Spoiler: It didn’t start with tofu and quinoa. When you’ve spent five decades mastering everything from osso buco to arroz con pollo, jumping into vegan cuisine isn’t exactly a natural next step. In fact, for most of my culinary career, “vegan” was code for boring food that needed salt, acid, and...
Search “vegan food Ocala” and you’ll notice a pattern: the same handful of cafés pop up over and over. TripAdvisor’s “Best Vegan Restaurants” page tops out at about ten listings, many of which are simply omnivore spots with one or two plant‑based entrées tripadvisor.com. Even the local food‑scene blog admits...
Let’s be honest — if you’re trying to find a vegan meal in Ocala that doesn’t taste like sadness wrapped in cardboard, good luck. Around here, “vegan options” usually mean limp lettuce, a questionable smoothie, or some sad, spongy tofu that tastes like it was seasoned with... air. If you’ve ever...
Let’s clear something up before someone throws a tofu block at me: plant-based and vegan are not the same thing. I know, I know — both groups wouldn’t touch a cheeseburger with a ten-foot celery stalk, but the reasons why and how they eat can differ wildly. As a
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