UNTIL I looked further into the matter, I had always attributed the phrase, "Two countries divided by a common language", to Winston Churchill. It seems to make sense as he seemed to be referring to his parents, father English, a mother from the United States.

But it seems I shall need to update both my database of quotations and my memory.

Mr Google has taken me to the information that in The Canterville Ghost (1887), Oscar Wilde wrote: "We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language". He also takes me to the suggestion that George Bernard Shaw said, "England and America are two countries divided by a common language".

The question as to which of Wilde or Shaw originated the phrase, if either did, seems to remain open. I do note that Wilde has a clear claim to 1887 while Shaw's writing career came somewhat later. So I plump for Wilde.

Unless Churchill started using this phrase when he was 13 years old, he has to cede ownership of the phrase.

This is merely a precursor to what attracts my attention in this blog. The dismissal, that's the only word I think I can use, of an expert civil servant, the top civil servant, from the UK's professional team.

The very words 'professional' and 'expert' now seem to be being expunged from the vocabulary of UK Government politicians. It's been coming for a while. Michael Gove said in an interview with Sky News in August 2016 that "people in this country have had enough of experts".

I have sat next to Michael at Turriff Shows on a couple of occasions. At a personal level, I have found him quite engaging. And have not personally heard him repeat that message. But he seemed to find it somewhat difficult to articulate his disagreements with others. Even with me a backbencher in a devolved Parliament.

Clearly, he and I take very different views on a wide range of political issues. He gives me the impression of listening but not hearing. As someone described it of another and in another context, "he is hard of heeding".

But his 2016 words have not gone away. And for the moment at least, they have put experts aside. That's the message of firing the UK's Cabinet Secretary.

Despite having a degree, a modest one, in a specific subject, I regard myself as being interested in almost everything. I am a generalist and proud of it. I, therefore, seek to deploy my analytical skills in listening to and understanding experts in their field.

When we came into government in 2007, we had not a single minute of previous ministerial experience between the lot of us. It would have been perverse not to have asked for the advice of civil servants steeped as they were in their specialist area of knowledge and administration.

We didn't wait long. The election had been on Thursday, May 3. The result was statistically clear. We had a plurality of one. There were 47 SNP members and 82 of other parties. But the political outcome was not.

We did not, because of the rules, have the Irish option of an election in February and the formation of a government in late June.

Our MSPs met within about 40 hours of the last result being declared Saturday at 10.05am.

With us was the senior civil servant who had come prepared with an analysis of our manifesto, an estimated cost for implementing it, and draft proposals for some early legislation.

With that legendary neutrality, the civil service had prepared for every likely outcome of the election. And for some unlikely ones.

Our group had entered the room in some excitement after winning the most seats, but carrying considerable uncertainty about "what next?".

The civil servant added to the steadying influence coming from our political leaders. We could see a practical way forward. All that we needed was to get the politics sorted.

The worked-up proposals brought into the room were not Holy Writ, or wholly writ for that matter. The experts provided evidence to be challenged. The responsibility for the decisions, clearly that of ministers. My first meeting on our government's first Bill, my first Bill, took place before the month was out. Without the experts' preparations, it would have been many months later before meaningful progress.

Not long after that, I found that working out the questions was more important for a minister than knowing the answers.

The problem of rust in the cables of the Forth Road Bridge, opened in 1964 and with a planned service life of 100 years, had been known for some time before the election. The need for a response to the problem was now in my in-tray.

Civil servants arrived with pictures of alternative designs for a replacement crossing. As someone who is an engineer, albeit not a civil engineer, poring over such detail was engaging. The design essentially had two pillars rising from the firth below to join to become one at the top. In the space between the legs was a two-lane carriageway. And hung outside each, were three lanes. A total of eight lanes.

The first question could have been asked by my eight-year-old god-daughter. What are all these lanes for? The outside lanes I was told are for the existing traffic carried in the 1964 bridge.

The inside two lanes were to be built in case we needed a light railway. This meant trams, to cross from Edinburgh to Fife. Probably knowing our government's antipathy, not against trams per se, but certainly against the Edinburgh tram project, they used the words "light rail" rather than tram.

