Spatula Diaries: Going veg’ might not be so hard

“I’ve watched friends over the years navigate the vegetarian life in Baton Rouge and I’m always fascinated by how they manage it,” writes 225 food blogger Maggie Heyn Richardson. “Things have improved considerably with the convergence of a successful 15-year-old farmers market, a handful of local health food stores, a mammoth Whole Foods and serious growth in the restaurant sector. Still, if you’ve sworn off meat and fish, going veg’ requires planning, thought—and sometimes patience. Most vegetarians have a story in which they’ve earned the stink-eye from an impatient server for asking too many questions about the composition of a particular dish.” Click here to read the rest of this week’s Spatula Diaries, and find out more about Baton Rouge’s vegetarian options.