Local beauty options aren't always easy to find, but Naked & Co. Skincare here in Knoxville is a notable exception. The locally-owned and produced cruelty-free skincare brand provides customers with high quality skin care products made with natural, raw materials.
Read MoreGoing out for breakfast or brunch as a vegan can be a real challenge. Many places don't even have a non-dairy milk, so the bare-minimum oatmeal is off the table unless you want it made with (gasp!) water. Is it so hard to offer a tofu scramble? Ranting aside, there are several good vegan breakfast and brunch options in Knoxville.
Read MoreAs of Dec. 15th, Knoxville officially has a 100% vegan restaurant! Now open at 151 N. Seven Oaks Drive in Windsor Square, Sanctuary Vegan Cafe offers what owner Leslie Naylor calls "everyday comfort food"—mac and cheese, lentil meatball hoagies, nachos, buffalo tofu fingers, and much more.
Read MoreA Dopo's classic approach to Neapolitan pizza differs from what you might currently think of as the best vegan pizza in Knoxville, but it's hard to argue with the handmade sourdough crust and carefully-crafted sauce.
Read MoreAs a nearly lifelong vegetarian and now committed vegan, I first learned about the Gentle Barn Tennessee in the fall of 2015, when they hosted Gentle Thanksgiving, a dinner and event aimed at providing a cruelty-free Thanksgiving experience. Ever since then, I have held a soft spot in my heart for the Gentle Barn.
Read MoreMiyoko Skinner is the reigning queen of vegan cheese, and her Miyoko's Kitchen cultured nut cheeses are famously better than everything else commercially available. Luckily for Knoxville, they are now available at Three Rivers Market.
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