Already a one-stop shop for consumers, Target is quickly becoming a vegan haven thanks to a surprising number of cruelty-free products. In fact, the freezer section proudly displays a Plant-Based Protein sign above a case packed with brands such as Gardein, Silk, and Sweet Earth Foods. This budget-friendly store makes vegan living simple with its frequent sales and abundance of options, further proving veganisms place in the mainstream. So, grab your red shopping cart (and this list!) to make sure you dont miss any amazing vegan finds at Target.

1. Ripple Superfood Milks Ripples superfood milks come in Acai, Turmeric, and Matcha flavors in the refrigerated section at many Target stores and are perfect for getting your kids to consume more nutrient-dense foods.

2. Hagen-Dazs Non-Dairy Ice Cream Hagen-Dazs debuted its new non-dairy flavors earlier this year at Target stores across the United States, sending many vegans running for the freezer section.

3. Boom Chicka Pop Kettle Corn These single-serving bags can be found in packs of six in the snack aisleperfect for on-the-go snacking.

4. Starbucks Almondmilk Frappuccinos This caffeine-lover essential can be found on the shelves at the popular superstore, ensuring you can stay properly energized throughout your workday.

5. Gardein Nashville Hot Chickn TendersThese breaded, seitan-based fiery tenders are about to become a grocery staple for you. Add them to sandwiches, wraps, salads, and more for a flavorful, plant protein.

6. Place-and-Bake Sweet Lorens Cookie DoughWhen a craving for fresh baked cookies hits, these place-and-bake sugar and fudgy brownie cookie dough chunks are great to have on hand. Stash a few in your fridge for emergency cookie cravings.

7. Yoplait Oui Yogurt This new, eco-friendly, glass-bottled, French-style yogurt is made from coconuts and comes in vanilla, strawberry, raspberry, and mango flavors.

8. Silk Non-Dairy Yogurt Cups with Granola Apple Cinnamon or Mixed Berry Chia Granola? Either way, you really cant go wrong with these almond milk-based yogurts that come paired with sweet, crunchy toppings.

9. Tofurkys Beefy Burgers Theres a whopping 19 grams of plant-based protein per serving in these beefy style burgers! Were grilling them up and piling them with fresh avocado, lettuce, pickles, and tomatoes for the perfect quick meal.

10. So Delicious Dairy Free Ice Cream Decadent cashew milk ice cream in flavors such as Snickerdoodle and Salted Caramel Cluster are available in the freezer section.

11. Oatly Vegan Ice CreamBy now everyone knows how great oat milk is, but our newest obsession? Oat milk ice cream from the iconic Swedish brand Oatly.

12. Califia Farms Cold Brew Coffee Grab a bottle of single-serving, cold-brew coffee from the drink case to keep you fueled as you wander the aisles of this superstore.

13. Justins Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups Satisfy your chocolate craving, while trying not to eat the whole bag of these miniature peanut butter cups.

14. Kite Hill Vegan YogurtRich, almond milk yogurt cups make for an ideal snack or quick breakfast.

15. Hippeas Nacho Puffs Our advice? Stock up on these kid-friendly, crave-worthy nacho puffs for whenever a major snack hankering happens.

16. Ben & Jerrys Non-Dairy Ice CreamWhat ice cream section is complete without Ben & Jerrys? Find the non-dairy varieties on the shelves next to So Delicious and Hagen-Dazs.

17. Sweet Earth Foods Veggie Lovers Pizza With a cornmeal-carrot-chia crust and a rich cauliflower herb sauce, this pizza really packs in the veggies while making them all taste so good. Pizza night just got a step-up!

18. Better Bites Vegan Cake Bites Chocolate-enrobed cake bites? Say no more! Were running to our closest Target to get these strawberry-flavored, gluten-free sweet treats.

19. Silk Almond & Oat Lattes These brand new Espresso and Mocha bottled iced latte drinks are made from an irresistible blend of oat and almond milk and come in extra large 48-ounce bottles, so you can get your caffeine fix and more.

20. Archer Farms Vegan Ice Cream Even Targets house brand has a line of dairy-free ice cream now and were so here for it. This pint of caramel brownie flavored almond milk-based ice cream is so delicious.

Sarah McLaughlin is an editorial assistant at VegNews who can frequently be found wandering the aisles at Target.

