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AJC food and dining editor Ligaya Figueras is a regular contributor to the Rashad Richey Morning Show on WAOK 1380 AM.

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AJC food and dining editor Ligaya Figueras is a regular contributor to the Rashad Richey Morning Show on WAOK 1380 AM.
June 21, 2024

Every Thursday at 9 a.m. on the Rashad Richey Morning Show on WAOK AM 1380, AJC food and dining editor Ligaya Figueras and AJC Black culture editor Mike Jordan talk dining in Atlanta, along with trending topics, restaurant reviews, cookbook releases and other news in the “Hot Spots” dining segment.

In the June 20 episode, AJC deputy food editor Yvonne Zusel, who sat in for Ligaya, was joined by Anne Onyeneho, who shared insights into her new plant-based restaurant Plantbaed.

Onyeneho, a first-generation Nigerian American, explained that Plantbaed Cafe offers a 100% plant-based menu free from soy and GMOs.

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