‘Buddha’

Buddha: Unvegan Hero

September 30th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
WWBD?

WWBD?

Many practitioners of Buddhism follow a strict vegetarian diet.  They do this in an attempt to follow the way of Buddha, who is believed to have lived a vegetarian life that shunned killing.  It seems, however, that this may not be the whole truth.

According to research, Buddha accepted all foods given to him as long as he wasn’t the sole reason for the killing and the killing wasn’t done in front of him.  This probably helps explain why many depictions of him are of a relatively fat guy, who could never have gained so much weight on eating vegetables alone. Continue Reading»

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Going Global at Plan Check

Fries of the world.

A couple of weeks ago, The Backyard Bite invited me to The Burger Culture Clash, sponsored by Stussy (which apparently still exists) and Plan Check. Plan Check, by the way, is a sort of new (since February) restaurant in West LA with Chef Ernesto Uchimura of Umami Burger fame. As my love of burgers, especially those of the umami variety, I jumped at the opportunity.

Although I arrived alone, I was not the only lone eater. Just next to where I was seated, I met e*star LA and we decided to share a meal called loneliness, because it’s better than eating alone. We made quick friends over our respective blogs and Midwestern roots, then got to work at dissecting the special menu, which Plan Check will be featuring for the next month if anything tickles your fancy.

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The King of Fruit.

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