Of course, the diet is not all haute cuisine -- there are also plenty of restaurants serving "comfort" vegan food, including tofu or mock meat that has been breaded and fried. Los Angeles even holds an annual "Vegan Oktoberfest" -- allowing vegans to imbibe while sampling from an assortment of indulgent snacks. - Not just carrots and celery - At the vegan food fair in Anaheim, a suburb of LA, bowls of quinoa are hard to find. Lori Whitaker, a long-limbed blonde with a golden complexion, stood in line at one stand to buy a pizza. "I like my junk food; I won't lie," the 54-year-old said. Today, she said, "you can get a vegan pizza, a vegan taco -- I think this is great because a lot of people think vegans eat only celery and carrots.