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Vegetarian travel guides can be excellent resources for dining in a particular country. The Vegetarian Guides site offers a list of twelve vegetarian and vegan travel guides for sale. Among the countries available are: France, Britain, Ireland, the United States, Canada, Israel, Australia and New Zealand. There are also specific city guides for London, Edinburgh and Nottingham. One of the guides even offers translations for vegetarian food items in several languages, so you can order on your own. Each guide lists several hundred restaurants and lodgings. Guides are available through online ordering and cost between £5.99 and £9.99 (British pounds) which is approximately $9.00 to $15.00 USD ($13.00 to $22.00 Canadian). An indispensible resource for the vegetarian traveler is Speaking Vegetarian : The Globetrotter's Guide to Ordering Meatless in 197 Countries by Bryan Geon. Here is the author's own description of Speaking Vegetarian:
Speaking Vegetarian enables traveling vegetarians to make their dietary desires known in virtually any country on the planet. I began researching and writing this book from a desire to communicate my eating preferences and out of frustration with the limitations of standard phrasebooks. ("Is the roast lamb on special today?" is not a helpful question for vegetarians.) Each country listing in the book features a brief general description of the types of food a visiting vegetarian might expect in that country. It then provides a list of words and fill-in-the-blank phrases, together with phonetic pronunciations, in the main language or languages of the country. The list is broad enough to allow vegans, ovo-lacto vegetarians, pesco-vegetarians, and even "vegetarians" who avoid only red meat to order their preferred food. Europe on 10 Salads a Day by Mary Jane Edwards and Greg Edwards is another great resource for eating vegetarian in Europe. Here is why they created the book: "Traveling in a foreign country as a vegetarian can be an adventure. It's not much fun eating potato chips and salads day after day, and there are only so many ways to fix a cheese sandwich. We finally had our fill of candy bars and decided to do something about it." As a fan of the singer Dar Williams, one of my personal favorite vegetarian travel books is The Tofu Tollbooth by Elizbeth Zipern and Dar Williams. While on a musical tour of the United States Dar found it challenging to find meatless eateries in American small towns. This book just oozes with the charm and wit of both women. It is a great resouce to have on a cross-country trip! Go To Page: 1 2 |
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