Part of the discussion also focussed on what the future of the 1964 bridge would be. Its problem was the volume and weight of traffic. It had not become incapable of carrying any traffic.

I, therefore, asked why, if required, we couldn't put the tramlines on the 'old' bridge. We looked at that minister. You can't put a railway on a suspension bridge because its sways about under load and because of wind, they said.

So there are no tramlines on suspension bridges anywhere in the world?, I asked. I then requested their previous research into this subject. After a couple of weeks, it transpired that no formal documentation of any previous research could be found.

At this point, I drew their attention to a tram across the Tagus estuary in Lisbon on a suspension bridge. I keep my eyes open when on vacation. But by now they conceded that, yes, a tram could be put on the old bridge.

That couple of questions saved us 1 billion. The two central lanes were removed from the design. But my mind was focussed on other questions. The ones I would be asked in parliament about why we were proposing 'spare' lanes.

I needed the experts. But I also needed to able to challenge them with my questions.

So how are UK ministers going to get on with fewer experts close to their decision-making? The Trump White House may reveal the answer. Very badly indeed.

It's hard work getting your mind around complex questions presented to you by experts. But it is much worse just to rely on gut instinct or the last person you sat beside at a political fundraiser, for advice.

As they say in law, of an accused who conduct their own defence, their advisor has a fool for a client.

The convergence of methods of government between the USA and UK, perhaps no longer divided by a common language, is something I find critically alarming.

Give me expertise over ignorance every day.

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Love that baby bump!

Pregnancy is an amazing experience. Growinganother human being inside you changes who you are. A mom feels such a love for their child as soon as the baby is conceived that's hard to put into words, but these pregnancy quotes get pretty close!

Once a new mom-to-befinds out she is pregnant, she feels a soul-deep connection to her child. She will do anything to protect her unborn child, even if it means succumbing to weird cravings and backaches.

Pregnancy also comes with some not-so-good experiences like morning sickness, but it's worth it for an expecting mom because they are growing their child within them.

An expecting mom can weather even the craziest situations or the tensest of situations with strength and pride. Moms never give up.

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Moms also love to tell stories of their pregnancies to other expecting moms because it's so much fun to share stories with each other. There is a sense of camaraderie between expecting moms.

Pregnant women need a support system that will help them differentiate what is normal from not normal. It's important that they have someone to turn to when they are unsure.

So, when you are pregnant, you are experiencing some of the best moments you will ever experience in your life. You will also have some awesome even hysterical stories to tell your child when they get and are having their own babies.

Here are some quotes from expecting mothers and from mothers who have had their babies for you to reference when you are looking for a little bit of inspiration during your pregnancy.

1. For this child, I prayed and the Lord has granted the desires of my heart. 1 Samuel 1:27

2. Sometimes, when you pick up your child you can feel the map of your own bones beneath your hands, or smell the scent of your skin in the nape of his neck. This is the most extraordinary thing about motherhood finding a piece of yourself separate and apart, that all the same, you could not live without.Jodi Picoult

3.Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever-fresh and radiant possibility. Kate Douglas Wiggin

4. With every newborn baby, a little sun rises. Irmgard Erath

5. Carrying a baby is the most rewarding experience a woman can enjoy. Jayne Mansfield

6. You are the closest I will ever come to magic. Suzanne Finnamore

7. A baby fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty. Unknown

8. You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. Franklin P. Jones

9. Loving a baby is a circular business, a kind of feedback loop. The more you give the more you get and the more you get the more you feel like giving. Penelope Leach

10. Let us make pregnancy an occasion when we appreciate our female bodies. Merete Leonhardt-Lupa

11. When babies look beyond you and giggle, maybe theyre seeing angels. Eileen Elias Freeman

12. When a baby comes, you can smell two things: the smell of flesh, which smells like chicken soup, and the smell of lilies, the flower of another garden, the spiritual garden. Carlos Santana

13. Babies are always more trouble than you thought and more wonderful. Charles Osgood

14. Truthfully, being pregnant is changing me as a person. Each day is part of this amazing journey that has completely shifted the focus of my life and made me reevaluate my personal and professional goals. Holly Madison

