Green and fresh: Vegetarians in China

Creative Kitchen of Two Vegetarians. [Photo/amazon.cn]

New lifestyle, young cook

Modern Chinese people are also vegetable lovers, especially the younger generation who pay more attention to quality rather than quantity.

As the living conditions improve, the post 80s, 90s and even 00s, shift their eyes to personal health and body care more often than their parents.

On Douban, a popular Chinese social media platform, there are more than 50 groups on vegetarianism. Users discuss the vegetarian lifestyle or share vegetarian recipes in such groups. Many vegetarians also write blogs to share their daily meals with readers, among which, some even publish their own recipes.

Benniao and Tudouni, two vegetarians based in Beijing and Chengdu, came to know each other on the internet through sharing vegetarian recipes. They set up a blog, Creative Kitchen of Two Vegetarians, on Sina Blog in 2006. Since then, they have been posting their recipes for vegetarians.

In 2008, their first cook book Creative Kitchen of Two Vegetarians was published. The book provides about 200 vegetarian recipes according to the vegetables sold in four seasons. Its sequel about another 180 vegetarian dishes came out in 2010.

Apart from recipes given by the two vegetarians above that are based on Chinese cuisine, there are some vegetarians who prefer something different.