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London’s first vegan patisserie opened this summer at Cafe Forty One. To celebrate Afternoon Tea Week, Healthista’s Marie Pan (a pastry-mad vegan) tried it – it kicks off our vegan baking special  I turned vegan a few months ago and now, whenever someone discovers this about me (I promise I don’t tell them within a few seconds of meeting), after the initial shock, they invariably ask: ‘What food do you miss most?’ That’s easy. Pastries. Meat was the easiest to give up, then fish. I’d watched several documentaries on Netflix; ‘ Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret ‘ was particularly striking to me, for its exploration of the impact of animal agriculture on the environment and graphic content on animal cruelty. After watching that, I couldn’t look at a steak or plate of sushi in the same way again. Giving up cheese as tough though, especially at first, because the animal cruelty is staring you in the face on a slice of pizza as it is with say, a plate of chicken wings. But the...