Update: having negotiated a deal with the landlords, Unity Diner has now reopened.  News of a vegan restaurant taking the difficult decision to close its doors for the final time is always a body blow, with the most recently affected being Stem and Glory in Cambridge. But Unity Diner… truly, who saw that coming?Continue reading “So long, and thanks for all the to-fish!”
Author Archives: Karen W Yelverton
Carb your enthusiasm at London’s Pastan Barbican
Pasta seems like an obvious and easy option when it comes to serving vegan food, but so often it’s ignored or limited to predictably dull tomato sauces. Not so at Pastan Barbican where the choices include Florentine creme spinach torteloni (Firenze), mini ravioli with mushroom with truffle oil and crumbled chestnuts (Countryside), and pasta umamiContinue reading “Carb your enthusiasm at London’s Pastan Barbican”
Smile, breathe and go slowly
Everywhere By Martin Yelverton That thing you were about to do… No, I don’t remember either; And if I do, how about we leave it be? It will wait, or it won’t; either way without substance beyond these clutchings. So let’s sit here a while and watch. Waiting for nothing, watching, just watching. There willContinue reading “Smile, breathe and go slowly”
Be like a tree, and let the dead leaves drop: whatever the challenge, Martin just kept moving forward
Martin Erick Yelverton, co-editor of BardoBurner and my husband and partner for over three decades, died aged 58 in August of this year. It was sudden and unexpected and it happened at what was, without doubt, the happiest time of his life. Martin and I first crossed paths late in 1987. Having experienced a troubledContinue reading “Be like a tree, and let the dead leaves drop: whatever the challenge, Martin just kept moving forward”
Sen Viet Vegan on the Pho Mile in London: where tradition meets plant-based pleasures
Like most of the eating establishments on the “Pho Mile” in London’s Shoreditch, Sen Viet Vegan Restaurant is family run. The history of the 10 or so Vietnamese eateries on or around Kingsland Road dates back to the late 1970s when thousands of refugees left Vietnam for a safer life and were resettled by theContinue reading “Sen Viet Vegan on the Pho Mile in London: where tradition meets plant-based pleasures”
Discovering Lefkada’s vegan delights: A guide to plant-based eating on a Greek island paradise
Mention the words vegan and Greece in the same sentence and anyone who has ever visited the country will tell you how superb the herbivorous options are. Edible plants, it’s true, spring up like weeds through cracks wherever there’s a vacant patch of earth, and the corner stores – or supermarkets as they are generallyContinue reading “Discovering Lefkada’s vegan delights: A guide to plant-based eating on a Greek island paradise”
From ‘fish’ and chips to tiramisu, Brighton rocks for vegan foodies
As a Londoner, Brighton was a place where I occasionally took my son on day trips to the seaside while he was growing up. He’s in his late 20s, and I hadn’t been there since he was 10, so, spurred on by reports that Brighton is the vegan capital of Britain, it was time toContinue reading “From ‘fish’ and chips to tiramisu, Brighton rocks for vegan foodies”
How a mini-stroke led me to a reset and serenity on a down-to-earth Greek island retreat
It had been a hell of a year and I was searching the web for something to help put a full stop at the end of one phase of life and kickstart the next bit. Right at the end of 2022, shortly before Christmas and two weeks before my 60th birthday, I had a transientContinue reading “How a mini-stroke led me to a reset and serenity on a down-to-earth Greek island retreat”
A little bit of everything please! Where plant-based quality and quantity meet in Cologne
As a solo traveller with an appetite for quantity as well as quality when it comes to vegan food, finding the Cologne branch of Sattgrün on the Happy Cow app was a godsend at the tail-end of a busy day. The food is presented canteen-style, starting with a soup area, where you can help yourself toContinue reading “A little bit of everything please! Where plant-based quality and quantity meet in Cologne”
A tasty visit to the newest branch of the German vegan cat cafe chain Katzentempel
Plant-based brunch in the company of a clowder of rescue cats? There was no way I was going to miss the opportunity when, on a recent European sojourn, I passed a new branch of the German vegan cat cafe chain Katzentempel. The branch in Cologne, which opened in August 2023, is the 15th Katzentempel toContinue reading “A tasty visit to the newest branch of the German vegan cat cafe chain Katzentempel”
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