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Vegan in Toronto, Part 2: Hibiscus Sweet & Savory Crepes and Heavenly Bunners
Last minute low-ball bidding on Priceline is a skill I can add to my resume. Being V.I.V.B. (very important vegan bloggers), we needed a safe haven to recuperate from a long day of eating. Luckily, the boutique Indigo Hotel gave us a $100 room for about $50 bucks. After some restful sleep, an invigorating session in [...]
A Rhode Island Welcoming
The start of the a Vegan Foodie Weekend in Providence, Rhode Island started with a bang! Our hosts and their neighbors prepared a vegan spread that was jaw-dropping. Lime tortilla chips from Food Should Taste Good; roasted garlic, grilled tomato and basil bruschetta; cherries; hot and sweet peppers; sangria and Tortas de Aceite. Fruit salad and [...]
Ninth Avenue: Vegan Heaven
For four months my vegan gal pals have been scheduling and rescheduling a trip to Cocoa V. Finally: we came, saw and left with bloated bellies. But first… Blossom De Jour, high-end Blossom’s “shrewd” fast food sister, has recently taken space next to NYC vegan landmark, Cocoa V. So naturally, before laying down a layer [...]
Pounding the Dough
How to start a new year right: Don’t do anything all day. Load up on carbohydrates; it’s going to be another swift year. Clean out fridge leftovers by piling them on pizza dough. Eat the pizza. Eat the pizza twice. $4 from the local pizzeria and you need not waste time waiting for dough to [...]
New Years Eve Dinner: MMX meet I
The couch is a nice place to welcome in the New Year, especially when one has drastically altered their sleep schedule since the start of winter break. Head-bobbing by 11:15 p.m. and already hung over, dinner in was a deterrent to an unproductive morning after: 1.1.11. Truthfully, I have been in hibernation mode since the [...]
Food & Song
The cold weather means a weekly batch of soup. Soul-warming soup. We’re still here in autumn so here is a preview of my looming soup-a-thon, a scrumptious carrot and coconut milk soup in autumn’s color. Acorn squash stuffed with wheat berry, pecans, cranberry and green onion. A hearty edible bowl. If I was a superhero [...]
Vegan Butterscotch: A Quest
I’m on a quest to make vegan butterscotch cookies. This quest begins on the back of vegan attempts before me. First try is Have Cake, Will Travel‘s recipe for butterscotch pecan cookies. The beautiful blog’s posting makes claims of them achieving a caramel-like taste. After trying out the recipe I must report that they’re scrumptious, [...]
The Real-Deal Vegan Brunch
On sunny Sunday, August 1, 2010, I found inspiration in the pages of The Electrician‘s omnivorous cook books as he manually labored in his yard. A proper vegan bunch! Complete with the works: traditional brunch staples, both sweet and savory, served on vintage China and vividly colored fabric with tasty adult beverages… a brunch that [...]
Sweet Treats For Sweet People
For friends who enjoy sweet vegan treats, Christmas stretches on and on for days. Below are my final gifts for giving, VCIYCJ‘s gorgeous caramel pecan bars… And sweet coconut and cashew dark chocolate bars, a kind of mistake that turned out quite delicious. The tower of sweetness, complete for Rocky Road cookie dividers, sat upon [...]
Pecan Date Dirty Blondies
Hey baby, Wanna date? So here starts my re-emergence into the kitchen… Adapting Nicole’s recipe (here) I whipped up some pecan date dirty blondies. Dirty because, as you can see below, these are hardly golden yellow. They are the hue of raw cane sugar, rich molasses, the color of crunchy autumn leaves, a mousy blondie with surprise [...]
