Sitting on Decatur Street in the French Quarter, 2 Phat Vegans is one of the most visible fully plant-based spots in New Orleans. The restaurant specialises in veganised versions of the city’s classics — hot sausage po’boys, gumbo, fried mushroom sandwiches, vegan beignets, mac and cheese, and the kind of big-flavour comfort food that definesContinue reading “Vegan soul food in New Orleans: the charm and the chaos of 2 Phat Vegans”
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Whisk Takers: a quiet vegan triumph in E17
Walthamstow still has a lot going for it. Money has been poured into the area — new flats, curated green spaces, cafés with concrete countertops — all trying to turn it into somewhere people want to live, linger, and spend their weekends. But in all of this, veganism has mostly been an afterthought. There areContinue reading “Whisk Takers: a quiet vegan triumph in E17”
Smile, breathe and go slowly
Everywhere By Martin Yelverton That thing you were about to do… No, I don’t remember either; And if I do, how about we leave it be? It will wait, or it won’t; either way without substance beyond these clutchings. So let’s sit here a while and watch. Waiting for nothing, watching, just watching. There willContinue reading “Smile, breathe and go slowly”
Be like a tree, and let the dead leaves drop: whatever the challenge, Martin just kept moving forward
Martin Erick Yelverton, co-editor of BardoBurner and my husband and partner for over three decades, died aged 58 in August of this year. It was sudden and unexpected and it happened at what was, without doubt, the happiest time of his life. Martin and I first crossed paths late in 1987. Having experienced a troubledContinue reading “Be like a tree, and let the dead leaves drop: whatever the challenge, Martin just kept moving forward”
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