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From February 3 until February 23, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) will offer vegan Beyond Fried Chicken at more than 70 locations in Charlotte, NC, Nashville, TN, and surrounding areas. On August 27, KFC first tested the vegan chicken at one location in Atlanta, GA, where it sold out of the new option in less than five hours. The new locations will serve an improved recipe of Beyond Fried Chicken in four- to 12-piece la carte options and combination meals with dipping sauces (the Sweet N Tangy is vegan-friendly) or tossed in one of three sauces (none of which are vegan). The response in Atlanta continues to underscore the growing consumer demand for high-quality, delicious plant-based meats, Beyond Meat Founder and CEO Ethan Brown said. Together with KFCs team, we have created a plant-based chicken that looks, tastes, and pulls apart like a chicken breast. I am very proud of what our research and development teams have accomplished and look forward to continuing to lead the charge on plant-based chicken. To promote the expansion of Beyond Fried Chicken, KFC created an advertisement featuring its iconic mascot Colonel Sanders performing a magic trick on a bucket of chicken, turning it into vegan chicken.

The iconic flavor of Kentucky Fried Chicken is one that has never been replicated, despite many imitations, until now, Andrea Zahumensky, Chief Marketing Officer of KFC United States, said. Weve really pushed the limits to develop plant-based chicken that I think will have KFC and plant-based protein fans saying, Thats finger lickin good.

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Grocery chain Trader Joes recently announced the winners of its 11th annual Customer Choice Awards and vegan products were selected in the majority of categories. According to Trader Joes customer polls, the overall favorite product is Everything But the Bagel Seasoninga blend of spices typically found on an everything bagel that can be sprinkled on anything from avocado toast to pasta and beyond. The seasoning beat out category runners up Cauliflower Gnocchi, Mandarin Orange Chicken, Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups, and Unexpected Cheddar. Cauliflower Gnocchi was the winner in the Vegan/Vegetarian products category, while vegan Plantain Chips won the Favorite Snack category. In the Favorite Beverage category, vegan Non-Dairy Oat Beverage beat out Trader Joes popular wine line Charles Shaw (affectionately referred to as two-buck chuck for its $2 per bottle price tag).

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Meera Sodhas soba noodle soup with soy cabbage, pickles and ginger. Photograph: Louise Hagger/The Guardian. Food styling: Emily Kydd. Prop styling: Jennifer Kay

This soup is based on the Japanese toshikoshi soba soup, or year-crossing noodle, a piping-hot noodle soup packed with symbolism.

Traditionally, its eaten on New Years Eve to reflect on the past year and welcome the new one, but its never too late. The idea is to enjoy a long, peaceful life with each slurp and break free from the past as the noodle breaks easily with each bite. In its simplest form it is made using buckwheat soba noodles and a hot dashi broth, but Ive taken liberties and bolstered it with soy-caramelised cabbage and some turnip pickles.

Turnips can be hard to find, so if you cant get hold of any, use beetroot instead. Kombu is available from Asian supermarkets or online. There are pure buckwheat soba noodles and those mixed with wheat: I find the latter easier to work with Clearspring make good ones, and theyre available in large supermarkets.

Prep 20 min Cook 1 hr Serves 4

For the soy cabbage 2 tbsp rapeseed oil 1 large red cabbage (around 800g), cored and chopped into 1cm pieces 1 red onion, peeled and finely chopped 4 tbsp mirin 1 tbsp rice vinegar 1 tsp fine sea salt

For the soup 1 large piece kombu (about 50g) 4 tbsp brown rice miso 4 tbsp light soy sauce 4 tbsp mirin 200g soba noodles 2 tbsp toasted sesame oil 60g watercress, stalky ends removed

For the turnip pickle 2 small turnips (around 200g), peeled, cut into thick matchsticks tsp fine sea salt 100ml rice vinegar

Start with the cabbage. Heat a large frying pan on a medium heat, add the oil, then the cabbage and onion, and cook, stirring occasionally to stop it sticking, for 30 minutes. Add the mirin, vinegar and salt, and cook for 20 minutes more, by which time the cabbage should be caramelised and very tender.

While the cabbage is cooking, get the soup base started. In a medium saucepan, bring one and a half litres of water to a boil, lower the heat to a whisper, add the kombu and simmer for 10 minutes. Carefully remove the kombu with a pair of tongs and discard. Whisk the miso, soy sauce and mirin into the hot broth and leave to one side.

Next, pickle the turnips. In a jug, mix the salt into the vinegar and 100ml freshly boiled water, then pour over the turnip in a heatproof bowl and set aside.

