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Vegan Mooncakes to Celebrate The Mid-Autumn Festival

It’s the first week of fall and for the first time, we’re celebrating the Mid- Autumn Festival with vegan mooncakes.   The Mid-Autumn or Mooncake Festival is celebrated in East Asian countries. It’s held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese calendar. This year, it falls on September 29th. Traditionally, Ancient […]

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What is the Healthiest Way to Consume Soy? 

We understand how frustrating it is when you go out to eat with friends and family but there’s nothing much you can enjoy because of dietary restrictions.  When it was my father’s 70th birthday, our family celebrated at one of his favorite restaurants which is not very vegan friendly. My father is a meat lover, my mother is pescatarian, and

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30+ Times Alice & Friends Has Been Featured

It feels good to be noticed. There was a time when Chicago had only a handful of vegan restaurants. When we re-opened Alice & Friends in early 2016, we were surprised to have both local visitors and those that would drive over an hour (sometimes across the state from Indiana or Wisconsin) to dine in.

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Alice & Friends’ Vegan Burmese Noodle Salad Recipe

Do you ever try to veganize a recipe because you secretly want to replicate the feelings that are connected to that dish? When Alice and Friends’ owner, Mun Wong, mentioned to her mom that she wished she could eat Burmese Noodle Salad as a vegan, it was like setting up a fire in her mom’s

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