Get a subscription to https://cooking.nytimes.com/. I know it sounds crazy to pay for recipes when there are so many free cooking websites and youtube channels, but everything is tested and the instructions are clear for beginning cooks. There are whole sections for weeknight meals, chicken, pasta, vegetarian, etc. And thousands of recipes in the database so you'll never run out. Source: 9 months ago

From there I'll go to America's Test Kitchen, NYTimes Cooking, and Milk Street. Milk Street is the (relatively) new project from Chris Kimball, who used to head ATK and has more of a focus on everyday cooking and international cuisine and has produces a few gems for me (and is also an absolutely excellent place to buy supplies and tools). All three have the same basic issue of seeming vaguely bland to my palate... Source: 12 months ago

NY Times cooking — Another subscription service, but you can create a free account. Also, try refreshing the page and spamming the ESC key on PC right before the prompt to log-in pops up. They have some very famous recipes, including one for chocolate chip cookies (seriously, make this one!), no-knead bread, and many others. Source: 12 months ago

NY Times cooking — Another subscription service, but you can create a free account. Also, try refreshing the page and spamming the ESC key on PC right before the prompt to log-in pops up. They have some very famous recipes, including one for chocolate chip cookies (seriously, make this one!), no-knead bread, and many others. Source: over 1 year ago

Add Simply Recipes and New York Times Cooking (although with that one, you only get a certain number of recipes for free each month, then you have to pay.) I do pay for New York Times because I found myself using their recipes so often that I was running out of free ones each month. They publish really good, solid recipes. Source: over 1 year ago

Just go on happycow.net and put in Rio de Janeiro, filter by Vegetarian Options. That'll give you a better chance for a place that has both options and is cool. The places with options that aren't necessarily 100% vegan are still very good. Source: about 1 year ago

So how can we directly advocate in this situation? - tell the head guy/gal at the bakery that if they start regularly putting vegan cakes up on display to sell to anyone that you will register their bakery with the big vegan resource happycow.net to help direct vegan consumers to them. Source: about 1 year ago

Take a look on happycow.net as they list some vegan/veg/workable options. Sorry I can't provide direct local info. If others have local info I'm watching for it as well! Source: about 1 year ago

Nowadays, there are loads of vegan or vegetarian fast foods and restaurants in Paris, happycow.net has a map of Paris with plenty of filters to help you find what suits you best. Source: about 1 year ago

Happycow.net is usually my go-to for getting vegetarian/vegan recommendations for a specific area. Source: over 1 year ago