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The Best Crab Cakes in Baltimore Are Vegan
For nearly a decade, co-owners Naijha Wright-Brown and Chef Gregory Brown continue drawing hungry patrons with their fan-favorite crabless cakes In a city renowned for its seafood.
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Wendy’s Is Officially Testing a Spicy Meatless Black Bean Burger. Here’s Where to Find It.
Fast-food chain Wendy’s is testing a meatless burger made with a spicy black bean patty to differentiate itself from other plant-based offerings.
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This Black-Owned Food Truck Makes Some of the Best Vegan Burgers in LA
After slinging vegan burgers for the likes of Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams, LA’s Black-owned Vurger Guyz has become a star of its own.
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How Lifelong Vegan Makini Howell Launched A Vegan Food Empire in Seattle
After working at her mother’s plant-based restaurant growing up, world-renowned chef Makini Howell launched vegan fine-dining institution Plum Bistro.
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Detroit Vegan Soul Is On A Mission to Bring Healthy Vegan Fare to Motor City
On a journey to improve their health, co-founders Kirsten Ussery and Erika Boyd launched Detroit Vegan Soul and are now bringing healthy, plant-based fare to the masses.
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More Vegan Restaurants Open Than Close During COVID-19, HappyCow Finds
While 413 vegan venues closed since the onset of the pandemic, 517 new restaurants have opened, according to vegan resource HappyCow.
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Vegan Chef Matthew Kenney Just Launched Dairy-Free Cannoli Ice Cream
Chef Matthew Kenney’s new ice cream flavor—made in collaboration with San Francisco food technology startup Eclipse Foods—features a creamy pistachio base that is layered with vegan ricotta cheese and dotted with cherries.
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First He Ditched Foie Gras. Now This Michelin-Starred Chef is Reopening His Restaurant as Fully Vegan
London-based chef Alexis Gauthier has transformed Gauthier Soho into a fully vegan eatery and also launched vegan cafeteria 123 Vegan after realizing he could no longer profit from selling dead animals after going vegan himself.
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Amy’s Meatless Drive-Thru Is Coming to Southern California
Amy’s Drive-Thru—where every item can be ordered vegan—is opening its first two locations outside of Northern California as part of a West Coast expansion plan.
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Iron Chef Jose Garces Just Named His First Vegan Restaurant After His Daughter
Jose Garces’ new restaurant Livy’s Plant Based Foods—named after his vegan daughter Olivia—offers Impossible Burgers topped with dairy-free cheese, plant-based chorizo, and vegan egg.
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How Oakland’s Souley Vegan Became a Soul Food Empire
With just $27 in the cash register and zero savings, founder Tamearra Dyson has turned Oakland, CA’s Souley Vegan into one of the premier vegan soul food restaurants in the country.
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Chef Matthew Kenney Opens Rhode Island’s First Vegan Drive-Thru
Plant City X—owned by chef Matthew Kenney and entrepreneur Kim Anderson—recently opened as Rhode Island’s first vegan drive-thru and is already eyeing an expansion across Southern New England.