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Back In the Seattle Again
From author Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher, on the floor of P.C.C. Natural Market in Fremont. River House CreperieWest SeattleRive House is a darling little creperie right off the West Seattle Bridge that offers a vegan gluten-free batter as a base for all their sweet and savory crepes. I opted for a simple strawberry and banana [...]
Another Inconvenient Truth
I had to write a film review for An Inconvenient Truth for my Topics in Environmental Health course. It was easy to write because I had a lot to say about the film, mostly about the huge hole it has in it which was recently brought to light again by Moby. I cannot abstain from [...]
White Trash Dinner Party: The Food
Me and my vegan Twinkies… and stained spouse-sweeper, Confederate-inspired belt buckle and undersized jeans.Plenty of cheap beer was a necessity. Here is an extra large “Danish Lager Beer”Southern fried tofu from FoodSparrow with a veganaise aioli.CandyPenny chomping on my Red Lobster bunTator tots and smart dog on picks! To the right, “real” pigs in a [...]
W.hiskey T.ango
Tapping into my inner low-brow for a White Trash Dinner extravaganza, I kicked up the zing on some vegan Twinkies by piping them with Southern Comfort-infused buttercream! My oh my, how I love me a themed dinner party. With friends busting out the denim cut-offs and mesh hats, crafting appropriate playlists and locating buckets for [...]
Vegan Red Lobster Cheese & Garlic Biscuits
Had I not wanted to allow for internet searchers to easily find these vegan Red Lobster cheese and garlic biscuits, I would have called these my “Holy Sh*t Motherscratcher Ever-Lovin’ Biscuits”… or some such name that adequately expresses my great excitement about them. Many, like me, have fond memories of chomping on Red Lobster‘s complimentary [...]
Life Recap: 10 Best Shows So Far (I.N.P.O.)
Bon Jovi/Tesla, Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, 1987: I was 9. Let’s keep this in perspective. Faith No More, Roseland Ballroom, NYC, 1992: Ozzy Osbourne, Paramount Theater at MSG, NYC, 1993 Built To Spill, Tramps, NYC, 1997 Unwound/Blonde Redhead, Kill Rock Stars/CMJ Festival, NYC, 1997 Elliott Smith, Time Cafe, NYC, 1998 Modest Mouse, Knitting Factory, NYC, [...]
Slice o’ Heaven
Considering I have travel 9,000+ miles for vegan food (see my blog reporting in Thailand) I suppose I can venture to 74th street and 2nd avenue for Slice. Slice, which has been on my radar since its opening years ago, is a special parlor of pizza- one that offers the elusive Daiya vegan cheese as [...]
I Don’t Wanna Be An Entomophagist: Candies with Bug Derivatives
A friend of mine recently asked me if I ate Good n’ Plenty, the pink and white coated licorice candy. I had to tell her no and why and, in doing so, managed to help push her finger down on the “w” key, as in “Ewwww…”, long enough to maybe instill a pink and white [...]
Vegan Reporting in the Ohio Territory
Flying in and out of Pittsburgh to embark upon a vegan eats road trip, CandyPenny and I had a list of potential hot spots to check out in Pittsburgh, Akron and Columbus. Hoping to make the most of 3 days on the road, we had to push our caloric intake to the max! Luckily for [...]
Vegan Cheese and Chive Corn Dogs
After a glorious gorgeous day at sea on the soft-sanded and low-key Brighton Beach, Coney Island’s quiet cousin, my new eclair “canoe” baking pan was finally utilized by way of cheddar and chive corn dogs. Sun-tired and hungry, CP and I pulled these dogs together using the Blue Ribbon corn bread winner from the Iowa [...]
These Are A Few of My Favorite Things: The Radiolab Podcast
In my elementary, middle and high school education I excelled more in the language arts and humanities. I wrote my way out of atrocious grades, learning early that one writing assignment could compensate for a term’s worth of lacklusterness. As a tight-lipped introverted wallflower extraordinaire or, later, the queen of truancy, the voice I expressed [...]