15. Everything grows rounder and wider and weirder, and I sit here in the middle of it all and wonder who in the world you will turn out to be. Carrie Fisher

16. Having a baby is like falling in love again, both with your husband and your child. Tina Brown

17. Babies are bits of stardust blown from the hand of God. Lucky the woman who knows the pangs of birth for she has held a star. Larry Barretto

18. When I got pregnant, I had to concentrate on being pregnant for a whole nine months, even though I knew it was ruining my career at the time. Yoko Ono

19. Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man. Rabindranath Tagore

20. A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for. Unknown

21. To be pregnant is to be vitally alive, thoroughly woman, and distressingly inhabited. Soul and spirit are stretched along with body making pregnancy a time of transition, growth, and profound beginnings. Anne Christian Buchanan

22. You are pregnant and you are powerful. You are bold and you are beautiful. Go forward in your boldness, in your beauty and in your contentedness. Trust your body to birth and know that the collective power of women worldwide will be with you. Unknown

23. Babies are like little suns that, in a magical way, bring warmth, happiness, and light into our lives. Kartini Diapari-Oengider

24. A baby is Gods opinion that life should go on. Carl Sandburg

25. Its an established fact. Some women cant stand being pregnant, getting big and bloated, and hauling around a giant stomach, and some women, for reasons, probably understood by Darwin, love it. Rich Cohen

26. A daughter is one of the most beautiful gifts this world has to give. Laurel Atherton

27. Feeling fat lasts nine months, but the joy of becoming a mom lasts forever. Nikki Dalton

28. Its double the giggles and double the grins, and double the trouble if youre blessed with twins. Unknown

29. You never understand life until it grows inside of you.Sandra C. Kassis

30. Part of being a parent is rolling with the punches, so consider an unexpected pregnancy the universes way of helping you to learn to do that. Heather Wittenberg

31. Its a great thing about being pregnant, you dont need excuses to pee or eat. Angelina Jolie

32. Think of stretch marks as pregnancy service stripes. Joyce Armor

33. Making the decision to have a child it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. Elizabeth Stone

34. There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it Chinese Proverb

35. Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. Elizabeth Stone

36. Having kids feel like that first seventh-grade crush that overwhelms every molecule in your body, but its permanent. Kristen Bell

37. The strength of a woman is not measured by the impact that all her hardships in life have had on her, but the strength of a woman is measured by the extent of her refusal to allow those hardships to dictate her and who she becomes. C. JoyBell C.

38. A ship under sail and a big-bellied woman are the handsomest two things that can be seen common. Benjamin Franklin

39. A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin. Amy Tan

40. Before you were conceived I wanted you. Before you were born, I loved you. Before you were here an hour, I would die for you. This is the miracle of Mothers Love. Maureen Hawkins

41. Life is a flame that is always burning itself out, but it catches fire again every time a child is born. George Bernard Shaw

42. Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother. Lin Yutang

43. We have a secret in our culture, and its not that birth is painful. Its that women are strong. Laura Stavoe Harm

44. A mother does not become pregnant in order to provide employment to medical people. Giving birth is an ecstatic jubilant adventure not available to males. It is a womans crowning creative experience of a lifetime. John Stevenson

46. If I had my life to live over, instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, Id have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle. Erma Bombeck

47. The most important thing shed learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one. Jill Churchill

48. That first pregnancy is a long sea journey to a country where you dont know the language, where land is in sight for such a long time that after a while, its just the horizon and then one day, birds wheel over that dark shape and its suddenly close, and all you can do is hope like hell that youve had the right shots. Emily Perkins

49. In giving birth to our babies, we may find that we give birth to new possibilities within ourselves.Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn

50. [Motherhood is] the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. Its huge and scaryits an act of infinite optimism. Gilda Radner

51. What if I fail? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly? Erin Hanson

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52. It is easy when youre pregnant to spend hours dreaming about the little baby growing inside of you and wondering who in the world they will turn out to be. Unknown

53. Lifes biggest miracle is the gift of having life growing inside of you. Unknown

54. Regardless if your pregnancy was planned or happened by surprise, it is sure to say that your life will be forever changed. Unknown

