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[+] Culver City. @James Michael Juarez Sometimes dreams really do come true. For L.
A.-based vegan chefs and sisters Jenny Engel and Heather Golden Ray, a lifelong dream became reality when the dynamic duo opened Hey Sunshine Kitchen , a casual plant-based eatery in Culver City. After 12 years at the helm of Spork Foods , one of L.
A.’s most acclaimed vegan caterers and cooking schools, with clients that included the Four Seasons Beverly Hills, Engel and Golden Ray not only to serve up plant-based food delicious enough to convert carnivores, they set out to make the world a better place. “For us, this is so much more than a business,” says Engel.
“We’re setting an intention that we have to do better for the planet.” On a quiet corner in Culver City, now emerging as a hot culinary destination, Hey Sunshine Kitchen features outdoor seating and a friendly neighborhood vibe, attracting young couples with dogs, families and older folks, along with an obvious cadre of regulars who are greeted like long-lost friends or family. One lunch patron I spoke with said she keeps coming back because “it’s so good, I want to try everything.
” Indeed, vegan food never tasted so good. Over the pandemic, the vivacious chefs created a menu of dishes built around “crunch, flavor and color,” says Engel. “We thought about what w.