Ua alakaʻi ʻo Annette i kahi ʻano meaʻai meaʻai no 54 mau makahiki, akā ma hope o ia manawa ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo ia i kāna ʻai i ka veganism, a laila i ka ʻai meaʻai maka. ʻO ka mea maʻamau, ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia kāna meaʻai mea kanu i nā huahana holoholona, a ʻo nā meaʻai a pau āna e ʻai ai ʻaʻole i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia. Makemake ka wahine i nā hua maka, zucchini maka "chips", chili spicy, a ʻaʻole ʻai i ka meli, no ka mea, he huahana fermentation o ka nectar e nā pi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Annette ʻaʻole i lōʻihi ka hoʻomaka ʻana e leʻaleʻa i nā pōmaikaʻi o ka nohona vegan nou iho.
"Ua ʻike au ʻaʻole au e ola mau loa, akā ke hoʻāʻo nei au e ola maikaʻi," wahi a Annette. "Inā ʻoe e ʻai i kahi mea ma kona ʻano kūlohelohe maoli, kūpono ia e loaʻa iā ʻoe nā meaʻai hou aku."
Hoʻoulu ʻo Annette i ka hapa nui o kāna mau mea kanu, nā mea kanu a me nā huaʻai ma ke kua o kona home Miami-Dade ma South Florida. Mai ʻOkakopa a Mei, hōʻiliʻili ʻo ia i kahi meaʻai momona i ka letus, nā ʻōmato a me ka ginger. Mālama ʻo ia i ka māla iā ia iho, ʻo ia ka mea e paʻa ai kāna hana.
ʻO ke kāne a Annette ʻo Amos Larkins he 84 mau makahiki. Lawe ʻo ia i ka lāʻau no ke koko kiʻekiʻe a me ka maʻi diabetes. ʻAʻole hiki i ka 58 mau makahiki o ka male ʻana i hopu ʻo ia i ka nalu o kāna wahine a hoʻololi iā ia iho i ka meaʻai vegan. Minamina ʻo ia ʻaʻole i hana koke.
“E kuʻu Akua, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o koʻu manaʻo. Me ke koko i kēia manawa ua maʻamau nā mea a pau!” Ua ʻae ʻo Amosa.
Ua kākau ʻo Annette i ʻekolu mau puke ma ke ala i ke ola olakino a ua ʻike ʻia ma nā hōʻike televise a me nā lekiō, me The Steve Harvey Show a me Tom Joyner Morning Show. Loaʻa iā ia kāna ponoʻī, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke kauoha i kāna mau puke a me nā kāleka aloha, āna i hana ai iā ia iho, a me kahi alahele ma, kahi āna e hoʻolaha ai i kāna mau nīnauele.