55. When a baby is born a life of endless possibilities lays ahead. Unknown

56. Pregnancy isnt always easy. The extra emotions, fatigue, morning sickness, and difficulty to find a comfortable position to sleep. But, just knowing your baby is growing inside of you is one of the most rewarding experience a woman can enjoy. Unknown

57. A baby will make your heart fuller, your home happier, and your future brighter. Unknown

58. Expecting a baby is just the beginning, there are so many precious moments to look forward to as your baby grows. Unknown

59. I know some people find being pregnant so easy, but I cant relate. Its hard. It is incredibly beautiful, but it also challenges you in ways you never thought possible. Unknown

60. There is nothing quite like that perfect moment when your holding your baby in your arms and realize you would do absolutely anything for them. Unknown

61. Mama, you are strong, beautiful, and more powerful than you know. Trust yourself. Trust your body. And know, that no matter how your birth goes, there is a powerful collective of mamas that are right behind you. Unknown

62. From the moment I knew you were growing inside of me; I have loved you. Unknown

63. I might only carry my baby inside me for nine months, and in my arms for a few short years, but I will forever hold them in my heart no matter how big they get. Unknown

64. The love for your baby really is like no other. It fills places in your heart that you never even knew were empty. Unknown

65. Pregnancy is really hard. After all youre trying to grow a whole other person inside of you which isnt easy. Yet, one of the hardest parts is actually realizing your life is about to change in a huge way but not knowing exactly how. Unknown

66. It is crazy how much love you can have for someone you have never met. Unknown

67. Pregnancy changes you as a person. It is this amazing journey that shifts your focus and pushes you to re-evaluate your life and priorities. Unknown

68. When your pregnant little hands pushing and tiny feet kicking remind you that you are never really alone. Unknown

69. Pregnancy feels like an endless wait, but once your little one is here it is a life of endless love. Unknown

70. Just knowing you are going to meet the love of your life makes all the waiting, all the labor pain, and all the unknown worth it. Unknown

71. The changes that your body goes through while pregnant are beautiful, yet they can also be daunting. As your body changes it is easy to feel fat or uncomfortable in your own skin, however when you are holding your precious little baby in your arms it makes it all worth it. Unknown

72. The day I became a mother was the most magical day of my life. Unknown

73. And suddenly, you were my everything. Unknown

74. The love a mother has for her child is immeasurable. Unknown

75. Before we had you, we had each other, and now youre here we have everything. Unknown

76. Happiness is on the way. Unknown

77. I do not have a waddle its called pregnancy swag. Unknown

78. "During labor, the pain is so great that a woman can almost imagine what a man feels when he has a fever. Unknown

79. My head says broccoli, but my bump says french fries. Unknown

80. I was told there would be glowing. Unknown

81. You cant drink any alcohol and you still have a hangover in the morning. Unknown

82. Bra off. Hair up. Belly out. Unknown

83. To pee, or not to pee, that is never the question. Pee. Mommie Pickles

84. Just when you think you know love, something little comes along to remind you just how big it really is. Unknown

85. A baby makes love stronger, the days shorter, the nights longer, savings smaller, and a home happier. Unknown

86. "A grand adventure is about to begin ..."Unknown

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Rhode Island is fighting a sharp uptick in accidental ODs with a provocative online ad campaign Do you know your drug dealer is a vegan? and a fistful of cash to get the message out.

The $500,000 campaign, paid for by the states behavioral healthcare department, targets users who may not know that their dealer could be selling fentanyl and calling it heroin or some other drug.

The ads ask: How well do you know the person who sells you cocaine? Do you trust theres no illegal fentanyl in there? Did you know your drug dealer is vegan?

The point of the campaign is to get people to think about the serious and very often life-threatening consequences of using illicit substances that contain fentanyl a risk of which both the dealer and the user may not be appropriately aware, department spokeswoman Linda Reilly told GoLocalProv.com.

Rhode Island saw a 22 percent spike in accidental drug overdoses in the first quarter of this year.

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Are you interested in veering into the vegan lifestyle but dont know how to make a healthy and tasty meal that will satisfy your tastebuds?

