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Out/About Vegan {Summer Edition 1}
Vegan Divas makes decadent treats for the health-conscious vegan… or the not-so health conscious vegan. The ladies predominantly distribute their goodies at the city’s upper-crust health stores. I nabbed this caramel pecan brownie at Elm Health, the wonderfully stocked space on 7th avenue and 14th street. Packaging is a bit wasteful, sure, but the brownie was [...]
Waffles at Pine Box Rock Shop
CandyPenny‘s “Living Social” coupon deal for Pine Box Rock Shop‘s waffle Sunday was burning a hole in our respective calendars for weeks. It was finally time. With rotating choices of toppings like fruit compotes, chocolate sauce and the essential maple syrup and Earth Balance, I was Sunday-morning-stumped as unfortunately the deal only included one. But [...]
The Fifth of May
Pine Box Rock Shop, a vegan-owned and operated bar in Brooklyn, hosted a special Cinco de Mayo feast, courtesy of Yummy Eats [a pop-up restaurant] and Verily Baked Goods [an impressive baker that does both omni and vegan treats]. Here was the impressive pre-fixe: Having the choice of two appetizers, I selected the black bean [...]
Caribbean Chicken Zombie Brain Cupcakes
My very dear and talented Artsparrow hosted a book release party for her first published book, The Zombie Autopsies. But first! 200 undead mini-cupcakes were needed, grey in color and with bright pink brains. The gals and I spent the evening before working through the particulars–multiplying fractions, whipping up VCTOTW‘s no-fail basic vanilla and taking [...]
Mexi-musts or, at least, Mexi-maybes
Endless Summer Tacos is a cart stationed on Williamsburg’s Bedford avenue. I’ve seen it countless times but always in passing. Chances are if I am on Bedford avenue, I am likely wanting to get to the next block quickly. [Narrow-hipped males in tight, skinny jeans induce a sort of gag reflex.] This particular sunny day, [...]
Brooklyn Mac
Sometimes I love Brooklyn. Lying in bed sick knowing vegan macaroni and cheese was being bicycled to me is one of those times. Yes, Brooklyn Mac in Greenpoint, with its fully veganizable menu, delivers. Their menu is simple and effective, like most of the world’s wonders. Select a mac n’ cheese dish named for Brooklyn [...]
Happy Birthday Andrea!
My dear friend Artsparrow knows her medium. As a food lover, an illustrator, aspiring photographer and all around artist, she knows color equates emotion, the visual evidence of a feeling. Gathering with her near and dear, we celebrated her birthday at Nahm Thai Kitchen in Park Slope, Brooklyn with vibrant, colorful and tasty Thai cuisine. [...]
Pine Box Rock Shop: A Vegan Bar in an ol’ Casket Factory
So drinks don’t photograph quite like a dish of food does but Pine Box Rock Shop, a bar in {wait for it}… Morganville, Brooklyn is a unique place owned and operated by vegans. “Morganville”, a neighborhood following the crosstown L-line path of gentrification, is the 2 blocks around the Morgan L subway stop alive with [...]
Eastern Island Retreat
I spent the week at an island retreat. Not an exotic island by any means. I have lived on this geographic island for 97% of my life [fraction to decimal conversion: 32/33 = 0.96969697], the latter 9 in Brooklyn proper, its western tip. But with a warm and cozy home to station at, time and [...]
Jazz Bar, Vegan Options
Sometimes there are vegan options in unlikely places. Park Slope’s Puppets Jazz Bar being one of them. A seitan steak sandwich and jazz? Yes. Can I say something about jazz? I enjoy the dance of musical elements that is jazz, enjoy watching inflated cheeks and pursed lips on brass, music face… but unfortunately I have [...]
1.2.11, back in the 11211
I started 2010 doing brunch at Boneshakers [read here] so why not continue the tradition? Last year I said: “There’s something about 1/1 that motivates change. Yes, I subscribe to that New Years philosophy of renewal and growth, mostly because I appreciate the year as a unit of measurement, appreciate a set span of time [...]
2010: The Year in Food
In the year 2010, more than any other, the camera was angled down, capturing flicks of food. Sure, there are people on the other side of the table. Had the camera lifted its head, it’d see. But for a gal who sorts time through food, the vibrant color of shared meals and food creations encompass [...]
