How sauerkraut becomes vegan "cheese"
Welcome to Cheese Week, The Takeout’s weeklong praise of cheeses.
Silk introduces insufferably/excellently named oat milk
Silk, “America’s No. 1 plant-based milk brand,” has entered the oak milk fray like the Kool-Aid Man.
Impossible Foods tackles the most impossible meatless meat: the steak
In a conversation with The Spoon, Impossible Foods C.E.O. and founder Pat Brown made plain that he and the rest of the…
Almost-vegan Happy Meals debut at U.K. McDonald’s
While McDonald’s has been making strides to improve the nutritional merits of its Happy Meals here in America, its…
The key to a successful Veganuary, Dryuary, or Whateveruary, is taking tiny steps
The start of the year seems to offer a tantalizingly clean slate for some, the opportunity to shed a bad habit or take…
Whole Foods gets even Whole Foodsier with DIY almond milk stations
These are the facts: NüMilk, a startup that seems to be doing exactly this one thing, is piloting almond milk machines…
Magazine editor uses rejection letter as chance to tell “let's murder vegans” jokes
Journalist Selene Nelson had an idea for a regular feature on vegan cooking, so she pitched it to a magazine. The…
Are avocados vegan? Some say they're not.
Avocados! The star of guacamoles and the butt of hipster toast jokes. For something that’s so buttery and high in fats,…
Wu-Tang Clan partners with White Castle for some insane, intriguing reason
Why is Wu-Tang Clan teaming up with White Castle? Did their consultants at Wu-Tang Financials suggested it was a good…
City of Berkeley goes full Berkeley, institutes Vegan Mondays
Berkeley’s city council has passed a resolution that requires all food served at city events and meetings on Mondays be…
Meat-eaters aghast at vegan brisket that looks just like beef
Are there two groups of people more determined to annoy each other than meat eaters and vegans? Whether it’s a…
Chefs adding vegan items on menus no longer a weird hippie thing
Even as recently as a decade ago, it seems restaurants would reluctantly include a vegan item on their menu, usually…
British vegetarians lie to friends about not eating meat, says crappy study
I’m giving this Daily Mail story about “embarrassed” British vegetarians enough skeptical side-eye that it’s straining…
Animal-rights activists not letting go of this chicken-truck crash
Some background, for those of you who don’t have a Google Alert set for “overturned trucks”: Last week, a truck…
French butchers demand protection from “terrorism” of vegan attacks
French butchers scored a regulatory win recently when the government ruled that vegan products could no longer be…
[UPDATED] Maybe don’t serve meat at a vegan festival
Updated, June 18: We received an email from organizers of Vegandale, who say that they were totally upfront with Mi…
Vegan meals at U.K. supermarkets found to contain traces of mysterious meat
British shoppers who placed a package of “meat-free meatballs”—with a Vegetarian Society seal of approval on it—might…
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What exactly is vegan caviar? IKEA sells it.
The most intriguing food item at IKEA isn’t the meatballs—there’s no intrigue about them. Those meatballs are…