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About the veg wiki

Philosophy

Cooking is better with more hands in the pot.

A wiki gets more useful the more it's used. Every recipe links to the ingredients and techniques it uses — and every ingredient links back to the recipes built around it. Nothing here is static: pages grow as the household cooks, and what we learn goes straight back into the site.

No banner ads, no sponsored recipes, no tracking cookies. If something is here, it's because we actually cook it.

Who we are

A household that cooks together

This is a family project, not a publication. Everything is written by and for the people who cook from it, and every recipe is tested at least twice before it's published.

Why we built it

One connected place for what we cook

Most recipe sites are a pile of one-off pages. We wanted the recipes we've actually made, the ingredients and techniques behind them, and a meal planner that remembers everyone's allergies, preferences, and dislikes — all woven into a single system. A family cookbook that never goes out of date.

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Resources · Places

Places

Cafés, restaurants, and pubs worth the trip — editorial only, no ratings or bookings.

Restaurants

Bambalan

Colston Street, Bristol BS1 5BD

Middle-Eastern sharing plates done properly — the hummus and smoky aubergine are worth the queue.

Milk Thistle

Lower Redland Road, Bristol BS6 6SE

A small neighbourhood bistro that changes its vegetarian menu weekly — the place that taught us seasonal menus are wo...

Source Deli

North Street, Southville, Bristol BS3 1JE

A café-delicatessen hybrid with a superb vegetarian mezze — the weekend lunch spot we default to.

The Canteen at the Arch

Railway Arch, York Street, Bath BA1 5BY

A proper independent canteen where the vegetarian specials rotate daily and the bread comes from a real baker.

The Pump House

40 Merchant Street, Bristol BS1 4EP

A riverside restaurant whose vegetarian plates are treated with the same seriousness as the fish. Excellent for celeb...

Cafés

Bristol Vegan Market

Various venues, Bristol

Monthly market with some of the best street food in the South West. Worth planning a trip around.

Cafe Kino

108 Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3RU

A fully vegan, not-for-profit café whose cakes are the stuff of legend. Proof that vegan cafés can be everyday places...

Gloucester Road Vegan Cafés

Gloucester Road, Bristol

A strip of independent cafés that all do strong vegetarian and vegan breakfasts — the route we walk on lazy Sundays.

Harvest Wholefood Café

Portland Street, Clifton, Bristol BS8 4JH

One of the oldest wholefood cafés in the city — a quiet, dependable place for a big veggie plate and a pot of tea.

The Cowshed

Whitfield Farm, Wotton-under-Edge GL12 8EL

A farm shop café with a serious vegetarian lunch counter — the reward at the end of a Cotswolds walk.

Pubs

Sheep on Sheep Street (Stow-on-the-Wold)

A vibrant, Soho-style contemporary townhouse pub featuring an open kitchen and wood-fired sourdough pizza oven. They ...

The Amberley Inn (Amberley)

Overlooking the Stroud valleys, this award-winning country inn focuses heavily on local, traceable produce with a men...

The Bell at Sapperton

An award-winning independent country pub with a highly regarded kitchen. They serve relaxed but elevated British clas...

The Butchers Arms (Sheepscombe)

Tucked deep in the beautiful Slad Valley network, this classic country retreat offers an exceptionally thoughtful men...

The Chequers (Churchill)

A premium country pub combining rustic-chic charm with high-end dining. It boasts a dedicated array of vegetarian mai...

The Daneway Inn (Sapperton)

An idyllic, unpretentious hidden gem on the edge of Sapperton along the old canal towpath. Hugely popular with walker...

The Farmer's Dog (Burford)

Jeremy Clarkson's famous destination pub utilizing 100% British-sourced ingredients. Their main restaurant offers uni...

The Green Dragon Inn (Cockleford)

A historic 17th-century inn full of character. The kitchen serves fantastic vegetarian comfort items, including a pop...

The Hollow Bottom (Guiting Power)

A historic, lively 17th-century racing pub in the heart of the Cotswolds. Under premier ownership, its gastropub kitc...

The Keepers Arms (Quenington)

A proper, award-winning village pub in the heart of the Coln Valley. Family-run and highly inclusive, they are passio...

The Mousetrap Inn (Bourton-on-the-Water)

A cozy, dog-friendly village favorite serving exceptional, high-standard pub fare. Vegetarian diners frequently highl...

The Plough Inn (Stretton-on-Fosse)

A remarkably welcoming, family-run village pub that goes out of its way to accommodate dietary needs, serving generou...

The Plough Inn at Ford (Ford)

A traditional 16th-century country inn with a lovely patio, praised for a highly inclusive menu that features great s...

The Porch House (Stow-on-the-Wold)

Reputed to be England's oldest inn, offering an upscale rustic atmosphere with highly flavor-packed vegetarian option...

The Trout Inn (Lechlade)

A historic, character-filled 800-year-old pub situated right on the banks of the upper Thames. They offer extensive c...

The Wild Rabbit (Kingham)

Awarded Sustainable Pub of the Year, this upmarket destination inn features an organic, farm-to-fork menu with ingred...

The Woolpack Inn (Slad)

Immortalised by Laurie Lee, this legendary pub pairs sweeping Slad Valley views with an ultra-creative, changing blac...