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The Caribbean Blue Sky smoothie has blue algae, lemons, pineapples and coconut milk.

Dallas Couple Offers a Caribbean Twist at Fit Juice Bar

By Kristina Rowe

Jan 15, 2021

Entrepreneurial spirit and a love of the Cayman Islands are just two of the common bonds between Krycel and J.D. Perkins. Together, the couple has opened gyms and corporate wellness programs as well as restaurants focused on healthy foods and beverages. Their latest is Fit Juice Bar, which opened in...

Gabrielle Reyes Brings Vegan Cooking to Life Online

By Atheena Frizzell

Nov 16, 2020

In her musical cooking show, One Great Vegan, performer and plant-based chef Gabrielle Reyes seeks to bring all of this and more to a cross-platform, online audience of more than 100,000 and counting. Reyes has pursued performance on the stage and screen since she was a child. Cooking, however, came...

Vegetables Shine at Elm & Good

By Taylor Adams

Oct 26, 2020

Elm & Good opened on the western edge of Deep Ellum in August with chef Graham Dodds at the helm. There was a hullabaloo with the news, but things seemed to have slowed down a bit: It’s not hard to get a reservation, and on our visit, the space had...

Omar Yeefoon has big changes coming to Deep Ellum's Shoals.

Shoals Sound and Service Owner Omar Yeefoon Knows Everything Is Going to Change

By Nick Rallo

Jun 11, 2020

The raw plywood boards got pulled from the windows. In the days prior, Omar Yeefoon’s restaurant looked like it was in storm-prep mode: The glass was protected, the doors were locked, and, inside, the stools and booths sparkled from sterilization. He had already parted ways with his chef, faced a...

Impossible meat is now for sale at Kroger stores.

Dallas Chefs Share Recipes for Impossible Foods' Plant-Based Meat

By Alex Gonzalez

May 25, 2020

One effect of the coronavirus has been the occasional shortage of various foods, including ground beef. One result is stores such as Kroger enforcing a limit on how much meat customers can buy. To combat this shortage of beef (or possibly take the opportunity), Impossible Foods has made their plant-based...

Bad Spanish Tacos Goes Hard on the Veggie Option, But Don’t Dis His Brisket

By Lauren Drewes Daniels

Feb 19, 2020

Billy Flores of Bad Spanish Tacos keeps his work area tight and clean. Not a single errant onion square or cilantro leaf lies anywhere but in their prescribed containers. No fingerprint smudges stain the table, no trails of salsa run down the sides of the sauce bottles. It’s simply clean,...

Queso, Crema and Salsa Get a Vegan Spin (Without Nuts)

By Paige Weaver

Jan 27, 2020

Sarah Zubiate has a foundation of cooking with rich flavors, but in her business, she’s taking those flavors and executing them with a healthy spin. Her business, Zubi’s, produces plant-based queso, crema and salsa. They’re also Latina-owned, gluten-free, vegan and top-eight allergen-free (eggs, tree nuts, peanuts, soy, wheat, fish, shellfish...

Eat This: The Curry at Sandwich Hag May Be Your New Favorite

By Taylor Adams

Jan 6, 2020

Before Sandwich Hag was overtaken by severe popularity thanks to Bon Appétit, I went to this stand in the Cedars and got the same thing: a lemongrass pork banh mi. If I had a friend with me, add an order of the tofu spring rolls (with extra peanut sauce, because...

This year's Okrapalooza Seed to Table dinner took place among okra fields at the Reeves Family Farm in Princeton.

This North Texas Farm Is Creating a Space for Chefs

By Taylor Adams

Dec 10, 2019

Who doesn’t appreciate a farm-to-table dinner? Not just a “this onion came from 99 miles away and is now at your cloth-covered table in Oak Lawn,” but a “this okra came from that bush that’s 2 feet away from you on this farm.” That’s what Stacy and Aaron Reeves are...

Sharing the table with those who are vegan doesn't have to be so tough.

Advice from a Vegan for Hosting One of Us at Thanksgiving

By Chase Carter

Nov 22, 2019

Thanksgiving is a stressful holiday at the best of times. Extended family leans on your hospitality, and the logistical nightmare of planning the meal haunts your waking hours. Between crafting a turkey basting schedule and ensuring guests don't end up bringing 12 variations of pea salad, you completely forget about...

