I am trying to learn more about the history of vegetarianism, are you vegan by any chance?
I'm vegetarian! The practice of not eating meat has roots in ancient Indian and Greece civilizations. 
OK and it means not eating meat but what about eggs cheese or milk?
Some vegetarians will eat milk and eggs ad even sea animals like fish. 
What about shellfish?
Yes, some vegetarians will eat exoskeleton-bearing aquatic invertebrates like mulluscs and crustaceans. Do you like shellfish?
I do. Can you tell me the difference between Vegan and Vegetarian? Its confusing
banned the consumption of meat for ascetic reasons, but none of them abstained from the consumption of fish; these monks were not vegetarians, but some were pescetarians. Vegetarianism was to reemerge somewhat in Europe during the Renaissance and became a more widespread practice during the 19th and 20th centuries. The figures for the percentage of the Western world which is vegetarian varies between 0.5% and 4% per Mintel data in September 2006. 
Ancient.
Ancient Indian subcontinent.
Ancient Indian subcontinent Early Jainism and Buddhism.
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List of vegetarian restaurants
This is a list of vegetarian and vegan restaurants. Vegetarian cuisine refers to food that meets vegetarian standards by not including meat and animal tissue products. For lacto-ovo vegetarianism (the most common type of vegetarianism in the Western world), eggs and dairy products such as milk and cheese are permitted. For lacto vegetarianism, the earliest known type of vegetarianism (recorded in India), dairy products such as milk and cheese are permitted. The strictest forms of vegetarianism are veganism, raw veganism,