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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 [...]

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Freeport, Long Island’s Bagel Dock

You’ll likely think me a total dullard when I confess that one of the most pleasurable moments of my week is Saturday morning: biting into a twice-toasted everything whole wheat bagel from Freeport, Long Island’s Bagel Dock smeared with Earth Balance and Bonne Maman four fruit preserves. Sure, sure, it may be because I only [...]

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In Two Words: Thanks. Giving.

Maple. Buttercream. Sloppy. Piping. Cinnamon. Snow. Wheatmeat. Croute. “Who’ll. Win?” Left. Over. Weekend. Morning. Super. Pretzels.

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Thanks. Again.

It’s funny how much we can pack into a year. And how, stuffed and sluggish with our heavy days, routine trivialities can pull us away from that which we most value. The fundamentals… Beyond our myopia. A sharp left from the winker. Through the man-made distractions. And other such comparative prepositional phrases. Gratitude is an [...]

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V & T Supermarket

Summary: I kind of love V & T Supermarket in Hempstead, Long Island. Scoring the car for the day for some errands, I knew I had to hit V & T Supermarket on Franklin street in Hempstead. I had been seeing it for years, the huge white cryptic building off the side of the busy [...]

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Pizza Break.

The insights on the human animal that gleam in an elementary school classroom are ceaseless. Open and active minds are contagious, emitting a palpable force-field into the air. The most minute shift in emotions blares obviously on child’s face. And pizza has the power to cause widespread and massive upheaval. Thanks to 3 Brothers in [...]

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Bring on the winter.

I’ve been working on my layer of blubber, getting myself ready. Inadvertently. Here’s what’s anchoring me in for a long winter: Roasted zucchini sandwich with way too big a bun X’s 5 days a week. Huge tofu dosa from House of Dosas in Hicksville, Long Island.  Vegan cheese whiz. What the heck am I going [...]

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These Are a Few of My Favorite Things: Sharing Mango & Sticky Rice

I ♥ kao nio ma muang Long Tan, Park Slope, Brooklyn Siam Lotus, Bay Shore, Long Island Lily Thai, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Nine D, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

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Strip Mall “Heavens”

Living fairly close to Manhattan’s Little India and Curry Hill areas, going out for Indian is not so much something I do during a Long Island escape. However Hicksville’s vegetarian Indian restaurants have been on my radar after some repeated perusing of LI’s VegGuide. So a friend and I hit Dosa Diner, a well-touted eatery in [...]

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Southwest Long Island

Trying out Moe’s Southwestern Grill was kind of a joke and I rarely report on chains, being the high brow food connoisseur I am (cha right), but why the heck not. I appreciate a chain that makes their vegan options known… no beef-stock-blanched potatoes or chicken-stocked rice here! So yeah, the Electrician and I were pleasantly [...]

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Checking In With the 3 Brothers

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted about 3 Brothers… since I went on Daiya-overload a few weeks ago. But I was on Long Island with wheels and was hungry. A visit to 3 Brothers was in order. It is still surreal when I walk into this place and they present me with their vegan [...]

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I Am Never Eating Daiya Again.

Since Daiya‘s first buzz in March ’09 to my first taste of it in August (read here), the vegan wonder has turned the vegan cheese world upside down. Now it is the winner of VegNews’s Product of the Year, although Vegan Gourmet (Follow Your Heart) won the reader’s choice. I have watched area eateries thrive [...]

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