When I first started cooking, I thought the vegan world needed something a little more adventurous than lentil stew. I’d use ingredients you’ve never heard of from specialty stores you’ve never been to. But how things have changed! Tofu is now the other white meat, and even your uncle puts nutritional yeast on his popcorn. That might not be totally statistically accurate, but let’s say households are cooking vegan a few times a week, more people than ever are going completely vegan, and everyone is warming up to the idea of cashew cream.