Last year, Renee Buccafusco took second place in the Cookbook Taste-off. So, shortly after the competition, the Charleston resident began tinkering with recipes in anticipation of the 2012 contest.
When Lourdes Marquez-Nau, the proprietor of the Oakland-based Puerto Rican catering business Casa Borinqueña, announced a little over a month ago that she would start serving only vegan dishes moving ...