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Veg On Board‘s Beautiful Brunch Board
Vegan Long Island

What can I say about Veg On Board‘s magnificent charcuterie boards that images don’t make abundantly clear? This time, a brunch-themed board. Let’s look at the artistry that is Veg On Board. What do you see? In no particular order: Mini corn muffins, overnight oats, mini pancake kabobs, mini avocado Read more…


Patchogue’s Peach & Pine Pop-up

I can’t wait until Peach & Pine has their own brick & mortar eatery. Then I might not have to worry that all’d be gone by the time I arrive. Thankfully this past Sunday, at one of their last pop-ups of the year at Better Man Distillery in Patchogue, I Read more…


Vegan Eats in the Rockaways, Winter Version

Visiting the Rockaways off-season you get a better sense of its lure. The folks who live in this area have created a very special community, a community that one might believe they’d need to move far from New York City to obtain. It was my privilege to spend the afternoon Read more…


Bedford Stuyvesant Vegan Eats

Fermento is an Italian cafe in Bed-Stuy. And it is this vegan gal’s dream. And so, this Memorial Day, two Italian ladies stopped in for colazione and left floored by the quality and breadth of their options. I got the Turmeric Tofu Scramble on a multigrain croissant (“cornetto”) with spinach Read more…


January Purge.

I get very to-do-y in January. In fact, you best watch out if you get in the way of me crossing things off my list. This is me. A productive winter sets the tone for fruitful year. Because you reap what you sow. That’s a saying for a reason. I Read more…


…In with ’19

New Years traditions are intriguing. There is a sweet whimsy to the symbolic gestures intended to tuck away the old and ring in the new. There is an innocence to their hope. This is day 1—potent and pure in a way that time will soon taint and obscure. So bask Read more…


Good Day Sunshine (With Fried Chicken Sandwiches)

Before I go on about how this fried “chicken” sandwich tasted, here are some hues from a Sunday in which the Autumn sun blazed glorious beams.  Let’s follow them out and about.  First, they crept into my basement apartment as I prepared my lunch for the week, making this radish Read more…


The Cranberries [& Pumpkins & Apples & Brunch & Donuts]

Autumn is my favorite time of the year!  Though we are not very far in, today was a celebration of all the best parts of its edible goodness.  Starting at Stone Bridge Farms in Acushnet, Massachusetts.  Visiting a cranberry bog is a kind of new addition to my bucket list, but with autumn here Read more…


Montreal, New York Final Eats

The vegan omelet at Invitation V Our final stop, Dugout VĂ©gane Pastry The only vegan macaron I got to eat in French Canada Passionfruit tart with brĂ»lĂ©ed meringue Borders A late lunch in Troy at The Shop. Vegan spare ribs: whiskey barbecue glazed housemade seitan, garlic sauteed chard, yuca fries Read more…


Montreal, Day 2: More Than Poutine

A really good vegan brunch is likely up there on my best things list, in general.  It’s just food, I know, but is it?  Eating is the most sensual of acts one can perform, one where all senses are engaged… one that nourishes the physical body while feeding the “soul.”  Read more…


Vauxhall & I, More Vegan Options in Huntington Village

Remember when I went to get the seitan jackfruit pulled pork tacos at Radio Radio in Huntington Village? Well there are more vegan options right next store!  Vauxhall is a cool bar and eatery right next store with a vegan-friendly brunch and dinner menu. We stopped by to sample. I got the Read more…


Teacher Staff Development: Polar Bear Brunch & Plunge

With winter on its way out and my second New Years Polar Bear Plunge thwarted by severely cold weather (first here), it was our duty to get in the beloved ocean.  And it would be easy to get into Brighton Beach in Brooklyn as my friend lives right on top of Read more…


XYST-entialism in Chelsea

Yet another Matthew Kenney eatery has opened its doors: XYST.  As with all Matthew Kenney eateries, the plates were pretty and the Chelsea space was a beautiful refuge. Here is the brunch pictorial on my recent visit. Falafel Waffle: smoked tofu scramble with cashew hollandaise Cast Iron Socca: Market greens, Read more…


Brunch at Double Zero

A new Matthew Kenney restaurant is kind of a big deal. His food is nearly perfectly composed, flavorful and looks beautiful. He is creating an empire of all-vegan… whilest not watering down his brand. Each eatery has a distinct style of cuisine. Today’s: Brunch at his pizza-ish spot in the Read more…