Cook the buckwheat noodles according to the packet instructions, taking a minute off the cooking time, then drain and rinse under cold water. Transfer to a bowl and mix through the toasted sesame oil.

To assemble, divide the noodles between four bowls. Gently heat up the broth, pour it over the noodles, then top with the caramelised soy cabbage, watercress and pickled turnips, and serve.

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Multinational beauty company Revlon recently launched its first permanent at-home hair color that displays a prominent vegan and clean label. Revlon Total Color ($7.99) is available in 16 shades, promises to provide up to six weeks of color vibrancy, and does not contain animal-derived ingredients. However, according to animal-rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), while Revlon claims its Revlon-labeled products are not currently sold in Chinawhere tests on animals are required by lawthe company continues to sell products under other brands such as Elizabeth Arden there. After PETA uncovered that Revlon, a formerly cruelty-free company, had quietly started paying the Chinese government to test its products on animals in order to sell them in China, they were added to our list of companies that test on animals, Amanda Nordstrom, company liaison for PETAs Beauty Without Bunnies Program, told VegNews. PETA has repeatedly urged the company to adopt a company-wide ban on tests on animals anywhere in the world, but Revlon has refused to do so. A statement about animal testing on Revlons website claims that the company does not conduct animal testing but it complies with the requirements of the markets it sells to that conduct independent animal tests. Revlons claim that some of their products are vegan may be true if they are free from any animal ingredients, but supporting only companies that refuse to allow any tests on animals for their products is an extremely important aspect of a vegan lifestyle, Nordstrom said. It appears the company is trying to appeal to consumers who are concerned about the exploitation of animals but refusing to ban tests on animals means that it falls short.

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Getting a good nights sleep is as important as everand harder than ever too, due to the unrelentingly plugged-in nature of our society. Adequate deep sleep helps ease stress, anxiety, aging effects, and has many healing benefits. These 10 cruelty-free products will help bedtime feel more restful, luxurious, and cozy than ever before.

1. The Cloud Comforter This sustainably made, down-free comforters fabric comes from eucalyptus, which uses 10 times less water than cotton to produce. And the recycled fill of each of these cloudlike comforters keeps 50 plastic bottles out of landfills and protects 12 geese from live-plucking. So you can feel extra-good about wrapping up in this ultra-plush comforter as you drift off to sleep.

2. Sleep Mist Lightly mist this blend of 100-percent pure ylang ylang, lavender, Roman chamomile, vetiver, and frankincense essential oils over you to soothe your nerves and anxieties and promote a tranquil night of zzzs. As a bonus, it comes in a travel-friendly size bottle, so you can get a great nights sleep anywhere you go.

3. Dual Therapy Weighted Blanket Trust us when we say that a weighted blanket will change your life. This one features two sides, so you can opt for ultra-cozy warmth or tranquil cooling materials depending on the season. Available in both 15 and 20-pound varieties, pull the evenly distributed weighted blanket over you for an added sense of comfort and security throughout the night.

4. Night Time Herbal Tea Made with a sleep-promoting mix of organic oat flower, soothing lavender, valerian root, and silky-sweet lime flower, this naturally caffeine-free and ethically sourced organic tea makes the perfect pre-bedtime cup. Simply brew up a cp, put your phone away, and get ready for the restfulness to begin.

5. Purple Harmony Pillow The ideal balance of soft, cool, and responsive no-pressure-support is achieved in this technology-backed, next-level pillow. Hexagon-shaped air channels in the pillow allow for airflow keeping your head cool throughout the night. Best of all? Its made from synthetic materials so no animals were harmed in the making of your much-needed R&R.

6. CBD Melatonin GummiesThe powerful combination of CBD and melatonin encapsulated in these chewy, gelatin-free, lemon-flavored, bear-shaped gummies combine to get you ready to drift off to dreamland in no time at all. With 10 milligrams of CBD and 5 milligrams of melatonin per serving, these all-natural sleep aids are small but powerful.

7. Bamboo Lyocell Lavender Scented Eye Pillow This organic, eco-friendly, bamboo lyocell fabric eye pillow comes with a removable lavender and wheat insert that helps relieve stress, tension, and headaches via its aromatherapy benefits. Plus, it helps relieve tired, puffy eyes, dark circles and helps improve circulation around the eyes.

