tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37067568200802521722024-03-14T09:33:46.838-04:00Veggie Terrainentirely vegan + obscenely delicious dishesjdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832801488088658735noreply@blogger.comBlogger15113tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3706756820080252172.post-65415766267583078612015-05-29T03:56:00.000-04:002015-05-31T20:26:32.245-04:00A {Vegan} Love Letter to LA in Two Parts (Continued)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>This is a continuation from a <a href="http://www.veggieterrain.com/2015/05/a-vegan-love-letter-to-la-in-two-parts.html#more" target="_blank">previous</a> post, wherein I heralded LA's amazing weather and several of the fantastic restaurants that we visited while traveling there. Here, I'll discuss a few more vegan restaurants, and another one of my favorite things about California: The desert...</i></div>
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Before going on any kind of trip, I always feel compelled to compile a list of restaurants, coffee shops, and bars to use as a reference during our frolic. In California, <a href="http://www.suncafe.com/" target="_blank">SunCafe's </a>Studio City location made it onto said list. That's because it’s an entirely organic, vegan restaurant that offers fresh-pressed juices, smoothies, and several raw, and/or gluten-free options (if you’re so inclined). </div>
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On our visit we began with the raw Lettuce Leaf Tacos, which consisted of romaine lettuce leaves filled with “sun chorizo,” cashew cheese, and pico de gallo, plus a drizzle of avocado and basil ranch dressing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As a New Yorker it’s become apparent that I’m not supposed to fall in love with, or even really <i>like</i>, Los Angeles. Bestowing any type of warmth on LA beyond a stoic eye-roll is tantamount to declaring a fatwa on the crowded, filthy, noisy city that I call home. I mean, there’s a reason why the East Coast/West Coast Biggie/2Pac feud raged so hard during my youth, right? Even Chloe Sevigny <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSKHbAFBwvI&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">agrees</a>.<br>
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Nonetheless, at the risk of sounding like I’m betraying The City of Dreams, I’m gonna go out on a limb here and declare that I love Los Angeles. Like, seriously, LOVE it. Not enough to consider leaving NYC, mind you (even after being <a href="https://instagram.com/p/oZrPcSFEPm/" target="_blank">hit by a car</a>!), but enough to wax poetic about it for at least two very long blog posts…<o:p></o:p></div>
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I'm what you might call a bit of a "late bloomer" when it comes to soup. Growing up, I ate three kinds, and three kinds only: chili (fits in the soup category, right?); my mom's homemade tortellini soup; and Dinty Moore Stew (my dad liked it, so, naturally, I did, too). <br>
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French Onion? An abomination. Cream-of-Anything? Not a chance. Tomato soup with grilled cheese? Don't even think about it. </div>
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Which is why it's patently weird that I'm so in love with soup now... </div>
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