Allison Rivers Samson opened Allison’s Cookies, the first online vegan bakery, in 1997. As the years went on, she added more delicious cruelty-free creations such as vegan brownies, vegan caramels, vegan toffee, artisan vegan chocolates to her offerings, and Allison’s Cookies grew into Allison’s Gourmet. Since 2008 she has also been the author of the well-loved vegan comfort food column, “Veganize […]
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Happy Vegi-versary
This month marked my wife Ashley’s 5-year anniversary with the vegan lifestyle. Although we started this journey together, she was all in from the start while I had to lean in and take my time with it. Our evolution started simply enough – on a summer morning in 2009 I was reading an article about […]
Interview Series: Stephanie Strowbridge
Stephanie Strowbridge is the author of the new vegan cookbook I Like Toast. She’s also a hair designer and makeup artist. I met Stephanie the way most of us meet these days – online, first through Instagram and then later we became Facebook friends. I’ve always enjoyed the photos of the retro hair and makeup […]
Interview Series: Marla Rose from Vegan Street
My first “introduction” to Marla Rose was around 2001, when I was a newbie vegan looking for information on my new lifestyle online. At the time there were very few websites dedicated veganism, and I was happy to find a kindred spirit online at Vegan Street. Marla and her husband John Beske hatched the idea for […]
Interview Series: Jason Wyrick
Chef Jason Wyrick is the executive chef for The Vegan Taste website. After being diagnosed with diabetes in 2001, Jason adopted a vegan lifestyle, lost 100 pounds, and reversed his diabetes. Since then, he has co-authored the NY Times bestselling book 21 Day Weightloss Kickstart with Neal Barnard, MD, became the first vegan culinary instructor in the world-famous Le Cordon Bleu […]