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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 [...]
Birthday, Part 3: Whose Streets?
I don’t work on my birthday. It’s kind of a rule. I usually flee town, hitting the road for vegan eats and roadside attractions. But times are tight. With cash flow low, I planned to spend the day in my city, New York City, enjoying the sights on my own clock and armed with my [...]
Vegan in Toronto, Part 1: One Love, Holy Hogtown & the King of Carrot Flowers
Quick! Name as many starches as you can in this dish from the all-vegan One Love in Toronto, Canada. I’ll help you. 1) Green banana, steamed… 2) sweet potato… 3) yucca… 4) yellow yam… 5) plantain, as well as cooked greens and some fresh avocado slices. As the darling name implies, One Love is a Caribbean [...]
Vegan New England, Part 4: The Red Lentil
Wait. What? Do you see that? The billboard right outside of our cheap motel in Foxboro, Massachusetts. “Go Vegan!” Well, what do you know. This billboard, part of Peta‘s “Be Healthy. Be Happy. Be Vegan.” campaign was a nice siting. Nicer than the true but kinda offensive Save the Whales campaign that takes aim at [...]
Frozen.
With heat indexes into the 110′s, who the heck wants to cook? Kashi’s Mayan Harvest Bake is my go-to in a frozen meal. While I try to steer clear from such conveniences in a daily sense, I am also like to stay abreast with the vegan frozen market. In general they’re usually quite bland, uninspired [...]
Me encanta la comida vegetariana
I recently stopped by Ms. CP‘s new apartment for some fierce empanadas. With scratch-made sausage and sweet potato-filled pastry, they were mucho delectable. Using Viva Vegan!, CP and her sous chef Em created these love pockets. ¡Me encanta la comida vegetariana! (I used google translator for that. Did it conjugate right?) There is a freedom to getting [...]
Birthday Part 2: The Other Red Hook
After years of running away from Brooklyn on my birthday, I knew it wouldn’t seem like a birthday if I didn’t have some time behind the wheel, singing to the blooming starry night off the New York Thruway. But I couldn’t go too-too far with local festivities planned for this weekend. So I headed north [...]
A Low Carbon Diet
As a young doe who read E Magazine and poured over Co-op America‘s Green Pages some 17 years ago, I can’t help but be partially frustrated by the speed in which the rest of the world has caught on to the green movement, can’t help but shudder at the greenwashing of the world’s major corporate [...]
Chicago Diner
I had been to the famous Chicago Diner years ago, back when my taste buds were less sophisticated and my veganism less creative. But this time around I was able to appreciate its broad selection of eats and amazing sweet treats more thoroughly. The Buffalo wings (below) were amazing, right down to the thick and [...]