8. Deep Sleep Bath Bomb Wrapped in biodegradable muslin, this delectable bath bomb is packed with lavender and Roman chamomile flowers that infuse your water with a hypnotic blend of soothing floral scents. Plus soothing neroli oil helps alleviate stress and tension, and when combined with the luxurious warmth of bathwater, youll feel fully ready to slip straight into bed.

9. Bedtime Beauty Satin Pillowcases Many consumers turn to silk pillowcases to protect their precious locks, but this cruelty-free alternative utilizes satin to achieve the same effect without the dehydrating and friction-building effects of cotton. They help your hair retain moisture, save you from daily washes, and promote healthier locks so you can sleep deeper knowing youll wake up feeling great.

10. Tata Harper Aromatic Bedtime Treatment Apply this aromatherapy blend liberally to your palms and pulse points (wrist and neck), rub your hands together, and inhale deeply to feel instantly more rested and relaxed. Sometimes all you need at the end of a busy day is a way to calm your mind through focusing, soothing essential oils!

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This may seem as silly a question as asking, Are grapes vegan? Of course, they are, but some argue that the answer for wine enters gray territory. Dont fret that bacon-y character flavor you taste in your favorite Syrah isnt actually bacon. But to be vegan or vegetarian, a wine must meet certain requirements during the production process just like wines with official labels like organic, biodynamic or kosher. Unlike organic wines, however, vegan and vegetarian wines are not governed by a certifying body.

So what would make a wine non-vegan or -vegetarian? It has to do with a winemaking procedure called fining.

One of the final winemaking steps before bottling, fining requires the use of various agents to help clarify to a wine. The brilliant luminosity youll observe in a glass of golden Chardonnay or the polish you might admire in the deep ruby hue of a Merlot that precision of color is thanks to fining. Beyond clearing any haziness, fining can also soften harsh tannins. The processing aids are often compared to a magnet: Various particles stick to the fining agents like Velcro and can then be easily removed.

The majority of common fining agents are animal-derived, which is where the vegan question comes in. The most traditionally common fining agent is egg whites, often used for more tannic red wines like Cabernet Sauvignon and other Bordeaux varieties. Wines fined with egg whites would be considered vegetarian, but not vegan, as would those that see casein a milk-derived protein employed in some whites to remove oxidative characters. Conversely, fining agents like gelatin (derived from pigs) or isinglass (coming from sturgeon bladders) would render a wine neither vegetarian or vegan but would get it crystal clear.

If a winemaker wants to fine a wine but doesnt want to use an animal product, one common solution is bentonite clay. Nonetheless, many vegan and vegetarian wines may just simply forgo fining altogether. Some winemakers criticize the practice of fining, arguing that it values color over flavor that it scrapes off some of the good along with the bad. While vegan and vegetarian wine is unrelated to the natural wine movement, most natural wine nonetheless defaults to being vegan and vegetarian as theyre typically bottled unfined (and unfiltered).

While some wineries might advertise vegan or vegetarian on their back labels, many dont. When in doubt, you can ask the tasting room staff, or check Barnivore, a directory of vegan and vegetarian beverages.

But its important to know that fining agents are not ingredients, and no one consumes egg whites or fish bladders in a wine that was fined with them. The fining agents are removed by the time of bottling. Its a completely different effect than having a cocktail with Clamato (clam juice) or a shot of pechuga, a type of mezcal distilled with chicken or other meats. Still, its not impossible to imagine that trace residue might make it into the final product.

Then again, true skeptics might even point out the insects that inevitably make their way into a grape destemmer which get cleaned out during fermentation positing no wine can be truly vegetarian.

Ultimately, as with all food choices, whether or not to consume wines fined with animal products is a personal decision. Luckily there is no shortage of excellent wines around the globe that meet most criteria of being vegan or vegetarian. Here are six from California worth visiting.

Domaine Carneros

One of Californias pioneering producers of traditional-method sparkling wine, Domaine Carneros is partly owned by Taittinger, a pedigreed Champagne name. While the classic combination of bubbles and caviar is an option for visitors, so is a flight of Asian-influenced bites an experience that can accommodate other dietary restrictions, such as veganism and vegetarianism.

Foursight

Foursight Wines, in Mendocinos Anderson Valley, was one of the first American wineries to label its bottles as suitable for vegans and vegetarians. While best known for its Pinot Noirs, its also one of the few Anderson Valley producers to bottle Sauvignon Blanc. The Boonville tasting room offers a casual, leisurely visit, and guests staying the night can also rent out one of the guesthouses.

