Fast food’s biggest innovators right now are independent Black vegan chefs.
. Toriano Gordon, the vegan BBQ and soul food restaurant’s owner, believes that restaurants like his are a gateway to vegan cuisine for customers who want to enjoy a fast meal without taking on the health risks often associated with traditional fast food. There’s fried lumpia stuffed with Impossible meat, onions, and spices; a plant-based nacho cheesesteak; and candied yams brushed with a hint of cinnamon.
Ingram believes that his identity as a Philadelphia native and his familiarity with the challenges and needs there allows him to better connect with those in his community while speaking about veganism. “It’s a huge benefit when I’m trying to communicate why we’re doing what we do,” he says. “All the benefits that come with a plant-based diet, I’ve been able to experience them in a community I’m from, and where people are suffering from a lot of health issues caused by what we eat.
Ingram points to the high number of chronic illnesses that disproportionately impact the Black community as his motivation to spread the goodness of veganism any way he can. Notably, vegan fast food can still be processed and
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