How I make vegan food sexy | Pinky Cole

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🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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At the plant-based burger chain Slutty Vegan, Pinky Cole is flipping the script on vegan food with bold style. In conversation with host of "TED Radio Hour" Manoush Zomorodi, she shares the highs and lows of her entrepreneurial journey, from her roots in Baltimore to the grease fire that took her first storefront in Harlem. Learn more about the authenticity, resilience and community that went into building a multimillion-dollar vegan food empire.

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0:00.0	When I'm wearing tenor silhouette underwear, bladder weakness is the last thing on my mind.
0:05.4	The new body clothes fit design gives me the confidence to live my life the way I want to.
0:11.2	With up to 100% tenor triple protection against odour, leaks and moisture.
0:16.3	They feel just like underwear.
0:18.0	You can't even tell I'm wearing them.
0:19.8	Try new tenor silhouette. Product of the
0:21.9	year 2025. Now even more discreet. Voted Blasaw Weakness Product of the Year by Cantar. Survey of
0:27.8	8,000 people. Always speak to your GP. Rollbacks back at ASDA. With thousands of prices rollback across the
0:34.0	store and online. Like Philadelphia original, 165 grams was was £2.8, now just £116.
0:39.8	A 10 pack of heck chicken, Italian sausages was £318, now just 237.
0:44.3	And Robinson's Apple and Blackcurrant squash 750 mill was £2.24, now just 94p.
0:49.9	Rollback's back.
0:51.0	Check out thousands of savings now.
0:53.0	That's ASDA price.
0:54.1	Selected stores and lines
0:54.9	subject to availability may exclude Asher Express in small stores. See asda.com slash small stores.
0:59.0	Online charges may apply.
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