New mix in the Cauldron: Anti-capitalist storefront with obscure books, vegan food brewing

A worker-owned, community-centered bookstore and plant-based cafe — manifested by Cauldron Collective and Turnsol Books — is expected to fully open soon in the Crossroads. “I’ve thought about the space in various ways for my whole life,” said Olive Cooke, self-proclaimed “cooking witch” and co-founder of the Cauldron Collective. “I believe in manifestation, like when…

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Trio of trans ‘cooking witches’ brew vegan flavor in authenticity of collective ingredients, not mere imitation

Something wickedly delicious has made its way to Kansas City, said Olive Cooke, Kim Conyers, and Sylvia Metta. Combining their passions for cooking and community, the trio founded a pop-up business centered on plant-based comfort food.  “A couple days before our first pop-up, it became so surreal that we were actually doing this; we even…

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