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My New Flyer
I just whipped this ad up for the upcoming Cupcake Camp! I figure it will be an opportunity to spread word about my new endeavor: catering. That’s right, CandyPenny and I will be dipping our toes into the world of vegan baked good catering. Of course, there is much to be done– most importantly a [...]
Spring Cleaning Tidbits, Part II (Photo version)
The Valentina exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York. I’ve always found fashion to be the most trivial of the arts… but then again I’ve been wearing the same clothes and shoes for at least ten years. Had I been amongst New York’s high society in the 1940′s, I may of worn [...]
Vegan Representation at the CupcakeCamp NYC!
From Bombay to Brooklyn, cupcakes truly are taking over the world! Cupcake Camp, an ad-hoc cupcake collective lending name to local BarCamps across the globe, have brought to life CupcakeCamp NYC! An evening of mini-cake madness! The event is simple: sign up, bring cupcakes, eat cupcakes (or sign up and eat other people’s cupcakes.. you down wit [...]
Kids Are Funny
This boy liked me as a blond better, a blond “with the black thing in the middle”, a.k.a. my dark roots. This is the same boy who asked, as I wrapped his finger in a Band-Aid, if there was such thing as a second aid kit.
Spring Cleaning Tidbits
I feel a bit scatterbrain these days. I need to purge some half-baked thoughts out of my noodle to focus on the impending final projects of this spring semester and the larger goals I need to set in motion this year. After all, 2009 is already nearly its first quarter’s end! Here are some things [...]
Half-Irish Soda Bread
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Participating in the St. Patrick Day festivities, I made a loaf of Irish soda bread. And what a cinch it was to make! I used Joy’s recipe here, opting to get a little excited with the green food coloring. The bread was chewy and soft on the inside but the skin [...]
Yeah, Yeah– More Cupcakes
I feel like I have been making cupcakes every weekend! Although I love to bake, my own “cupcake” is looking more like a sheet cake these days because, naturally, I just have to sample my own creations. Anyhow, this time I opted to top Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World‘s basic chocolate cupcakes with a date-pecan-coconut [...]
City of Veganly Love
Must-eat Day Trip series, Number 2A blog series featuring the country’s best upscale vegan restaurants. The short drive to Philadelphia for dinner at Horizons was well worth it. The food was “new vegan” perfection and the service was flawless. The meal started with some warm and delicate house bread with an herbed olive oil for dipping. [...]
Multimodal. Sounds Kinky.
A picture is worth a thousand words.Below are some examples of multimodal literacy in its spectrum of utility. Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of American Empire is an example of how graphic novels are moving beyond entertainment and leisure reads to become tools for education and social action. Another notable political graphic novel is the [...]
Banana-Coconut-Chocolate-Chocolate-Chocolate-Chip
After a terrible morning, my first consoling thought was that of brunch. I was going to treat myself to Counter‘s yummy banana flambé vegan french toast when I realized… I had never made french toast myself! I found a very simple recipe for… Banana Coconut French Toast2 ripe bananas, mashed1 cup coconut milk3/4 cup soy [...]
Birthdays and Nights.
Although I was caught in the act of sneaking in my vegan chocolate stout cake to be served after dinner, Wok Man played the clueless part as best he could. Birthday dinner was at Lodge, one of the many eateries in the hub of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The vegan ravioli, one of their seasonal vegetarian dinner [...]
