(Vegan) Utopia
One of the best parts of scouting out our tour destinations is the serendipity that frequently comes into play. While speaking to a...
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The Vegan Epicure Team
Feb 8, 20191 min read
SWEET!
Every town needs one of these: a vegan bakery vending cakes, muffins, and tarts--and really good coffee! What a joy to discover Amour...
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The Vegan Epicure Team
Feb 7, 20191 min read
Faux Gras For The Win!
We've been looking for this vegan pate since arriving in Nice, and finally found it at Bioman Shop, a natural-food store and organic...
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The Vegan Epicure Team
Feb 5, 20191 min read
James Baldwin, Chagall, Roger Moore
So, what do these guys have in common? They have all lived, at one point in time, in the tiny, adorable, and extremely picturesque...
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The Vegan Epicure Team
Jan 29, 20191 min read
Grazing in Antibes
We were back in Antibes Sunday and popped into Graze, a vegan restaurant run by former Californian (and Vegan Epicure Travel podcast...
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The Vegan Epicure Team
Jan 28, 20191 min read
Flea Market Finds
You just never know what you're going to find when you go to the Monday morning marche aux puces (flea market) here in Nice, France....
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The Vegan Epicure Team
Jan 25, 20191 min read
CARROT CAKE!!!!
You know what they say about dessert: Life is short, so eat it first! Well, we didn't think about that until after our main courses...
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The Vegan Epicure Team
Jan 23, 20191 min read
Animal Magnetism
We've stayed at a few vegan and vegetarian B&Bs, inns, and hotels over the years, and often, it's not the food or the swimming pools or...
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The Vegan Epicure Team
Jan 22, 20191 min read
Cheese, Please
We've tasked ourselves with finding the best vegan cheese in France, and we can't decide if the award goes to La Marmite Vegetale here in...
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The Vegan Epicure Team
Jan 17, 20191 min read
Vegan on the French Riviera
We’re currently in Nice crossing the T’s and dotting the I’s on our upcoming Vegan on the French Riviera tour kicking off in June. Part...
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The Vegan Epicure Team
Nov 27, 20181 min read
Vegan Hot Dog Hunt at IKEA
While driving home from San Francisco, we needed a quick snack, and decided to finally give the IKEA vegan hot dog a try. The Sacramento...
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The Vegan Epicure Team
Nov 9, 20181 min read
#We Love Nice
It’s just a few more weeks until we are back in Nice, France! We can’t wait to reconnecting with our friends at our favorite vegan...
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The Vegan Epicure Team
Oct 11, 20181 min read
Gone To The Dogs
The highlight of VET co-founder Aurelia d'Andrea's most recent scouting trip to Sri Lanka was her visit to Animal SOS Sri Lanka in the...
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The Vegan Epicure Team
Oct 4, 20181 min read
Where the (Water) Buffalo Roam
We're in Sri Lanka scouting for a special retreat we're developing and we're especially excited to be able to bring our guests to this...
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The Vegan Epicure Team
Oct 2, 20181 min read
Hoppers!
Today's big adventure in Sri Lanka involved a behind-the-scenes look at how hoppers--a kind of rice-and-coconut crepe--are made. (Check...
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The Vegan Epicure Team
Sep 27, 20181 min read
Too Much Fun!
We've been having so much fun with our group, all day and all night, that we've slacked off on our "daily" blogging! We've cycled all...
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The Vegan Epicure Team
Sep 21, 20181 min read
End of an Era at the Eiffel Tower
We did a dress-rehearsal run of our Paris bike tour yesterday and stopped at the Eiffel Tower to take in the splendor of this beautiful...
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The Vegan Epicure Team
Sep 20, 20181 min read
Catwalk Fever
Our vegan tour of Paris coincides with Paris Fashion Week, and we got to see some future supermodels of the world practice their struts...
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The Vegan Epicure Team
Sep 17, 20181 min read
Paris Loves Its Sweets (and so do we)
On a quick bike ride across Paris, what better way to get a sugary boost than at VG Pâtisserie? There's a great selection of treats, and...
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The Vegan Epicure Team
Sep 11, 20181 min read
We Like It Raw (and by "it," we mean ice cream!)
We had Grezzo on our must-try list, but like so many other things, it got lost in the shuffle of a very active and overly ambitious...
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Getting Portly in Portland
We felt it. Our pants getting tighter. A LOT tighter. We're pretty sure that's what happens to every vegan who visits Portland, Oregon,...
A Beachy Vegan Getaway
One of our favorite places to visit in California is Laguna Beach. It’s the quintessential southern California beach town, with tidepools...
Paris!
This spring, we did what we've been waiting to do for two-plus years: we took a fabulous group of adventurous travelers to our favorite...
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