SALAD WITH A CROAK: During my kid years, I always worryingly wondered what my beloved grandma meant when she’d cough a bit and say, “I’ve got a frog in my throat.” I only recently realized she might have been eating a salad. That unequivocally needs some explaining – and a visit to the home of vegetarian Becky Garfinkel, 37, of Corona, Calif.

Becky is no longer her vegan self when it comes to salads, which she’ll now be shunning for all of eternity if not longer. Here’s why.