Nicole Wright is in the business of making small cakes with big flavor. Her vegan cakes and treats business, Fresh + Frosted, is a hit among Sydneysiders at the Sydney Vegan Market where her creations sell out like hotcakes. But there is a subliminal reason why her cakes and treats are so popular. She has […]
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Happy food dances will always ensue when Mexican vegan food is involved and it’s common for Melbourne’s vegans to head to restaurants and bars around town to get their fix. But what happens when Melbourne vegans want to emulate authentic vegan Mexican flavours at home? Melbourne vegans can now rejoice because Top Hat Salsa Co.
Hats Off to Vegan Salsa: Q+A with Max Jared Einsohn of Top Hat Salsa Co. Read More »
This month’s Vegan View is travelling a little closer to home because it has a lot to do with the amount of vegan products hitting the market. While veganism is rapidly on the rise, so too are those products we can’t do without. If you didn’t know the difference between cruelty-free and vegan… There was
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The number of cafes across Australia has expanded dramatically in recent years. According to IBISWorld, the success of cafés in Australia is the result of “strong consumer demand for high-quality and convenient food and drinks”. Specifically, the number of cafés in Australia rose by 1.5% between 2015 and 2020. What is special about the café
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Non-vegans lament they can’t eat cheese if they decide to go vegan. However, the vegan cheese movement is booming. AVS Organic Foods’ founder Melissa Murphy-Webster has been at the forefront of commercial vegan cheese-making in Melbourne since 2013. In recent years, her artisan vegan non-dairy cheese company has expanded to food products including sausage rolls
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It’s appropriate to publish February’s edition of The Vegan View a little earlier this month, because this week marks the Lunar New Year. Let’s veganise the Lunar New Year celebrations to ring in the Year of the Ox, and discover where the mainstream media is tapping into the power of travelling vegan in other parts
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Melbourne is famous for its multicultural cuisine and a fondness for Italian food. Melbourne is also the third most vegan-friendly city in the world. So it makes sense that Melbourne has a vegan Italian pizzeria. Red Sparrow Pizza is Melbourne’s first 100% vegan pizzeria, with locations in Prahran and Collingwood. Red Sparrow Pizza founders and
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This week marks Fire & Tea’s 10th Birthday. You may not know, but Fire & Tea started out as a travel story blog so I could share the stories I wrote while out on the road or when I returned home. I was moved by the people I encountered, experiencing different cultures to mine, and
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Less than an hour’s drive from the Melbourne CBD, you’ll find the leafy hillside suburb of Belgrave. Belgrave is commonly known for the Puffing Billy steam train, but it’s now becoming a favourite with vegan travellers. Belgrave is a vegan oasis, nested high in the lush Dandenong Ranges, and it’s is easy to get there
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A new year means new beginnings, new goals to achieve and new adventures to experience. When I first went vegan, it wasn’t an immediate thing. I decided to go vegan mid-way through 2012, and it took me a good six months before I removed all animal products from my diet. I initially cut out meat
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