[shahravar]

Hi All.
I was 18 when I fist turned Vegetarian(no meat,no marshmallow too) that was what? almost 17 years now.
With a "non-traditional" diet we limit the amount of choices we have in the commercial market.
Organic and Holistic foods are on the rise(prices too) as more businesses enter the special diet industry.
I am also a professional Banquet Chef and was a cook then.
Food like costumes is up to the individual.
I my self do not choose this life style for moral beliefs I choose it because of the over-consumerized food industy we have created.
It's hard to prepare 100# of chicken in a day and throw out 30# of it tomorrow.
But I have heard of production of lab grown muscle tissue that uses only one what do they say, cell of an animal...thus the animal does not die for those who have moral issues.
They can add say Omega 3's and other fortification.
They can also remove most of the cholesteral levels.
The university was working on food grade homegrown meats.
I saw this article in the Econimist magazine a few months back.

As a cook...wow...it might be about time we started supplimenting nature...so we don't run out of wild salmon...

p.s. most cooks enjoy a change in the menue with a little warning. Just call ahead of time earlier that day(not during a friday rush) and say...Hi, I will be dinning with you on _ _ date and I have some food allergies...etc can I please request a special with out these ingredients. p.s. you might tip extra for this service.