Of course, just eliminating meat from the plate doesn't always equal a healthy meal.

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Creating a vegetarian restaurant was too much of a drastic change, so creating a concept of reducing the amount of meat and fish on a plate was what he saw as a compromise.

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Tucking into a plate of cooked-to-order noodles or skewers of sizzling meat is a daily ritual here.

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You know, if we look at our plate of food, we see fruits and vegetables, we see meat.

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Once the meat is crisp and the fat is rendered, transfer the bacon to a plate and keep the fat in the pan.

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But the recommended Kobe meat loaf at Sunday brunch was so greasy it left droplets of oil on the plate.

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Sharp or blunt, table knives also meant forks, if for no other reason than that, once you stopped impaling your meat (not to mention tearing it up with your hands and teeth) and began cutting it on a plate, you needed a fork to anchor it while you sliced.

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