An Arbitrary Guide to Vegan Peckham

Pasuts Tolma, Armenian New Year’s stuffed cabbage rolls; Pasta e Ceci, Italian pasta and chickpea stew; Sarımsaklı Köfte, Turkish bulgur balls in a garlicky tomato and pepper paste sauce; Tavče Gravče, Macedonian baked beans; Mhajeb, Algerian stuffed flatbreads; Kuzhi Paniyaram, Indian crispy lentil & rice balls—these are just some of Julius’s plant-based dishes.

The word “vegan” was coined in 1944 by British animal rights advocate Donald Watson. He derived the term from the first three and last two letters of "vegetarian," explaining, “We are entering an era that marks the beginning and end of vegetarianism.” Suggestions like “allvega,” “neo-vegetarian,” “dairyban,” “vitan,” “benevore,” “sanivore,” and the French “beaumangeur” (meaning "good eater") were ultimately passed over in favor of “vegan.”