How to Find Vegan Recipes and Restaurant Guides on Veggie Terrain
Veggie Terrain is a Brooklyn-based vegan food blog whose navigation is organized around four static pages: Recipe Index, Veg Restaurant Guides, Veg Resources, and Why Veg?. If you want recipes, start with the Recipe Index; if you want to plan eating out, start with the Veg Restaurant Guides. The site's blog posts themselves are a mix of recipes, restaurant reviews, travel write-ups, and longer culinary articles, so the static pages are the fastest way to browse rather than scroll.
The four main pages and what each is for
| Page | What you'll find there | Use it when |
|---|---|---|
| Recipe Index | The blog's recipe listings, browsable by dish | You know roughly what you want to cook |
| Veg Restaurant Guides | Guides to vegan-friendly restaurants | You're traveling or eating out and need options |
| Veg Resources | Links to outside vegan resources | You want products, references, or further reading |
| Why Veg? | The blog's explanation of its vegan approach | You want context on the site's philosophy |
The site's own description frames it as "tasty vegan recipes, product and restaurant reviews, mouth-watering food pics, and in-depth culinary articles," which matches this structure: recipes and reviews are the two main content streams, with resources and philosophy as supporting pages.
Finding recipes
Go to the Recipe Index page first. Because the blog also tags posts by category, you can cross-check the index against the labels that appear on individual posts. Labels visible on the site's posts include:
- Dish type: appetizers, breakfast, salads, sandwiches + wraps, burritos/tacos, pasta, dessert
- Ingredients: avocado, broccoli, kale, chocolate, peanut butter, vegan cheese, vegan meat
- Method or style: raw food
- Non-recipe: Restaurant Reviews, travel, veg resources, extras + non-food
So if the Recipe Index doesn't surface what you want, the ingredient and dish-type labels give you a second way in. A post tagged both "raw food" and "burritos/tacos," for example, points to a raw taco-style recipe rather than a cooked one.
Finding restaurant guides
Use the Veg Restaurant Guides page for the curated guides, and the Restaurant Reviews label for individual write-ups. The reviews are often travel-based rather than local to Brooklyn — the site's Los Angeles coverage is a good example of how a guide and its supporting reviews work together.
What a review post actually contains
The LA posts show the pattern worth knowing before you click:
- A named restaurant with a location. SunCafe's Studio City location is identified specifically, not just as "SunCafe."
- What the restaurant offers. SunCafe is described as entirely organic and vegan, with fresh-pressed juices, smoothies, and several raw and/or gluten-free options.
- Specific dishes ordered. The raw Lettuce Leaf Tacos are described in detail: romaine leaves filled with "sun chorizo," cashew cheese, and pico de gallo, plus avocado and basil ranch dressing.
- Practical framing. The author notes compiling a restaurant list before a trip as a habit, which is the same thing you'd do with the guides.
That level of specificity is what makes the guides usable for planning rather than just reading.
Finding vegan resources and the site's philosophy
- Veg Resources collects external links — useful if you're looking for products, references, or organizations beyond the blog itself.
- Why Veg? explains the site's reasoning behind a vegan diet. Read it if you want the editorial stance before trusting the recommendations, or if you're new to vegan eating and want the argument laid out.
Common snags
- The homepage is a chronological blog roll, not an index. Recent posts sit at the top, so older recipes and reviews get buried. Always route through the static pages or labels instead of scrolling.
- Reviews and guides are separate things. A guide page gives you the overview; the review post gives you the dish-level detail. You'll often need both.
- Travel content is mixed in with local content. The restaurant coverage isn't limited to Brooklyn, so check the location in the post title or labels before assuming a place is near you.
- Some posts are continuations. The LA write-up is explicitly "in two parts," so if a post opens mid-thought, look for the earlier installment.
Quick path
- Recipes → Recipe Index, then refine by label (dish type, ingredient, or raw food).
- Eating out → Veg Restaurant Guides, then open the matching Restaurant Reviews post for dishes and details.
- Products and further reading → Veg Resources.
- Context on the site's approach → Why Veg?.