Treat them right with these delicious recipe ideas, and thank us later.

An intimate celebration is still a celebration. This menu adds a bit of seasonal sparkle.

Prepare for your guests to ooh and ahh! These vegan dishes are all centerpiece worthy for your holiday table.

Whether you have a table full of vegans and vegetarians, flexitarians or carnivores, Justin Cucci, Executive Chef of Vital Root restaurant in Denver, Colorado, and author of "The Edible Beat” cookbook, offers these easy tips and satiating alternatives for a happy and healthy holiday.

Halloween treats to make for kids—and kids at heart.

This kid-friendly Halloween fare is so cute, it’s scary.

Celebrate the flavors and colors of fall with this spectacular seasonal menu.

Grilling summer veggies outdoors yields delicious salads - without heating up your kitchen indoors! When the thermometer tops out, who wants to cook? You will - once you've tasted a grilled vegetable salad.

Find out what Sherrie Castellano, founder With FOOD + LOVE is making for Thanksgiving—plus her fave fall dishes.

Are your guests going to insist on very different foods at Thanksgiving? Make them all happy with a little planning, says the author of "Vegan, Vegetarian, Omnivore: Dinner for everyone at the table”.

Actor and regular SNL performer ALEC BALDWIN promotes the Adopt a Turkey Project created by Farm Sanctuary.

How to keep the peace between the omnivores and vegetarians at your holiday table

Summertime, and the livin’ should be easy. So, simplify your grooming routine, and get your (sun-damage-free) glow on 
with an assist from these healthful hacks and naturally sourced goods.

Whether painted in pretty pastels, hidden and filled with treats, or transformed into tempting chocolates and wrapped in shiny foil, it’s hard to miss the Easter holiday’s most ubiquitous emblem: the egg.

Valentine’s Day’s origins are a bit blurry, but some historians trace the holiday back to Roman times. Culinarily speaking, there’s little information on what fertility-enhancing foods the Romans indulged in, though odds are good it wasn’t chocolate packaged in heart-shaped boxes.

Start a new Thanksgiving tradition by sponsoring a turkey through Farm Sanctuary's Adopt-a-Turkey Project!

Pumpkin pie is one of the quintessential sweets of the winter holiday season, and synonymous with American Thanksgiving celebrations because pumpkin is one of our native foods.

What’s your favorite family food tradition at Thanksgiving? Share your answer below and see what others have to say. 

While many vegetarians have to eschew family food traditions in pursuit of a plant-based diet, there is an ever-growing number of us lucky enough to be raised in a vegetarian household and to learn, from childhood, how to cook and eat healthfully in a vegetarian kitchen. So it was for Mary McCartney—daughter of Paul McCartney of the Beatles and the late Linda McCartney, a rock photographer, musician, and animal rights activist who penned several vegetarian cookbooks and created the vegetarian product line Linda McCartney Foods.

What do you look forward to grilling this summer? Share your answer below and see what others have to say. 

Celebrate the first flavors of spring with a light, elegant Easter menu

Did you know that Passover is celebrated for seven days? That's good news because there's still time to whip up some Dark Chocolate and Pistachio Matzo Bark before the holiday ends this Saturday at sunset. The batch pictured above was prepared by VT's creative director Daphna Shalev. Instead of pistachios, she used the pecans and almonds she had in her pantry.

Find out what’s cooking in the kitchens of the VT staff this holiday season

Celebrate Thanksgiving à la française with this menu from an expat in Paris

Pro tips on baking with chocolate

Show how much you care with an elegant, spring-themed spread.

Brighten holiday tables with this Hanukkah meal.

Serve up a casual Father's Day feast the entire family will love

Mark the start of Passover with a delicious vegetarian feast

Happy Herbivore blogger Lindsay Nixon creates the ultimate make-ahead feast for New Year's Day

VT's guide to good veg etiquette throughout the holiday season

Tap into the recipe-enhancing possibilities of the "other" bubbly

Celebrate Mardi Gras in vegetarian style

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A home-cooked meal with a lot of heart.

Check out Vegetarian Times Editors's author page.

Candles, greenery, table decorations . . . they?re so pretty. Too bad they all turn into trash. Here?s how to put them to good use instead.