Mac and Cheese, Catfish and Peach Cobbler, made Vegan Style? That’s right!
Vegan and Soul may sound like an oxymoron but our very own has another business to be proud of! Detroit Vegan Soul has created an inventive twist on what we think is traditional soulfood. Instead of baking in customary ingredients found in most African-American kitchens, the owners of Detroit Vegan Soul have decided to re-introduce their version of healthy, yet tasteful cooking from the soul.
“Kirsten Ussery and Erika Boyd were inspired to become vegans because of family members passing away due to poor living choices. Shortly after making that lifestyle change, they went to a vegan soul food restaurant in Chicago and became inspired entrepreneurs. Boyd, a natural hair stylists, and Ussery, media director for City Council President Charles Pugh, are focusing on building the business as a catering service at first. They aspire to open their own restaurant within the next year or two. They are looking at a place in The Villages, Midtown and the Livernois business district.” Credit Model D modeldmedia.com
“Life is short and precious. After realizing the benefits of vegan food choices for ourselves, we want to pass it on to the community. That is why we have made it our mission to help people live healthier lives by providing great-tasting, high-quality, nutritious vegan food, that appeals to all taste buds, while at the same time doing our part to support a sustainable earth.”
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Last September, I made the decision to chop off all of my relaxed hair and maneuver the world as a naturally-coifed woman. Needless to say, this decision was a little scary for me. I know I’ve mentioned before that I cut off all my hair back in 2009, but that was still with a perm. This time, I was doing away with all the perm and preparing to show everyone the real state of my hair…curly, sometimes coarse and extremely thick. My apprehensions stemmed from the fact that I had been getting a perm since I was six years old. Truthfully, I didn’t know exactly how I was going to manage my hair without a perm or even if I could manage it. What I did know was that I was tired of the detrimental effects of perming my hair. I hated having to continuously touch up my rough roots and edges. I hated the burning sensation I sometimes felt when I was going through the process, and overall, I hated the effects that perms had on my hair. Although relaxers made my hair more manageable, it thinned it out and made it brittle which eventually caused split ends and breakage due to the fact that I didn’t like keeping up with the constant maintenancce. Also, with relaxers, I could only wear my hair one way…STRAIGHT! I didn’t know the feeling of playing with a head full of curls or being able to just wash my hair in the morning and run out of the house. I wanted that versatility. I wanted a change…thus, THE BIG CHOP (seen below)!!
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