Day 3: The Best of Central Florida

Brunch is a “thing.” It’s different than other meals. Maybe because it’s like two of them. Stakes are higher. Like a bad brunch is doubly bad, a great brunch can make the day. Brunch at Daya, an all-vegan restaurant in the pretty Winter Park downtown, was perfect. Their half-plate option Read more…


Two Brunches in New Jersey

I am delighted to kick-off the first V.V. report that highlights the vegan wonders of my neighboring states: the Tristate area. As you may or may not know, New Jersey has a lot to offer a vegan.  To start, take these two wonderful eateries… Vital Dining, a vibrant new take on Jamaican in pleasant downtown Read more…


Boozy Bootleg Brunch Buffet:
A Vegan Victuals Meal Photospread

  Whiskey Maple Syrup goes back in the bottle for serving. (recipe credit) Macerated blueberry, blackberry & raspberry with Brandy & Grand Marnier  Coconut whip Charred Eggplant Bacon (marinade recipe credit) Orange Brandy Marmalade with ginger bits Sweet Potato Beer Biscuits Coconut rum-soaked French Toast  Some appetizers: Pride Enjoy Rainbow cookies, Mission Read more…


Blue Backdrop, and one more meal

The time-worn signage of cities less invaded by Big Box is like a living antique. Its hearkening charm is one of the many things I enjoy about getting out of the metropolitan area. The color combinations, fonts, materials hold character. They hold on to something that’s gone.  A glorious congregation of circling Read more…


All-Vegan Done Right.

Philadelphia is very vegan-friendly. They have eateries that far surpass played out, crowded, lesser-quality Manhattan options. Vegan Commissary is one such eatery. Brunch at Vegan Commissary was perfect. As the name suggests, it’s all-vegan. But there is no need for restriction; Vegan Commissary hits every mark, appeasing my high standards with Read more…


Jersey Day Trip

Treating my home, and its surrounding cities, like I would an unknown city—subject to the same fine tooth comb in search of vegan options—my list of vegan leads in the neighbor state New Jersey was growing. And preferring a random and mysterious lone vegan option to a well-worn, all-vegan establishment Read more…


Asbury Park, Vegan Style

The reach of vegan keeps extending… and I am thankful for these opportunities of discovery and… sustenance. My latest discovery, Goldie’s in Asbury Park, is an all-vegan and all-respectful-of-food eatery on the renovated Cookman Avenue in downtown in the Jersey Shore destination of Asbury Park. Let’s look at the highlights Read more…


Midwest Vegan, Day 7 [Goodbye, Chicago]

Karyn delivered–in save-the-best-for-last fashion. And after peeping her menus from her multiple vegan restaurants for many years, I was finally sitting in Karyn’s on Green, ready for Saturday brunch. I had the Breakfast Sliders: two delicious Belgian waffles for a bun, their yummy butternut squash “bacon,” a savory tofu “egg,” and almond Read more…


Midwest Vegan, Day 1

Home very briefly, it was time already to head back into these United States… by way of Chicago. But first, a scenic overlook in which we gaze upon the isle of Manhattan, New York City’s shining man-child and it’s pleasingly sharp rectangular Central Park. We’d arrive in Chicago hungry, ready Read more…


Brunch Lunch (A Turnover Fairy Tale)

Every now and again you need to use what you already have–make some movement in the refrigerator. My crisper drawer runneth over. It is not permanent storage. So for my week’s lunch, I’d use it all. It would be brunch for lunch. What better an idea to use leftover veggies and fruits. I Read more…


New Jersey || New York Vegan

In one of those wonderful random gifts to the vegan world, Rutherford, New Jersey’s Rutherford Pancake House serves vegan breakfast options. They had me at “Vegan Challah” French Toast. I devoured the plate of moist halves of scrumptious French toast thinking, “Is this really vegan?” I get vegan paranoia sometimes… When I’m Read more…


A Day in NYC

Essex, on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, is a huge brunch destination. It must be listed in the NFT Guide or something. I have wanted to try their lone vegan dish, the Vegan Mexican Matzo Brei, for quite some time. So with a few days off at our disposal, we made a Read more…