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Cooking With the Stars offers a fun foodie experience in Vegas, but it has an important goal: to save the Vegas Vegan Culinary School from closure.

“We made sure everything was super streamlined, convenient and easy for the community to reserve a box. We don’t require IDs. We don’t have some of the stipulations that other food pantries have.”

Vegan Cooking School, Eatery, and Lounge Planned for the Hop in the Gateway District Learn new skills and dine at a vegan deli on Third Street Share this story Plans to create an urban lounge inside Third Street’s Hop Building have been ongoing since 2014, but the latest creative proposal is finally under construction and has been upgraded with a vegan twist. Chef and co-owner Mindy Poortinga is confidently announcing a June debut for the Vegas Vegan Culinary School at 1310 S. Third Street, c...

Washington, D.C. Gets its First Vegan Doughnut Shop Don’t walk, run, to Washington, D.C.’s first all-vegan doughnut shop, Donut Run. The pop-up turned storefront has prompted socially distanced lines around the block each morning since its inception. Founded in 2016 as a pop-up and inspired by Southern California’s The Donuttery, the shop’s husband and wife team, Shawn Petersen and Nicole Dao, have finally launched their brick-and-...

Shares In April, vegan culinary school Vegas Vegan Culinary School & Eatery will open in Las Vegas. Local chef Mindy Poortinga—who has been running meal prep service Vegan Meals by Mindy for the last six years—partnered with fellow vegan Heather Heath to develop the new school. The partners have secured a space in downtown Las Vegas and plan to create a vegan hub for learning and eating. Cooking classes taught by guest chefs and instructors will include topics such as: Quick Healthy Snacks ...