Transitioning into a healthier lifestyle is definitely a challenge when we grew up with certain eating habits. Most people tend to enjoy the seasonings, fattiness and smokiness that comes with eating meat. If you took those factors away and offered them raw meat it probably wouldnt be as appealing.

Oyster mushrooms are a vegan favorite because of its delicate texture and ability to transform. Fried Oyster Mushrooms or sauteed oyster mushrooms are popular choices. A cup of raw oyster mushrooms has 28 calories, 3 grams of protein, 5 grams of carbohydrates, and zero grams of fat. They are a good source of essential vitamins and minerals like riboflavin, niacin, phosphorus, potassium, and copper. The mushrooms have broad, thin, oyster- or fan-shaped caps and are white, gray, or tan, with gills lining the underside. The caps are sometimes frilly-edged and can be found in clusters of small mushrooms or individually as larger mushrooms. Vegan chef Derek Sarno created an innovative press-and-sear technique that capitalizes on meat-like flavor. Pressing the mushrooms between 2 cast irons creates an incredible fatty-like burnt edge that changes the vegan game.

Once pressed and seared, you can serve the charred meat-like mushrooms with your favorite sauce and a knife and fork. You can slice them up to use in a sandwich, top over a quinoa bowl with pickled red onions and kale or skewer them and serve them dry with BBQ sauce .

Watch the technique below!

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Ask a skeptic what vegans eat for lunch and they'll paint you a pretty sad picturelike a plate of plain lettuce with some beans and chopped veggies or some sort of bland AF vegetable soup.

Haters gonna hateand lunch can be tricky enough as it is, even if you haven't taken all animal foods off the table. I mean, you want something that is both easy to make in advance and interesting enough that you'll actually look forward to it all morning long. Plus, it's gotta be decently nutritiousunless of course you want to feel sluggish all afternoon.

Well, guess what: Limited as you may think they are, vegan lunches check all of these boxesand pretty easily. Vegan meals can be very meal prep-friendly because preparing veggies and plant-based sources of protein is simple and doesn't require a ton of time in the kitchen, says nutritionist Maggie Michalczyk, RD. "Plus, most of the components (with the exception of some veggies) will last for a few days.

Her one major tip for preparing vegan lunches? Make sure you incorporate a source of plant-based protein, so that the meal has more staying power. Michalczyk recommends building your lunch around a staple like chickpeas, quinoa, chickpea pasta, lentils, grains, or nuts and seeds.

Another plus: You don't even need to fire up your stovetop or oven to prep most vegan proteins. (Three cheers for canned beans.)

Are you sold, or are you sold? Get your plant power onand keep your eats interestingwith these 40 easy vegan lunch ideas.

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Vegan chef and entrepreneur Mykela Jackson recently launched an initiative to support Black-owned vegan businesses and entrepreneurs in creating community events in Minneapolis that focus on the enrichments of Black communities. Jacksons goal is to work collectively with other Black vegan entrepreneurs to create accessible and sustainable food systems in Black neighborhoods, specifically in Northside Minneapolis. The 22-year-old founder of Keikos Kitchen and Keikos Electric Herbs has so far raised more than $5,00025 percent of her goalthrough a GoFundMe campaign to fund the initiative. She has also created a group, the Black Enrichment Collective, to plan and organize events. The first event is being planned for the end of July to teach the community about the plant-based diet, sustainable food systems, and holistic health and wellness.

My mission has always been to inform my people on the benefits of an alkaline plant-based diet and redefine the term plant-based because the vegan community hasnt been entirely welcoming, Jackson told VegNews. Theres always been a Black-led plant-based movement happening in Minneapolis; we just havent had the support to make things happen. Now is the time. Black revolutions need to be led by Black people, and its time to make way for that.

As part of the initiative, Jackson also hopes to create co-op spaces in low-income neighborhoods that provide essential food resources. This project will take a lot of capital, so we invite white-led organizations to hit pause on business-as-usual and reinvest their time and resources in defense of Black lives, Jackson said. These funds are going to create generational wealth and stability to many families in the very near future.

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A new documentary by John Lewis (aka Badass Vegan) unveils the racism that lies within the food industry.

