Vegworld Magazine - Summer 2022

70 Pages·2022·11.3 MB·English

ISSUE 70 | SUMMER 2022
T H E
summer
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I S S U E

How to 'Glamp'
in Style This
Summer
Destination
Spotlight:
Vegan in Hawaii
Vegan SPF
Products to
Protect Your Skin
c o n t e n t s
12 Editor's Note
16 The Gentle Barn
22 Glamping with Style
26 Business Spotlight: Dear Bella Creamery
LIFESTYLE
28 V EGWORLD's Top Picks
32 Sun’s Out! Vegan SPF Products
36 Destination Spotlight: Vegan in Hawaii
40 The Grassroots Movement Behind the Mayor
44 Playing with Her Food: A Chat with
Cathy Katin-Grazzini
50 Caribbean Curried Jack
52 Aloo Gobi Burger
54 Vegan Peanut Ramen Soup
56 Orzo with Basil and Veggies
58 Arepas
FOOD
60 Mississippi Vegan’s Fried Caper Panzanella Salad
62 Cinnamon Applesauce Donuts
64 Summer Feast with BBQ Skewers
66 Ital Curried Button 'Shrooms
68 French Toast Casserole
Features
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How to 'Glamp' in Style This Summer
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Destination Spotlight:
Vegan in Hawaii
32
Vegan SPF Products to
Protect Your Skin
RACHEL AMA
Rachel Ama launched her YouTube channel in 2017,
amassing a legion of followers who are all hungry for
s her simple, affordable, and delicious vegan recipes and
recommendations (and her dance moves). 
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looks abroad for flavor inspiration, and to both her Caribbean and African roots.
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VICKI BRETT-GACH
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Vicki Brett-Gach is a Certified Personal Chef,
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Master-Certified Vegan Lifestyle Coach, Plant-Based
Culinary Instructor, and author of "The Plant-Based
n for Life Cookbook: Deliciously Simple Recipes to Nourish,
Comfort, Energize and Renew”. She is a graduate of Dr. McDougall’s Starch
Solution Certification program and is Forks Over Knives Plant-Based Certified.
o Vicki holds certificates in Plant-Based Nutrition, Culinary Health Coaching, and
in Wellness Counseling, and is trained in Nutrition for a Healthy Heart, as well
as Dietary Therapy for Reversing Common Diseases. She teaches whole food
C plant-based cooking classes to individual clients and groups of all sizes, and
as a coach, works with people across the nation - often helping them reverse
their chronic health challenges, one delicious meal at a time. Connect with Vicki
through her Ann Arbor Vegan Kitchen blog at AnnArborVeganKitchen.com. 

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TERRI EDWARDS
Terri Edwards is the blogger behind EatPlant-
Based and a licensed Food for Life instructor
with the Physicians Committee for Responsible
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Medicine. After recovering from medical issues by
switching to a plant-based lifestyle back in 2013, Terri
took on a personal mission to promote the power of food
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for restored health and see lives changed, just like hers was.
Terri's blog, EatPlant-Based, is an oasis for those seeking wellness and
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restored health through scientifically-proven plant-based nutrition. It offers
healthy plant-based recipes, success stories, and the latest information on
nutritional scientific research.
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ALEJANDRA GRAF
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Alejandra Graf is a Mexican food lover and
wellness pusher that follows a plant-based r
diet. She has a degree in Art History and a
Professional Certification as a Plant-based
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Cook. She has also become the voice behind
Piloncillo y Vainilla (Brown Sugar & Vanilla), a
bilingual blog about her experiences. She lives in Houston, Tx., with her
husband and three kids.

