Nearly 40 Winnipeg restaurants are offering a slew of plant-based menu items for the city's inaugural Le Vegan Week, which starts on Sunday. Instead, the Winnipeg VegFest committee decided to come up with a new way people could explore vegan food — which has no animal products like meat, eggs and dairy. Organizers wanted to represent all of Winnipeg in the offerings for the first-ever Le Vegan Week — and that includes people who have never had a vegan meal before, Veroukis-Regina said. These dumplings from Amsterdam Tea Room with kale, sauerkraut, cashew cream, garlic chili oil and crispy onions are also on the menu for Le Vegan Week. The first-ever Le Vegan Week runs until Jan. 23, with each restaurant donating $50 to local animal sanctuary The Good Place, Veroukis-Regina said.

Source: CBC News January 17, 2021 17:47 UTC