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Have you ever wondered why healthy food is less available in communities of color? And not only that but why BIPOC are more susceptible to disease? These directly-related hard truths are built on an unjust food system that is exposed in the new documentary Theyre Trying to Kill Us.

John Lewis is a Black vegan filmmaker and Ferguson native who has witnessed and experienced this issue first-hand. Lewis shared, Even though Ive been involved in athletics and sports since I was a little kid, I did reach a state of childhood obesity where I was 315 pounds as a freshman in high school. Many years later, I found out that it was not only the lack of activity that led to my obesity, but it was the foods I was eating at the time. I started my vegan journey once my mother was diagnosed with colon cancer. After I did some research, I saw that animal protein wasnt just a cause of cancers but it was also the cause of many diseases within the human body and thats what led me down my journey to becoming a filmmaker in pointing out what Ive learned along the way to help out more people.

For this documentary, Lewis teamed up with Keegan Kuhn, the co-director of Cowspiracy and What the Health. Lewis told us they met a few years back at a festival. I had a booth for my protein shake, Vegan Smart, and he had a booth for his documentary at the time, Cowspiracy. When I walked over to the booth, he actually knew who I was and it just became a good friendship from there. Years later, Kuhn reached out to Lewis about working together on a documentary. Kuhn expressed a desire to reach more people with this documentary but didnt know how to do so.

Thats when Lewis suggested the idea of using hip-hop. Hip-hop really runs the world and if we can appeal to the people who love it, he shared, then they would be more willing to listen to the message. Theyre Trying to Kill Us will feature interviews with numerous hip-hop artists, public figures, and doctors as they discuss veganism, health, poverty, systemic racism, and more. Ne-Yo, Raury, TxTHEWAY, Lola Monroe, King Los, Dame Dash, Grey, Angela Yee, Dr. Neal Barnard, and John Salley are some of the guests who make an appearance.

When we asked Lewis what message he hopes to get across with Theyre Trying to Kill Us, he told us, This documentary is solution-based. The main purpose of this is to actually show people that they have a way out if they use a plan of action. I want people to see that there is a way out from the dark and dismal portrayal of health that has been shown to us in the past.

Theyre Trying to Kill Us is set to be released by the end of the year. They have not yet announced what platforms it will be available on. For the most recent updates, follow @theyretryingtokillusfilm on Instagram.

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Restaurant and food briefs

Meatless corned 'beef' comes to town: Vegan and kosher corned beef is now available at Mudgie's Deli in Corktownand Oak House Deli in Royal Oak. Created by Jenny Goldfarb you may have seen her on "Shark Tank" and know one of her investors, Mark Cuban the meatless version of corned beef is available in more than 100 delicatessens in the United States and online atwww.unrealdeli.com.

Corned beef from Jenny Goldfarb's "Mrs. Goldfarb's Unreal Deli" product line is at Mudgie's and Oak House(Photo: Mrs. Goldfarb's Unreal Deli)

Buddy's teams up with Detroit History Tours: For those who love local history and deep-dish pizza, Buddy's Pizza and the Detroit Historical Tours have launched a virtual series that tells stories of Buddy's history. Hear them every night at 8 p.m. through July 23 on Facebook atfacebook.com/detroithistorytours. Fort the entire month, Buddy's is also offeringguests $4 off any 8-square pizza when ordered for carryout or dining in.

Michigan Mega Food Truck Rally at Canterbury Village: A family-friendly event with food trucks slinging a variety of cuisine, plus music, shopping, beer, wine and cocktails. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 4-8 p.m. Sat. $5 admission; free for military, veterans and kids younger than 5. 2359 Joslyn Ct., Lake Orion. Tickets must be purchased in advance at bigtickets.com.

Detroit restaurants get Wine Spectator Awards: Wine Spectator has released its 2020 Restaurant Awards, honoring the world's best restaurants for wine. Some of the many Metro Detroit restaurants named this year include Rugby Grille, Prime + Proper, Vertical Detroit, Wolfgang Puck Steakhouse, Big Rock Chophouse and Toasted Oak Grille and Market. Visitwinespectator.comfor the full list.

