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Simple sentences about Pizza.
Z Pizza in the West Village has Daiya for their pizza. The girls and I split 2 extra large pies. Now our stomaches hurt.The size and shape of the pizza made us nostalgic. So did the paper plates. With the kitchen sink on our pies, I realize I am a pizza purist. This happens when [...]
Lunch: It’s What’s For Dinner {Dunch Report}
It’s too hot for 3 meals a day. Here are my recent dunch highlights. Urban Rustic makes a mean Club Sandwich, the all-vegan Unclub. I’ve gone on about it before, yes. [Tofurky, Vegenaise, Dijon mustard, strips of tempeh bacon, local tomatoes and sprouts in between three slices of soft, toasted spelt bread.] Nothing fancy, I know, [...]
Git Some Dim Summer
Six years of self-funded undergraduate school in the CUNY system while working: $ 18,475.95 Two years of graduate school loans at a prestigious Ivy League school: $ #!,%@# Having summer days to spend with friends tasting the city I love: Priceless.L-R, T-B: Pineapple sweetened ice water, KZ, mock shrimp dumplings, panfried dumplings, mock roast pork [...]
Lay ‘Em Down And S’MAC ‘Em, Yack ‘Em
Hey. New York City. Guess what? Your vegan points are piling up. Why? Because S’MAC, the East Village’s specialty eatery, has a vegan macaroni and cheese that is amazing. It’s the real deal. And it’s not awkwardly-melted belly-twisting packaged cheese, no. It’s coconut milk, rice flour, potato flour, palm oil, organic palm shortening, and Marmite, that [...]
Vegan Days to Vegan Nights
It’s about time I got myself to Stogo, New York City’s all-vegan gourmet ice cream shop. To escape the debilitating heat and humidity, CandyPenny and I ducked into the East Village storefront’s huge people-watching windows to cool down with their soy, hemp and coconut-based frozen treats. Stogo has some wonderful rotating flavors like Bananas Foster, [...]
Summer Eats: Bánh mì
Bánh mì is the perfect summer eat. It’s vibrant, flavorful and not too heavy. It’s great on the go, is on-the-cheap and, thanks to a long lifespan of buzz… including a recent episode of This American Life, is sprouting up all over the place! Not to mention the portion is usually substantial. But where, in [...]
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 [...]
What’s the Best Vegan Burger in New York City? [Part 3]
Candle 79‘s Black Bean Pumpkin Seed Burger (Upper East Side) Pro: It’s absolutely yummy, polenta fries Con: It’s also a mush-fest, pricey Josie’s NYC‘s Organic 3-grain vegetable burger (Upper West Side) Pro: Quinoa, bulgur & cous cous-oh my! Con: A bit pricey Goodburger‘sVeggie Burger (Union Square) Pro: Separate grill, good quick burger Con: Mushy Bliss‘s [...]
Food Love {Never Eat Your Heart Out} {Half Kidding}
See this food? I have eaten it and it has helped me to move from here to there to have me here typing this to you. See it? I put it in my mouth and chewed. Yeah, so what but: Have you ever paid attention to this process? Followed a bite from one side of [...]
A Nibble Here, A Nibble There
What a delight to find Caserta Vecchia on a nice spring-I-don’t- want-to-go-underground-to-the-subway-yet walk after work. It quickly made my list of things to do. Caserta Vecchia, named after a medieval village in Italy, offers cashew-based vegan cheese substitution on all their pizzas. Again, indicating the coolness of a neighborhood. Cinnamon cake in shape of a [...]
What’s the Best Vegan Burger in New York City? [Part 2]
The search continues, in intervals of 12. What is all this burger-eating leading up to? My decision on who makes the best vegan burger in New York City, of course. It is forthcoming. The Organic Grill‘s Organic Grill Burger (East Village) Pro: Very tasty, housemade, great fixings, a very good vegan burger Con: Mushy but [...]
East Side, Represent
Counter is the East Village’s best veg spot in my humble opinion. It is a bit on the costly side so I haven’t been there but twice. Once in 2008, which seems like 5 minutes, ago for their spectacular brunch, and again in the twenty-ten with my dear CandyPenny for a catch-up /I can’t believe [...]
