The vegan Beyond Burger has finally arrived in Tesco supermarkets across the UK. The much-anticipated plant-based burger made by California-based vegan protein brand Beyond Meat was spotted by Instagram user Vicki at an unnamed Tesco location. According to a comment on the post, some stores have already sold out.

Food critic William Sitwell isn’t the first person to express hatred toward vegans, but he might be the first to lose his job for it. Sitwell stepped down from his job as editor of Waitrose Food, the magazine of a UK supermarket chain, after his email response to a freelance journalist pitching a series on plant-based recipes went public.

Recently, when I read through the findings of an informal British study conducted on men’s meat-eating habits, I immediately recalled a classic Seinfeld episode. “The Wink” aired in 1995, and features a newly health-conscious Jerry—he’s put on a few extra pounds, and is trying to lose them—gravitating towards a vegetarian diet. Unfortunately, the woman he’s dating is an inveterate carnivore, serving Jerry mutton and dragging him to a steakhouse for lunch.

Major supermarket Sainsbury's is launching new vegan meat products in stores across the UK this month. The products - mince and burgers - are made by plant-based startup The Meatless Farm Co and described by the company as 'competitively priced' at RRP £3.00 and £2.50 respectively. They are one of many recent plant-based launches for Sainsbury's, as it caters to growing consumer demand for vegetarian and vegan food.

Earlier this year in Canada, fast-food chain A&W added the vegan Beyond Burger to its menu. Within a month, the burger was no longer available due to a shortage of the plant protein used to make it. Now, a Canadian federal program has set aside $153 million in funding to enable the country to provide more plant-based protein. Once finalized, the allocation will expand Canada’s capacity to process peas and beans, allowing the country to meet the growing demand for vegan products like the Beyond Burger.

When applied to a global population, the vegan diet wastes available land that could otherwise feed more people.

The sweetness of baked apples, filled with the savory, herb-flavored deliciousness of walnut-raisin stuffing -- you just can't beat a dish like this for celebrating favorite fall flavors. And best of all, it's vegan!

Which is more nutritious - Fresh or Frozen?

Thanks to unprecedented choice, dinner has become a deeply moral concern, imbued with guilt, class connotations and politics. To psychologists, this is a goldmine

Get ready for some real talk: From one veg head to another, sometimes meat dishes just look so darn delicious. Whether you're an herbivore-4-life or you're just taking a brief relief from beef, here are 15 mouthwatering vegetarian versions of common meat dishes that'll even make your steak-lovin' friend green with envy.

Good and Cheap is a collection of recipes for folks with limited income, particularly those on SNAP benefits (formerly the Food Stamp program). The book is a work-in-progress capstone project for my MA in Food Studies from NYU.

The perfect refreshing treat for hot sunny days. This strawberry sorbet is made with fresh in-season strawberries, and its amazing. #intothesoul #reader #sorbet

Have you ever thought of making a vegetarian version of a classic dish like spaghetti alla carbonara, to accommodate culinary habits or simply to experiment with new flavors?  I offer a version made ​​with tasty morsels of tofu flavored with paprika, which in addition to being tasty resemblance to the diced bacon, and a delicious cream to yellow peppers to simulate the egg mixture that serves as a base for the recipe. A sprinkling of grated ricotta, which you can omit if you want a vegan...

Try it, even if you're not a vegetarian!

An array of startups are seeking to replicate the specific sensations of meat using only plant matter. But is plant-based trickery really the path to a healthier planet?

You know how techies are all into disrupting businesses? Well, right now, there’s a lot of interest in the food industry. In Impossible Foods' case, its mission is to disrupt the $74 billion beef industry.

Beyond Meat, maker of plant-based "chicken" and "ground beef," will aim for the heart of the carnivorous market with a soy-protein-based hamburger patty called the Beast Burger. Beyond Meat Founder Ethan Brown says their meatless products taste and feel like the real thing and they believe they can revolutionize the way we eat. Bloomberg's Sam Grobart reports for "The Year Ahead: 2015" series

A Stanford University biologist and physician describes his complex process of recreating the experience of meat using only plant-based ingredients.

It’s made in a lab, no factory farms and no killing, but it’s still meat. Looks like we’ll need a whole new food ethics

Definitely a controversial video. Actually do something productive with your day and watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce4DJh-L7Ys

A great recipe if you're cooking vegan. After several months vegan it was fantastic to be able to eat a pie without any guilt. After putting a few hours of love into it, it came out brilliantly giving a crumbly pastry, which if you use unrefined coconut oil rather than refined has a subtle taste of coconut, with a filling thats both creamy and nutty.

HOLY MOLY this is one hell of a recipe. Make sure the orange juice is sweet though, or concentrate it to get a better flavour. Seriously vegans and non-vegans alike need to eat this food, it's almost a religious experience.

I've been through a cookbook or two, but this recipe takes the....pie? Heyooo!

Because who needs to eat cows anyway?

It may sound like a stretch to call this carbonara-inspired pasta.Carbonara sauce is creamy, cheesy, and garlicky, attributes you'll usually find in a bowl of the classic American dish.

A vegan diet is generally healthy — but there are a few nutritional pitfalls to watch for. Here’s how to avoid them.

But there's less bacteria—and way fewer antibiotic-resistant strains—in grass-fed beef than conventional, Consumer Reports finds.

Slow cookers aren't just for beef chili and pulled pork! Vegetarians can reap the benefits of these one-pot wonders too. This soup recipe is such a cinch to whip up — just throw all the ingredients in your slow cooker before work and dinner is done

Exo is a Brooklyn-based startup that is trying to change the way we think about eating bugs. And the company is starting with cricket protein bars. Cofounders Greg Sewitz and Gabi Lewis started experimenting with cricket-based food when they were seniors at Brown University, after reading a United Nations report that said eating insects could help combat world hunger.

The average American consumes about 18 pounds of bacon each year.

An article entitled “Meat consumption and mortality – results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer [EPIC] and Nutrition” was published on 7 March 2013 in the BMC Medicine Journal.

All of Scotland’s producers of new polymer bank notes have confirmed that their cash is free of any animal products. Royal Bank of Scotland, Bank of Scotland and the Clydesdale Bank were all asked to make statements about the contents of their notes after vegans throughout Britain reacted angrily yesterday to news that the Bank …

A team of researchers in the UK has found some surprising results after polling over 1,700 vegetarians about their eating habits. According to the results of the study, 37% of those polled reported to eat meat after having too much to drink. While the majority of those surveyed reported that they were able to avoid