An assortment of vegetables from broccoli and mushrooms to water chestnuts and more provide one of many vegetarian entrees on the menu at the Panda Panda Chinese Restaurant in Morro Bay.

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For Fast Company’s Restaurant Diaries, we’re asking chefs, restaurateurs, and food-world employees to take readers inside their businesses and lives at this critical moment for the industry. Andrew ...