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TROY LEVY
Troy Levy, a Rastafarian chef, born in Kingston
Jamaica, is on a mission to show the world
the necessity of Ital cooking. Ital, the diet of
s the Rastafari movement of Jamaica, uses foods
that are natural, organic and from the earth, and
excludes processed foods, meat, and processed sugar.
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Both spiritual and healthy, as the Rasta say, “Ital is vital.” 
Chef Troy founded Chef Troy’s Table, a private chef and catering company,
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featuring Ital cooking with fresh organic ingredients and taste of the islands. He
has appeared on The Food Network’s hit show Cooks Vs Cons, Fox5’s Good Day
New York, CIN TV’s Come Chat with Mi, and has been guest Celebrity Chef at the
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Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival in NYC for two years. He’s been featured in such
magazines and outlets as Wine Spectator, Viva La Comida, Clinton Lindsay, Island
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and Spice, The Jamaica Observer, The Jamaica Star, and Island Origins Magazine.
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COURTNEY MCCULLUGH
o Courtney is a passionate vegan who brings
a love for journalism, creativity, helping
local businesses, and animals together with
C compassion. She aims to create content that
makes a difference. Through colorful, well-
researched, and unique content, she aims to always
educate and inspire her audience. With her social media
agency, Sprinkles Creative, she also assists businesses with their
branding strategy. She enjoys traveling the world to write for
VEGWORLD Magazine, an international vegan lifestyle publication,
promoting plant-based stories about vegan products, services, and
individuals from all walks of life.
CATHY MCLELLAN
Cathy McLellan, Rouxbe Plant-Based
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Certified Chef, Professional Coach and Vegan
Recipe Designer. Creator of veganonthego.net,
an online resource for established and emerging
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vegans, my mission – to encourage a plantbased
lifestyle through food that is accessible, delicious and healthy. One meal
at a time. Other passions include: my home and family, the outdoors,
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gardening and travel.
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TIMOTHY PAKRON
Timothy Pakron is a passionate cook,
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artist, photographer, and creator of the
popular blog Mississippi Vegan. Before
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devoting himself to the culinary arts, he
spent time as a fine artist in Charleston,
South Carolina, and New York City. While living
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in NYC, he created the concept of Mississippi Vegan, merging his
past and his present while celebrating kindness to animals through
delicious food. His cookbook was released in the fall of 2018 with s
Avery. Pakron currently lives and works in New Orleans.
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LIANNA LEVINE REISNER
Lianna Levine Reisner is a co-founder of Plant
Powered Metro New York and has the dual
s role of President and Network Director. She
has had the privilege to serve on Mayor Adams'
Food Policy Transition Committee. Lianna holds a
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Master's degree from Case Western Reserve University
in Positive Organization Development and Change and
o a certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from the T. Colin Campbell Center for
Nutrition Studies. She lives with her husband and three children in Manhattan.
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SHRIYA SWAMINATHAN
n Shriya is an animal rights warrior in
training at PETA’s Laboratory Investigations
Department. She is also a certified Vegan
o Hospitality Consultant and founder of
Nourish by Shriya- her new consulting service
that helps restaurants attract vegan clients. A
C proud travel foodie, she enjoys exploring local vegan cuisines! In her
free time, you can find her hanging out with the residents at the Gentle
Barn Sanctuary, while educating folks about the abundance of a vegan
lifestyle. Her precious companion pooch Halley joins her activism on the
#adoptdontshop message!
DEL SROUFE
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Del Sroufe's passion for cooking began
at eight years old and never faded. In o
1989 he went to work for one of Columbus’
premier vegetarian restaurants, the King
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as a baker and chef. Sroufe opened Del’s Bread, a vegan bakery,
before beginning vegan meal delivery service in 2001, serving
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time, he developed what became a very popular cooking class
series, sharing many of the delicious recipes he had created over
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the years.
In 2006, Sroufe joined Wellness Forum Foods as co-owner and i
chef, where he continued the tradition of delivering great tasting,
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plant-based meals to clients in Columbus as well as throughout
the continental U.S. Sroufe also joined The Wellness Forum as
a member where, after a lifetime of yo-yo dieting, he has lost
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over 200 pounds on a low fat, plant-based diet. He continues
to teach cooking classes at local venues like Whole Foods,
Community Recreation Centers, and The Wellness Forum. Sroufe
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is the author of Better Than Vegan, The China Study: Quick &
Easy Cookbook, The China Study Family Cookbook, and Forks
Over Knives—The Cookbook, a vegan cookbook companion to the o
acclaimed documentary Forks Over Knives. 
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