Cindy Brzostowski is a freelance writer and editor with previous experience in cookbook publishing. Her work has been featured in Time Out, CultureMap, Livability, and more. When not writing, reading, or eating, you can probably find her making an itinerary for her next adventure. See more of her work at www.cindybrz.com.
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The 11 Best Places to Eat Vegan in Houston, Texas
It’s not all steak and barbecue in Texas: As the most diverse city in the U.S. as ranked in a WalletHub study, Houston has a rich food scene that reflects its multicultural residents. With something delicious to delight everyone’s palate, vegans and vegetarians won’t have any trouble finding places to go to satiate their plant-based cravings. Houston houses many d...
We Taste-Tested 16 Plant-Based Meal Delivery Services
When it comes time to embark on a vegan or plant-based approach to eating, the easiest and most helpful thing any modern urban eater can do is click to buy. As in, get food delivered! Thankfully, there are several meal delivery options out there that are a perfect transition from eating “regular” food to eating plant-based food that makes it easier, simpler, and a lot more fun to switch over. When
A Vegan Chef Shares the Secret to Making Flavorful Plant-Based Dishes
Think vegan food is bland? Tomi Makanjuola is here to make you think again. Featured as a changemaker in Upfield’s A Better Plant-Based Future campaign, Makanjuola is a London-based chef and the blogger behind The Vegan Nigerian. Through her online platform, cooking classes, personal coaching, and other work, she is committed to showing the world that plant-based food can be full of color and flav
Stocking Stuffers: The Best Gifts For $5 and Up, For Everyone on Your List
The season of giving is here, and you may have done most of your holiday shopping but it's always useful to have on hand a cheap and cheerful gift, whether it's for the dog walker or when you need a Hanukah gift or stocking stuffer. You can never have too many adorable, affordable gifts at the ready, and these will make your recipient think you spent a whole lot more...
How This Mother-Daughter Duo is Working to Create a “No-Harm” World
Kim Bohstedt and Diane Mantel co-founded Upbeet + Rooted, a vegan marketplace, with a core mission in mind: Empower a "no-harm" world. Through their marketplace, the mother-daughter team (Bohstedt is Mantel’s daughter) promotes products from small businesses across the country that support cruelty-free consumption.
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These Easy-to-Make, Plant-Based Dishes Celebrate Filipino Cuisine
October isn’t all about Halloween and its sugary sweets—did you know this month is also Filipino American History Month? The Filipino American National Historical Society introduced the idea in the early 1990s, and in 2009, the U.S. Congress...
How to Pack Healthy Plant-Based Lunches That Kids Will Love
Whether you’re raising a vegan kid or you’re just trying to get your child to eat more plant-based meals, you might be stumped at what to make them for lunch that they’ll actually eat, let alone enjoy. Then, you need to consider what’s healthy and what’s not. Never fear—there are plenty ...
7 Vegan Items to Stock Up on at BJ’s Wholesale Club
Many people think that eating vegan means spending more time and money at fancy natural food markets where it’s the norm to get sticker shock. The truth is, you can find worthwhile plant-based products at stores designed around savings like BJ’s Wholesale Club. We’ve roun...
Summer Grilling Tips From the U.S.’ First Totally Vegan Butcher Shop
With warmer weather comes the urge to whip out the grill and have a barbecue—but the fun isn’t just reserved for meat-eaters. Vegan food can make for some great grilling, just ask Aubry and Kale Walch, the sibling duo behind the Minneapolis-based vegan butcher shop The Herbivorous Butcher.
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The 10 Best Father’s Day Gifts for Plant-Based Foodie Dads
Father’s Day is just around the corner, but there is still plenty of time to order the perfect gift for the plant-based or vegan or healthy chef dad. And you know he's always thrilled to know that: A.) You thought of him in advance, and: B.) You...