Kids eat free Sundays at Dickey's Barbecue Pit: Summer is here and that means barbecue. During the month of June get free delivery for online orders through the Dickey's Barbecue Pit app. The chain is offering deals on select items Mondays and Wednesdays and on Sundays get a free kids meal with an order of $10 or more using the code KEFOLO online at dickies.com or through the app.

Steve's Mediterranean Chef launches garlic sauce: The newest addition to Steve's Mediterranean Chef product line is handcrafted savory garlic sauce. Find it in the refrigerated dips section of local grocery for $4.99-$5.99 for 10- and 12-ounce containers.

Saffron De Twah reopens for carryout:About two weeks after restaurant dining rooms were allowed to reopen in the lower part of the state, Saffron De Twah is inching back to normal with carryout-only service. Ananiand his team have revamped the kitchen and made the small dining room more suitable for picking up carryout orders, which are packed in eco-friendly containers. 4 p.m. Thurs.-Sun. Masks are required for entry into the restaurant for pick up.7636 Gratoit in Detroit. Call(586) 359-6138 or visitsaffrondetwah.com.

Canton Farmers Market returns: Get fresh food and local merchandise each Sunday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. July 12-Oct. 25. Market is open rain or shine, face masks are required for vendors and staffand strongly encouraged for customers. Preservation Park, 500 N. Ridge Road. Canton.www.cantonfun.org.

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Pinky Cole (right), founder of Slutty Vegan, poses for a selfie with a fan.

Last Tuesday, more than 2,000 people waited in a mile-long line along Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard in Atlantas West End. Nothing, not even the 90-degree weather, could deter them from the promise of a free burger, fries and drink (and mask, for those not wearing one) from Slutty Vegan, the plant-based burger joint thats been serving even the most dedicated carnivores since 2018.

The line during Slutty Vegan's free burger giveaway.

The on-the-house food was courtesy of a few of the restaurants celebrity stalwartsLala Anthony, Gabrielle Union, Chris Paul and Ludacriswho spent more than $15,000 to buy out the restaurant for a day after a slew of one-star ratings described the restaurant as being anti-police and called for it to shut down. The negative reviews were left in response to Slutty Vegans founder, Pinky Cole, announcing she would be partnering with Clark Atlanta University to provide the children of police brutality victim Rashard Brooks with $600,000 worth of scholarships to the historically black university, which happens to be Coles alma mater.

Cole tells Forbes that Slutty Vegans fans took it upon themselves to inundate review sites with more than 20,000 positive reviews to overshadow the poor ones. This weeks buyout was just the icing on the cake.

The bigger lesson here is when a business does a lot for the people, those people will make sure that the business is protected, Cole says. That's the definition of love and unity that we need to see more of.

Cole is no stranger to community philanthropy. Growing up, her Jamaican mother had an open-door policy at home and provided free meals to people in the neighborhood. At Clark Atlanta University, where Cole was crowned queen of her class, she spearheaded a program called Selfless to help promote community service at the school.

Shortly after founding Slutty Vegan in 2018, she launched the business philanthropic arm, the Pinky Cole Foundation. The foundation recently partnered with Impossible Foods and rapper Jermaine Dupri to launch Votenik, a nationwide campaign that uses pop up food trucks to encourage voter turnout at sites in communities where voting is traditionally low.

We are coming up with ways to make the whole voting system cool so that young people will want to be a part of it, says Cole.

Her latest project, which is slated to launch in August, involves working with Black-owned life insurance company Atlanta Life to help provide life insurance for Black male residents throughout the city in an effort to close the generational gap, says Cole.

Slutty Vegan will soon be feeding more mouths across Atlanta: Cole will be opening up two additional locations later this summer in Old Fourth Ward, the historic section best known as the neighborhood where Martin Luther King Jr. spent his childhood.

Shes still catching her breath about it all. What started as an idea formed in her two-bedroom apartment in July 2018 will soon blossom into a franchise with national philanthropic influence. But in many ways, Coles not surprised. Giving back has always been in her bloodand she intends to keep it part of Slutty Vegans identity as the concept continues to evolve.

Yes, the food is good, says Cole, but it's bigger than food. It's really about using our platform for good. We're doing the work. We're putting our money where our mouth is.

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