vegan food For years, vegan food had a bit of an image problem. A bowl of leaves. Maybe some tofu. Something healthy, perhaps, but not necessarily exciting. That picture no longer reflects what vegan food looks like today. A vegan plate can include dal, rajma, chana, vegetables, grains, nuts, seeds and plant-based protein. It can also include burgers, koftas, meatballs, croquettes and other modern vegan food products. The question is no longer simply, “What can vegans eat?” I

Is upcycled food sustainable? Most people know the cashew for its nut. But what happens to the much larger fruit attached to it after harvest? That question leads to a very different side of the cashew story. The part we casually call the cashew apple, or peduncle, makes up roughly 90% of the cashew's weight, while the nut accounts for about 10%. In Northeast Brazil, this fleshy part can be eaten fresh or processed into juice, pulp, cajuína, sweets, preserves and other produc