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    Good Food

    Kite Hill: Making a Vegan Cheese with Curds and Whey

    Tal Ronnen is the celebrated vegan chef behind the LA restaurant Crossroads . He recently partnered with Whole Foods to create a vegan cheese using traditional cheese-making techniques. The line of vegan cheeses goes by the name Kite Hill .

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Tal Ronnen is the celebrated vegan chef behind the LA restaurant Crossroads. He recently partnered with Whole Foods to create a vegan cheese using traditional cheese-making techniques. The line of vegan cheeses goes by the name Kite Hill. The company uses fresh almond-macadamia nut milk inoculated with enzymes and cultures grown on plant-based matter to create cheeses that resemble traditional Camembert and fresh goat cheese.

    The full episode

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    The Vegetarian Show: J Gold Goes Raw, Vegan Beer, Juicing
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 6:21Jonathan Gold Gains a New Appreciation of Raw and Vegan Food
    3. 13:05What Makes Some Beers Not Vegan?
    4. 21:40Quarry Girl's Favorite Vegan Eats in LA
    5. 29:50Kite Hill: Making a Vegan Cheese with Curds and WheyYou’re reading this
    6. 37:47Mark Bittman Talks Vegan before Six
    7. 46:23Could Cold Pressed Juice Be the Next Premium Coffee?
    8. 53:04KCRW Juices
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      Evan Kleiman

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    The full episode

    5 of 8
    The Vegetarian Show: J Gold Goes Raw, Vegan Beer, Juicing
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 6:21Jonathan Gold Gains a New Appreciation of Raw and Vegan Food
    3. 13:05What Makes Some Beers Not Vegan?
    4. 21:40Quarry Girl's Favorite Vegan Eats in LA
    5. 29:50Kite Hill: Making a Vegan Cheese with Curds and WheyYou’re reading this
    6. 37:47Mark Bittman Talks Vegan before Six
    7. 46:23Could Cold Pressed Juice Be the Next Premium Coffee?
    8. 53:04KCRW Juices
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