me to a friend of his: "He doesn't eat vegetables, unless they're wrapped in some kind of meat." So, of course, I married a vegetarian. Which means I'm a part-time vegetarian myself now. It's not so bad. I've discovered the joys of Quorn, which, with its botulism-free prep, is definitely preferable to handling raw chicken, and tastes good enough to impress my extended family, who are the kind of people for whom the word "tofu" is a punchline in and of itself. The gruyere cutlets, available at most Kroger stores, are crisp, delicious and will not leave you wanting for poultry. All of this is to say that, for you vegetarians (or veg-curious) out there Lesley Eats is a local blog that covers the meatless diet of its author as she dines around town, along with the occasional recipe or scientific explanation of what makes vegetarians toot.