VEG ALLEGIANCE

When you’re serving meat, the rest of the meal—vegetable and starch sides, appetizers if you’re being fancy—kind of falls into place around it. But take that central protein out of the equation, and there are no rules. Here, we’re sharing three vegetarian main courses free of grains, pasta, tofu or any sort of imitation meat, and, to further shake up notions of how to eat vegetables, we’re pairing a red wine with each of them. Suddenly, eating your vegetables is a lot more exciting.

LATIN SPICE MIX

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