Frogs Leap

Perhaps the most obvious companion to Napa Valley Cabernet is a big hunk of red meat. While creative pairings abound, one option for vegetarian dishes might be to choose a Napa Cab with a lighter touch as is consistently the case with the ones coming from Frogs Leap, as well as the rest of their portfolio, which happens to be vegetarian and largely vegan-friendly. Its also difficult not to be charmed by the setting a bucolic red barn more in line with a Winslow Homer painting than Napas palatial tasting locales.

Stolpman

Syrah can smell like bacon. Sangiovese might give the impression of dried meats. Stolpman makes some of the best of each in Santa Barbara, but their wines are purely vegan. Their Ballard Canyon tasting room offers a glimpse into the countys impressive diversity of wine beyond their signatures Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Make sure to ask about their mother block, an experimental project that replicates the historic vineyard planting techniques of pre-19th century Europe.

Big Basin

One of the most dynamic producers in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Big Basin bottles its wines unfined and unfiltered and thus vegan. Their Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays are among the regions very best, but perhaps their most distinctive contribution is their suite of Syrah and Rhone-style wines. Guests can either visit the tasting room in downtown Saratoga, or drive out to the more remote winery after a morning hike at the neighboring Big Basin Redwoods State Park.

Broc

An early spirit leader for the American natural wine movement, Broc Cellars appropriately bottles all of its wines vegan. Its in Berkeley, so it wont be hard to find a vegan meal nearby either. The lineup is ever-changing, filled with idiosyncratic bottles that offer an entirely different perspective to California wine. Make sure to try their Angelica, a dessert style mimicking the Golden States very first wines made from the Franciscan monks that climbed the West Coast.

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Wildly popular across the pond, Henry Firth and Ian Theasby are steadily becoming the most recognizable faces of vegan cooking.

The British duo has published four books in less than two years on the importance of a plant-based diet. Five years ago, they adopted a vegan lifestyle and started experimenting with recipes on social media and YouTube.

In addition to being healthy and feeling better, Firth and Theasby believe that promoting a vegan lifestyle can help save the planet because the production of meat requires processes that release large amount of greenhouse gases.

In BOSH! How to Live Vegan, they write, We can literally save the world by eating more plants.

Their latest book, BOSH! Healthy Vegan, was released at the end of 2019. The cookbook incorporates recipes with less all-white, processed carbohydrates, a pitfall to many vegan dishes, they said in an interview with ReNew Houston.

Q: Why should people adopt a vegan lifestyle?

A: Plants are really good for you. Since adopting a plant-based diet, were both fitter, happier and healthier than weve ever been. Theres a reason so many of the worlds top athletes are doing the same. So whether you cut out meat three times a week or are entirely plant-based, were there for you if you need some good grub.

Q: Your vegan cooking empire started on social media. How did you make the transition to the publishing world?

A: We went vegan about five years ago, when lots of vegan recipes were pretty uninspiring. We relearned how to cook and started sharing our recipes on social media. After a month of uploading them, we had 100,000 followers and now have over 2 billion views.

During that first year of posting our recipes, the same comment kept cropping up over and over again: When are you bringing out a book? So we reached out to publishing houses in the U.K. and, fortunately, pretty much all of them were interested. After a six-way bidding war, we found a home with HQ, HarperCollins and here we are, four books later!

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Q: We get hundreds of cookbooks in our newsroom every year, many of them on the latest fad diets. What makes veganism and your products more than a fad diet?

A: The thing about a lot of diets is that the results can be short-lived. People end up crashing in and out of very different ways of eating potentially affecting your bodys metabolism.

We like to have a more flexible approach to nutrition, healthy eating and fitness. We always use the 80/20 rule: 80 percent healthy and 20 percent naughty. It means you can find a way of eating, rather than a fad diet, that really suits your lifestyle.

Q: The name of your latest book, BOSH! Healthy Vegan, is interesting. Is there an unhealthy way to be vegan?

A: Its really easy to think that being vegan means youre automatically healthy and getting your five-a-day. We fell into that trap a few years ago.

We were trying out several new recipes a day, eating loads of white, processed carbs plus there are so many vegan junk-food places available now. We were beginning to feel the effects of it all. So we started making a few changes to the way we eat. Thats what weve shared in BOSH! Healthy Vegan, which has over 80 healthy recipes, meal plans and guidance.

