Ah, the farmers’ market! Fresh local peaches, tomatoes, corn, tons of produce! But a vegan fried egg wasn’t on my bingo card. Of course I had to try it.

Now, to clarify, pastured hens’ eggs stuffed into hefty burritos are a standard feature at the St. Matthews Farmers Market and many more of the metro’s two dozen-plus farmers’ markets. 

But a vegan fried egg, sunnyside up with a bright yellow yolk looking up at us from its shiny white nest, all of it based entirely on plants without an animal-sourced molecule in sight? How can such a thing even be?