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Back to the Future

The Impossible Burger with fries available at all Red Robin locations. On Saturday night, Jennifer and I went to Red Robin, a nationwide chain, for the first time ever. Endless soda refills, bottomless fries, a roll of paper towels on every table, music playing, walls decorated with images that scream Americana (Einstein sticking out his tongue; a woman on the boardwalk rollerskating while holding a boombox), and families with children spilling their cokes and falling…

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Are Coconuts Vegan?

It seems like a silly question, since a coconut is a fruit (technically, it’s  a  drupe), but it’s a question that has me more and more upset. Over the last several years, Jennifer and I have watched with increasing alarm the prevalence coconut products have begun to play in the promotion of the vegan diet: Daiya cheese, Miyoko’s butter, Beyond Meat’s burgers, and more. It is in almost all shampoos and conditioners. In shaving creams…

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