Netflix’s latest documentary series dives deep into the rise and fall of celebrity restaurateur Sarma Melngailis, who was once known as the queen of vegan cuisine, thanks to her Pure Food and Wine restaurant in New York. After getting involved with a man named Shane Fox on Twitter in 2011, however, her life took a turn for the worse. Melngailis began draining her restaurant’s funds and funnelling the money to Fox after he conned her into believing he could make her dog immortal and help her expand her food empire.
Fast-forward a few years later, and Fox and Melngailis are married and on the run after stealing almost $2 million from the restaurant and its staff. They’re eventually caught at a Tennessee motel after – wait for it – Fox, whose real name is Anthony Strangis, orders a pizza from Domino’s. Yep, this actually happened in real life.
