{tastebuds} by D E B B I E H A L L
GREEN NOURISHMENT Changing Las Vegas to Las Vegans for plant-based diets. Las Vegas’s culinary choices once thrived on steak and eggs
The website and socials communicate a comprehensive
but now locals and tourists embrace veganism. Plant-based
guide to vegan life, and her mission is to make being vegan
menus and offerings dominate the epicurean delights on and
in Las Vegas more accessible to tourists and locals. She
off the Strip.
holds events to spotlight places with vegan menus and part-
While many might define vegan as merely abstaining from ingesting any animal products, there are distinctions.
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ners with national organizations. Edelman also writes about being vegan for several outlets.
People who do not consume any animal products including
“I started as a vegetarian in 2012. I was living in Thailand
eggs and dairy follow a vegan dietary plan. Vegetarians
doing elephant rescue work, and I witnessed a truck full of
combine a plant-based diet with the addition of eggs, dairy,
pigs driven to slaughter. I have never touched meat after
and sometimes even fish.
that,” she explains. “After working with the elephants in the
HuffPost reported that “in 2018, plant-based foods will
sanctuary and seeing the way animals are treated, I did re-
become the new organic. That’s according to restaurant
search. I decided to live my life as kind as possible and try
consultancy group Baum + Whiteman in New York, who
to harm as little as possible. I feel that living the vegan life-
named ‘plant-based’ the food trend of 2018.”
style is good for animals and the environment.”
Founder of Vegans, Baby (VEGANSBABY.COM), Diana Edel-
After living abroad for four years, Edelman became veg-
man started her company in 2016 embracing this lifestyle.
an after moving back to the US. Living in Las Vegas off and