PHOENIX - “That’s not real Mexican food,” ‘’My grandma would slap you“ and ”sellout“ are just some of comments Jose and Leticia Gamiz received when they started their pop-up vegan Mexican food business, Mi Vegana Madre, four years ago. It’s part of a growing vegan Mexican food industry in the U.S. that has seen Latinos take control of the kitchen and plant-based Mexican cuisine increasingly plant roots in areas with large Latino communities. Las Vegas and Austin, Texas, each have at least a few eateries or food trucks that are exclusively vegan Mexican. Linda Sepulveda, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, which has virtually no all-vegan Mexican restaurants, would find it hard to give up an omnivore’s life. “I’m intrigued by (vegan Mexican), but I think a part of me knows it won’t taste the same,” she said.

Source: thestar October 21, 2019 05:15 UTC