Last December, Stevie Wonder came to Seattle’s KeyArena to perform his legendary double album Songs in the Key of Life. I stopped going to church a long time ago, but the show felt something like that: thousands of people singing Wonder’s revelatory songs about love, unity, and justice, in unison. It was life affirming.
For local chef Makini Howell, who operates four vegan businesses under the umbrella name of Plum Restaurants, Wonder’s appearance in Seattle was actually life changing. Before he left town, Wonder, who has been vegan for several years, had lunch at Howell’s Capitol Hill restaurant, Plum Bistro. “Black SUVs pulled up outside of the building, and out walked the man himself,” recalls Howell. “He said he was hungry, so I just made him a little bit of everything.” After the meal, Wonder asked Howell to sit down with him…
