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Bad Vegan subject Sarma Melngailis ruined her successful celebrity restauranteur career for one of the worst reasons imaginable. She fell from grace and ended up as a fugitive of the law after falling ...

Netflix's newest true-crime documentary "Bad Vegan" name-drops Alec Baldwin as it explores the actor's relationship with the show's main subject, Sarma Melngailis. The documentary focuses on the story ...

Admitted felon and former vegan It girl Sarma Melngailis says she’ll bring back Pure Food and Wine if the opportunity comes up — even though she was sent to jail for stealing $1 million from the ...

Convicted restaurateur Sarma Melngailis has “been on the receiving end of huge amounts of insanely inappropriate behavior, comments, stuff that makes you uncomfortable,” due to her blonde bombshell ...

The raw-food pioneer behind One Lucky Duck and Pure Food and Wine shares the tangy-savory green shake she doesn't go a day without. One Lucky Duck was born when Melngailis, then in finance, went on a ...

In case you thought Netflix has been lacking in true crime and bizarre stories, just wait until you hear this one! Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives is the latest docuseries to hit the streaming site, ...

Netflix’s new true crime story Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives just dropped, and it’s already getting plenty of buzz. The story follows the rise and fall of Sarma Melngailis, a famous New York City ...

The curious case of Hilaria Baldwin keeps getting more and more interesting. As more details about Alec Baldwin’s wife come out by the hour, internet sleuths are looking at every possible connection ...

Alec and Hilaria Baldwin met at the now-closed vegan restaurant Sarma Melngailis once owned and operated The restaurant at the center of Netflix's new documentary Bad Vegan was visited by plenty of ...

Netflix's four-part limited documentary series Bad Vegan is set to be released on March 16 Stephanie Wenger is a TV Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She joined the brand in 2021 as a digital news writer, ...

At Pure Food & Wine, the Gramercy restaurant that serves gourmet renditions of organic, vegan, raw food (nothing is heated above 116 degrees), there’s a glow coming from the candles being lit in ...