Loaded nachos at Nuno’s Tacos and Vegmex Grill

Guess Who’s on PETA’s Good Side: Dallas Is a Top Vegan-Friendly City

By Taylor Adams

Nov 19, 2019

For the first time, Dallas is one of the top 10 vegan-friendly cities in the United States, according to PETA’s ranking this year. It might come as somewhat of a surprise, because it’s hard to go a week without someone who's vegetarian or vegan telling me Dallas doesn’t have enough...

Surely, after 10 years, far more people know how delicious plant-based foods can be. Seen here.

The Texas Veggie Fair Is Back for Its 10th Year

By Taylor Adams

Oct 29, 2019

Some of us remember when it was new, and man, it’s hard to believe the Texas Veggie Fair marks its 10th year in Dallas. But here we are, and here it will be this weekend. It was previously in one of our prettiest parks, Reverchon, but they’re moving east to...

Another Restaurant’s Leaving Downtown: Mudhen Meat and Greens

By Taylor Adams

Oct 15, 2019

Just after we heard Spaghetti Warehouse will close in the West End, we're now told Mudhen Meat and Greens is closing in the Dallas Farmers Market on the other end of downtown. “I apologize to all the folks in Dallas who appreciate clean and healthy options. I apologize to the...

James McGee, chef of Peace, Love and Eatz

Peace, Love and Eatz’s Vegan Options Are the Main Attraction of DeSoto’s Market Place

By Philip Kingston

Oct 1, 2019

Apologies for the hiatus, loyal readers, but I had a bit of a travel mishap, and my offer to provide an in-depth review of viral gastroenteritis was politely declined. We return to my culinary tour of southern Dallas, except this week I went so far south I actually ate in...

Where's the beef? It's not in Hunky's Impossible Burger, though you might not know it from taste.

Beyond vs. Impossible Burgers: Comparing Fake Meat

By Alex Gonzalez

Sep 27, 2019

Going plant-based is becoming a whole lot easier. At bars, restaurants and burger chains across the nation, more meatless options are available. Granted, many restaurants have had black bean and veggie options for burgers for decades, but new plant-based proteins allow vegans, vegetarians and those curious about a plant-based diet...

Nuno’s Tacos and Vegmex Grill Brings Vegan Mexican Food to North Dallas

By Amanda Albee

Sep 17, 2019

After seven months of selling vegan tacos and burritos at the Dallas Farmers Market on weekends, Nuno’s Tacos and Vegmex Grill has opened a lunch and dinner location in North Dallas. Aurelio “Nuno” Arias Jr., formerly the co-owner of well-known El Palote Panadería in southeast Dallas, sold his shares of...

Love It or Hate It, Pumpkin Has Arrived in Dallas

By Paige Weaver

Sep 13, 2019

No matter if the weather is in the high 90s, the arrival of September means a cavalcade of pumpkin-spiced, -seasoned and -flavored food and drink. The contentious Starbucks pumpkin spice latte has been out for weeks (it celebrated its earliest-ever release Aug. 27) and you can already find plenty of...

When the craving hits you, there's something so precious about a grease-stained bag.

Dallas Vegans Can See Light at the End of the Fast-Food Tunnel

By Chase Carter

Aug 29, 2019

No matter how refined your palate, sometimes the body craves convenience above all else. You think about a kitchen full of fresh produce and scratch ingredients with a sense of dread rather than culinary anticipation. Work ran late, you skipped lunch, and hunger is overriding good sensibility.

A slice of the Bella pizza, looking sad because people — vegans and meat-eaters alike, it seemed — were getting competitive over who was getting slices (even though there was plenty to go around).

Tutta’s Adds Large Array of Vegan Pizzas to Menu

By Taylor Adams

Aug 21, 2019

For Amanda and Jeremy Scott, the owners behind Tutta’s Pizza, having a place known for house-smoked meat worthy of being on TV isn’t enough. As more places in town offer vegan options that are cravable for diet followers and meat lovers, they decided it was time the West End pizza spot...

The Impossible Whopper has landed at Burger King.

The Impossible Whopper: Eat a Burger, Save the World

By Philip Kingston

Aug 20, 2019

Science presents us with many paradoxes. Its ability to improve our lives almost exactly matches its ability to show us the ways we’re ruining our lives. The world is overheating, and a huge cause of that destruction is global agriculture, in particular the raising of livestock for meat. Meat production...

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