plant-based alchemist CREATES VEGAN CUISINE

When and why did you become plant-based?

I was introduced to vegetarian cuisine in early adulthood and enjoyed it very much, but I also enjoyed many animal foods. Somehow the idea of slaughtering animals seemed wrong, but since I never witnessed or participated in the slaughter, I accepted it as part of the dark and ugly side of reality.

In 2005, I became close friends with a vegan animal rights activist. I found her lifestyle interesting and admirable but at the same time extreme – I could