Q: What started you both on this lifestyle?

A: We became vegan around five years ago after watching Kip Andersens documentary, Cowspiracy. It showed us that eating a plant-based diet can change the planet and theres nothing more important than saving the world we live in.

Q: What is different in the new cookbook from your previous cookbook, BISH BASH BOSH!, which was released last year?

A: We want to show that healthy vegan food can definitely still be hearty and even decadent. Weve made our favorite recipes, but just with lower fat and sugar. Think hearty stews, pastas, warm pies, curries and theres definitely still desserts.

Q: Are there plans for a Netflix, Hulu, Apple+ series?

A: Were currently the faces of Living on the Veg, which is on ITV in the U.K. Its the first-ever mainstream plant-based cooking series in the U.K., so its been an honor to be part of it, as its a real marker for the vegan movement. Ultimately, wed love to reach as many people as possible to show them how tasty and accessible vegan food can be.

Q: Houston is considered a foodie city by most. But we still eat a lot of meat, especially beef. What would be the easiest way for native Texans to shuck those meat-eating instincts?

A: Explore the fruit and vegetable aisle and find out just how versatile they can be. Lots of people are surprised by how easy it is to re-create the texture and flavor of meat with vegetables alone. A great example is mushrooms, which can used to replace minced beef, or ground beef in the U.S. The mushrooms take on so much flavor and replicate the meaty consistency in dishes like spaghetti bolognese, lasagna and pies.

Jackfruit is also incredible for replicating chicken, lamb and fish. There are so many ways to be creative with food that we discovered after becoming vegan. Its easier than ever to be vegan, so try something new.

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Q: What are your favorite dishes to make?

A: We love the challenge of creating a dish thats usually centered around meat or dairy and remixing it with plants alone. Recipes like our Healthy Saag Paneer, Meaty Mushroom Pie and Salmon Tofu Steaks from BOSH! Healthy Vegan are great examples of how you can still get those amazing flavors and theyre healthy, too.

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Vegan chain Beyond Sushi will open its seventh location on the Upper East Side of New York City in mid-February. Chef Guy Vaknin and his wife Tali Vaknin launched the flagship location of Beyond Sushi in 2012 in NYCs Union Square neighborhood and have since expanded the chain across Manhattan. The new 1,000-square-foot space will offer seating for 50 people and is the chains first location to have a full liquor license to complement its vegan cuisine. Its menu features a half-dozen signature sushi rolls, including Spicy Mang, Mighty Mushroom and Pickle Me, along with a variety of rice paper wraps and dumplings. Additionally, Beyond Sushi offers dishes such as truffle risotto, stuffed artichoke hearts, Spanakopita, and an artisan cheese board with locally-sourced cashew cheeses. Its cocktail menu will feature drinks such as a Peppercorn Martini, Blood Orange Margarita, and a Bubbly Pina Colada, along with hard liquor, wine, beer, and sake.

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In many ways, all you need to know about any awards ever is that the Oscars telecast holds the record for most Emmy wins in history, having won 47 times and been nominated 195. As a reminder of the cap on human achievement, its up there with the ineluctable logic decreeing that ultimately Own Goal will end up being Englands top scorer. (Having previously topped the rankings, Own Goal is currently just behind Wayne Rooney. But dont worry itll have the top spot all to itself soon enough. No man can keep it down.)

Alas, though, no matter how garlanded the Oscars are, the Academy is always seeking out new affectations and ways to congratulate itself. It remains extremely unclear why certainly to viewers, who watch the event in smaller and smaller numbers each year. Last year, the Oscars telecast peaked at 29.6 million US viewers, although the zombie statistic that it is watched by a billion people around the globe staggers on. Indeed, it presumably accounts for all the winners attempts to contemplate Big Themes in their humble speeches, which serve as thankful outreach to all the citizens of the world who make them possible. The Congolese children, for instance, who watch the Oscars to unwind after a day down the cobalt mine surfacing the materials necessary for people to make memes on their phones about the red-carpet outfits. As a previous Oscars slogan ran: we ALL dream in gold.

So, yes, the main reason the Academy has never really got comedy down the years is that it simply cant afford to. Its vulnerability is just too great. It is much less personally exposing to stick to a metric where massive weight gain or weight loss is regarded as the highest form of acting. After all, this is an awards ceremony that wanks on annually about being audited by a top international accountancy firm, but which, in 2017, still somehow contrived to award its biggest prize to the wrong movie in an envelope snafu that even Shirley MacLaine was still processing the horror of three weeks later. Shirleys processed about 47 past lives, to put that into the terrifying perspective it deserves.

