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After all is said and done this holiday season, the food served on tables revolves around one key ingredient: meat. If it’s not turkey at Thanksgiving, it’s the ham at Christmas, or the meatloaf at Festivus. But there are alternatives, namely in the form of seitan—a wheat gluten that possesses a chewy meat-like texture. In the spirit of giving and the new year, Decider lists a few of the places where you can worship seitan, a most excellent substitute for diehard meat-eaters, vegans for life, and everything in-between.

Handlebar’s "Savory Seitan Stuffed Tortellini"
To burn off extra holiday calories and spice up land dietary routines, ride down to bicyclist hangout/pub Handlebar. The Wicker Park eatery, which recently celebrated its fifth anniversary, is known for its superior variety of vegetarian and vegan cuisine, and as a common meeting place post–Critical Mass. It serves a barbecue seitan sandwich ($8.75), and you can’t go wrong with sliced wheat-meat dipped in barbecue sauce, topped with shaved red onion, and served on sourdough bread. Less common is the savory seitan-stuffed tortellini ($12.75), in which pasta, made locally, is combined with a butternut squash puree, seitan, sautéed spinach, and toasted hazelnuts. It’s finished off with truffle oil and fried sage leaves.