Vancouver, BC (January 11, 2022): Nightshade, Vancouver’s newest 100% plant-based restaurant, is now open in Yaletown. The restaurant explores the boundaries of vegan cuisine, focusing on hyper-local, farm-to-table ingredients with a global twist. “We’ve drawn on techniques and flavours from a lot of different places, including India, Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos. The kitchen will also be using some strict Japanese techniques in certain dishes” says opening Executive Chef Chanthy Yen. “It’s not exactly molecular gastronomy but the restaurant is looking at ingredients from a different perspective.” Yen is an Ontario-born chef with Cambodian roots who trained at the NorthWest Culinary Academy in Vancouver and apprenticed at Spain’s two-star Michelin restaurant, Maguritz.…
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Join the Afro-Vegan Society for Veguary!
Veguary is a FREE month-long celebration encouraging people to try vegan living during the month of February. This campaign is purposefully situated in the month of February – Black History Month in the United States – to highlight the contributions of Black trailblazers, and the many benefits of vegan living in their communities. The society will be providing resources to support community and everyone who participates in Veguary. Each day will be filled with new ways to engage, including: vegan recipes, online cooking demos, virtual workshops & interviews, daily informative emails, virtual happy hours, exclusive prizes, and interactive check-ins through their Veguary Facebook group! You can learn more about it…