Anyway, here we all are, just over a week out from the next Oscars ceremony, with the Academy digging deep to make the usual rows about snubbing black nominees look gorgeous. And, arguably, it has alighted on the perfect way to defuse yet another Oscars so white row. Say hello to what we might call Oscars so green, a series of toweringly minuscule commitments to an embattled planet the same planet that at least 50% of the industrys time is effectively devoted to destroying in the cause of finding work for Ben Affleck or whoever. Or, as its much-heralded press release put it this week: The Academy is an organisation of storytellers from around the world, and we owe our global membership a commitment to supporting the planet.

To quote Steven Seagal in Under Siege (1992, snubbed in all categories bar sound): what is this babbling bullshit? You dont even think you owe your global membership the right to have their movies considered anywhere else than the ghetto of best international feature film. It feels fairly unlikely that youre going to care about drowning their countries in order to produce enough energy to power the essential work of rebooting the Transformers franchise a few more times.

But even if we take the Academy at its own extraordinarily moving word, you might be wondering how this commitment to supporting the planet will manifest itself. In which case, let me tell you that the Academy was thrilled to clarify by announcing that the Oscar nominees luncheon would be serving AN ENTIRELY PLANT-BASED MENU. I know! Furthermore, if a furthermore there need be, the Governors Ball afterparty would be offering a 70% plant-based menu, having served a 50% plant-based menu since 2013.

So have we finally found it? Have we found the smallest commitment to doing anything other than jack shit that an organisation will publicly congratulate itself for? Did the Academy literally press release the fact that a single Oscar afterparty will be trimming the volume of meat that is served to people who are largely contractually mandated not to eat anything other than herb garnishes? It would seem so.

Ideally, then, the notion of meat-based starters will be commemorated in the In Memoriam section of the interminable Oscars show, with a photo of Doris Day fading graciously into a picture of a doubtless witty take on lobster remoulade. We have lost so much. So much.

Needless to say, this quarter-arsed gesture has been reported with admiration bordering on the clinical. Many publications have taken the time to point out that the Academys plan is likely to have been inspired by the Golden Globes own last-minute decision to go vegan earlier this month. That menu, we learn in remorseless detail, originally featured a Chilean sea bass dish, but was changed to king oyster mushroom scallops with wild mushroom risotto and vegetables. Right. Is there an awful lot more of this? Oh, I see. There is. Globes offerings also included a chilled golden beet soup appetizer, one report elaborated. A so-called vegan opera dome by pastry chef Thomas Henzi was served as dessert

Please dont regard this as a so-called opera dome of bullshit. Its quite the gesture-politics trend. In fact, the leading talent agency WME announced that its own pre-Oscars party would be plant-based in honour of its client Joaquin Phoenix. He stars in Joker, whose commitment to recycling other directors work was almost total.

Indeed, Phoenix garnered headlines a few weeks ago when it was proudly revealed that he would be wearing the same dinner jacket for the whole awards season, a move that hugely endeared him to Stella McCartney, by chance also the designer of that dinner jacket. This man is a winner, explained McCartney on Twitter. Wearing custom Stella because he chooses to make choices for the future of the planet. He has also chosen to wear the same Tux for the entire award season to reduce waste. I am proud to join forces with you. When you say join forces are there other forces? Stronger forces? Better strategised forces? I just feel like we need better forces on this stuff than people who capitalise Tux, or commit to wearing couture menswear more than once.

It certainly wasnt clear from Phoenixs Globes acceptance speech, which began: First, I would like to thank the Hollywood foreign press for recognising and acknowledging the link between animal agriculture and climate change, he said. Its a very bold move, making tonight plant-based. Its not the boldest, all told, but anyway. We dont have to take private jets to Palm Springs sometimes, continued Phoenix, or back, please. Coupled with the historic announcement that the Golden Globes was going to reuse its red carpet rather than bin it as usual, this was a huge credit to an industry where, at any given moment, scores of luxury vehicles are ticking into the fourth hour of waiting with the air con on because a pretend superhero cant get out of bed that day.

So do lets hope the Oscars goes several steps further and serves up another Hollywood night to make u think. Even if what you increasingly end up thinking is: I refuse to believe these people arent actually double agents for Exxon.

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