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Our less-meat news items: Epicurious on not publishing any (new) recipes with beef, Eleven Madison Park's return with a vegan menu, and Taco Bell's Cravetarian Taco.

One interesting beef source: Butter Meat Co.

Us-approved meat alts, should you want 'em: Impossible (burgers with Omsom marinades, Helen Rosner's Roberto soup, hard-shell tacos with Spicewalla seasonings), Trader Joe's soy chorizo (for tacos, eggs, pastas with chickpeas!), and Lightlife Smart Deli Bologna for sandwiches.

The MSG essay by Shaad D'Souza (from Bon Appétit, not Eater—oops). Related: @know_msg, Red Boat salt, and Momofuku tamari.

The book name-checked by Chrissy Teigen about women + sobriety: Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol by Holly Whitaker, founder of the recovery program Tempest.

A great installment of the Quartz Obsessions newsletter about sober-curiosity.

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