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Super. Vegan. Products.
Instead of looking at Tom Brady’s big head, I am blogging during the Super Bowl. I made killer nachos with some goodies from Vegan Essentials knowing things would be a little hectic at The Electrician‘s. First, Wayfare Mexi Cheddar cheese… this was the only flavor that was in stock but it is what I would have [...]
I’m so Spacial
Not only do K.A.A.T.N.s at Tetris, but my cat also morphs into a compact rectangular prism for easy storage.
You Don’t Bring Me Flours Anymore
After I put a few crates of mason jars on my Christmas wish list, my brother asked me if I was planning to open a medical oddities museum. Chuckle, but no. Finally, they’re up! All my flours in front of my face. For months my flours were stashed away in the freezer. The mason jars [...]
Kale♥ & Quinoa♥: Togetha Foreva
Quinoa is scrumptious on its own. But add sauteed kale… oh boy. Throw in some thinly sliced shallots, diced yellow pepper, dried cranberry, cashews and a bunch of cilantro and you tap on the majority of the surface area of the tongue, waking up even the laziest of buds. A quinoa salad is always pretty [...]
Da Brat in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Tap House in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn has “no crap on tap.” The gorgeously modern and spacious bar also has some vegan eats on their menu. Here is their Vegan Brat. Though I praise the “vegan corner” on their menu, I was hoping for a bit more creativity than store bought sausage, slaw and bread. I [...]
{Philadelphia: This is a long drive for dinner.}
Ever since I saw the Philadelphia’s Memphis Taproom on Diners, Drive-ins & Dives and learned it had a couple of vegan options, I’ve been wanting to go. The draw? Their vegan “bacon”. Not a packaged meat analog but coconut. Smoked coconut, smoked in a smoker. This ingenious creation is used in their vegan B.L.T. and graces the [...]
Vegan Doughnuts Done Well
I first noticed Dun-Well‘s doughnuts popping up at Bone Shakers in my neighborhood in Brooklyn quite some time ago. Since the dapper vegan doughnut duo have raised their fundraising goal on Indiegogo & opened their very own space on Montrose avenue in East Williamsburg. It took me several weeks to check the place out even though I’ve since [...]
Pop-up Restaurants: Emma at Halyards
Emma, the vegan personal chef of Emma Eats Plants, does an all-vegan pop-up at Brooklyn’s Halyards Bar in Gowanus on Thursdays. (That sounds like some kind of mnemonic.) The weekly menu incorporates her Cuban roots and dedication to fresh, lively veganism. Thanks, Emma. Halyards is a classy joint, dark and lovely. It was a bit difficult [...]
Stop! Turnover! {Part 4: Rice Wrappers}
I was just plain sick of these bulky rice wrappers taking up space in my pantry. With Spring and Summer’s veggies far away, I had no use for a stockpile of rice wrappers. They had to get a move on. For this last installment of Pantry Turnover here is the simple stir fry I whipped [...]
HNY: 2011′s Last Meal
To bid farewell to 2011 I coated it in beer batter and slipped it into hot oil. And in a homage to a year packed to the brim with forward progression, I used the seasonal beer I enjoyed with 2010′s last meal to make the batter. The last bottle had been incubating for this exact purpose for [...]
Cherry Vanilla Pound Cake
There is an efficiency to pound cake. Maybe because you don’t need to bother with a frosting, maybe because there is more cake packed in its bite. Either way, a good vanilla pound cake can fulfill a multi-leveled craving: sweet, cakey, buttery and a decadent fruit companion. I made this gorgeous golden vanilla pound cake [...]
