New N.Y.C. Food Standards Could Spell Doom for Chicken Nuggets

The standards prohibit processed meat and limit the use of artificial sweeteners in meals served by nearly a dozen city agencies, including the Department of Education.

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Meat Is Back at Eleven Madison Park, After 4 Vegan Years

The Manhattan restaurant drew global praise and skepticism with its climate-minded, all-plant menu. Now its chef wants to be more welcoming — and popular.

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Tick Bites on Martha’s Vineyard Has Businesses Going Vegan

Islanders’ diets are being upended by an onslaught of alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-induced allergy to meat and dairy.

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The Chocolate Cake That Made a Times Reporter Go Vegan

A recipe for a vegan cake from a food blogger in Oregon helped a Times reporter to realize that plant-based eating could be delicious.

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From Oregon, a Chocolate Cake That Changes Hearts and Minds

The Portland area is a hot spot for vegans, who have the most environmentally friendly diets. It has also yielded a game-changing dessert.

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Investigations Into 6 Killings Look to a Fringe Group Known as the Zizians

The violent deaths, including of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont, a landlord in California, and a couple in Pennsylvania, have led law enforcement to a group with obscure ideas.

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A New York Restaurant, a Texas Farm and Their Plant-Based Brawl

They shared the same name, Dirt Candy, and a devotion to healthy food. But a trademark dispute turned into an urban-rural standoff.

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How Healthy Are Chickpeas?

If you want to incorporate more plants into your diet, these legumes are a good place to start.

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How Do You Convince Consumers to Eat Plant-Based Meat?

The imitation meat industry is facing an identity crisis, and the challenge of convincing American consumers to make more planet-friendly choices.

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Fake Meat Is Processed. What Does That Mean for Its Health Benefits.

After being targeted by the meat industry, swept up in the culture wars and pummeled in sales, two plant based meat companies are reinventing themselves.

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