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January ’24 Outtakes

Month 1 of 2024 took its sweet time–the pace of ordinary, the pace of feeling things out. Here are some outtakes. The late 1900’s. A really yummy mac and cheese I made with that cheese sauce you make from potatoes and carrot. It is so damn good. I had a Read more…


There Will Be Blood (orange cake) 🩸

I used Raspberry Oranges, one of the darkest kind of blood oranges, for this recipe by Rainbow Nourishments. It started with some juicing… This upside-down sake was sure to be a stunner with citrus like this. Because the juice was so dark, the batter took on a hue that wasn’t Read more…


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Even though I no longer teach, I would still follow the tradition I have grown so accustom to… setting up my ofrenda and honoring the lives of dearly departed. This year, a Calavera cake after I came across this pan. I imagined it decorated to the nine’s. This was a Read more…


Leaf Peepin’ 🍁 On My Birthday
Camping in Potter County, Pennsylvania

To celebrate my birth so long ago, we headed south to Pennsylvania’s Potter County for a stay in a cabin in the mountains. I chose this location for a few reasons. For one, it is very near to the dark sky park Cherry Springs State Park. In the unlikely event Read more…


June Dump!

The Waxing Crescent. I am enjoying photographing the waning and waxing phases as their partial illumination and stark black is so beautiful. Cookies for Mom. Ghiradelli finally makes vegan chocolate chips. They’re yummy of course… because they’re chocolate chips Soft dough… maybe because of the humidity They flattened out a Read more…


Lots of Vegan Food in Rochester, NY {Part 7}

Here is another batch of vegan food reporting from Rochester–not many places are in this report, but they’re of top notch quality deserving immediate sharing! Firstly, Petit Poutinerie–a poutine food truck turned gorgeous brick and mortar with amazing vegan options. Just look: Some beverages: Ginger Soda (Cane sugar, fresh ginger Read more…


Tonya’s Cake 2023

I had this amazing recipe bookmarked for some time. With Aquarius season in full effect, I knew someone I love would get this beauty. I am reprinting the recipe here for ease of duplicating. Buttermilk⁣1 cup unsweetened soy milk ⁣1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice Combined and let sit for Read more…


Father’s Day Fruity Parfaits πŸŒˆπŸ“πŸ‘πŸπŸ₯

Since Father’s Day is in June, my Dad often gets fruity sweet treats for his special day. This year, the full spectrum of the rainbow… Red (strawberry), Orange (apricot), Yellow (pineapple), Green (kiwi), Blue (blueberry), Violet (blackberry) paired with either vanilla or red velvet cake along with vanilla buttercream or Read more…


Birthdaze 2021 πŸ₯³:
For Goodness Cakes in Riverhead, Long Island

What a delight when your friend finds vegan treats you never heard of! When she waits in line for 30 minutes and buys everything that is vegan from the omni bakery! Yes, For Goodness Cakes has a slew of vegan items in their food truck. The perfect birthday kick-off. It’s Read more…


Some West Virginia Vegan Eats

Finally having electricity and running water at my will, here is a photo dump of some vegan eats from my days in West Virginia. Some sweet treats from the all-vegan Venerable Bean Bakery in Morgantown, part of the Mountain People’s Food Co-op. Selection was pretty low since it was later Read more…


Vegans of Seitan in Linden, New Jersey

Vegans of Seitan is an all-vegan soul food eatery in Linden, New Jersey that was just down the street from where I was running errands. But I’ll admit that I selected where to run my errands based on where my hunger may be adequately sated afterwards. And I had been Read more…


Le Petit Monstre πŸ₯
French Pastry Shop in Brooklyn

I am so pleased that a lot of the new vegan options sprouting up in New York City are so high quality. Vegans deserve the best given how much good their lifestyle brings–to personal health, the environment and of course to animals. We deserve better than a Beyond Burger offering Read more…


Willow Vegan Bistro
All-new, All-vegan in Chelsea

My head is spinning with the quantity of vegan options on my hit list–in all of New York City’s boroughs! I will be devoting the next few weeks to taming this beast of a list. Starting today. I was counting down the days to Willow‘s grand opening in Manhattan’s Chelsea, Read more…


Holiday Pom Pom
Polka Dot Wreath Cake πŸŽπŸŽ„

If ever there was a day to bring it, it’s Christmas Day! So instead of a boring cake, I did my second Pom Pom cake for the special day. But I couldn’t stop there. It’s also a Polka Dot cake–a cake with colorful cake polka dots within. I never made Read more…


Copiague Bakery
If Jiffy Cake was Vegan

The vegan options at Copiague Bakery are the kind of vegan options I love. Unpretentious and unlikely vegan options that seem available quite randomly. I arrived thinking I’d get a simple cupcake and be on my way… but their sweets grabbed me by the hand in a stroll down memory Read more…


Pantry Turnover: (Criss Cross) Applesauce 🍎

As a teacher, there is often cafeteria snacks in my fridge. I hate seeing it wasted and my students know that I take home the unwanted sliced apples and applesauce for baking endeavors. Despite teaching at home now, my applesauce stash was still substantial. I decided to make an applesauce Read more…


Pumpkin Endeavors:
Pumpkin Pecan Coffee Cake

Before I even got the coffee started, I was boiling pecans to shell. It’s been slightly irking me that the huge bag I bought when I was down south has remained unused. But there is a bit of legwork involved in their enjoyment. With autumnal recipe endeavors on the horizon, Read more…


November Photo Purge

And Boom! The winter coat is out. This year has passed with record speed… but its timestamps are upside down, half off the page and mostly indiscernible. My old trusty (this blog) will file away the months neatly for reference when the dust clears. So here are some things that Read more…


β˜€οΈ Fruity Summer Birthdays

July Birthday time! First on the menu, some summertime parfaits. This only made 3 because I was also making a cake, so feel free to double or triple. The Basil and Lime-infused Coconut Whip 1 can full fat coconut milk, chilled overnight 1/2 Tablespoon maple syrup (adjust for non-my sister Read more…


Best of Vegan Victuals πŸ†
Nostalgic Eats

Nostalgic eats are a huge motivator for my baking conquests. Having been vegan for so very long, I am retroactively fulfilling all of the collected cravings from all those vegan years. Because back in the day I didn’t have the skills, the ingredients, the guides… I want to acknowledge the Read more…


Vegan Hostess SnoBall, Prototype

So when I make marshmallow, I go hard. Because a batch makes a ton–and it better given how labor intensive it is–I had three simultaneous sweet treats going on at once. Marshmallow for my scooter pies (forthcoming as I’ve yet to coat them in chocolate), marshmallow for my s’mores cupcake, Read more…


Santa Ana, California Vegan Eats:
Vegan By Victoria

Vegan By Victoria’s is an all-vegan panaderΓ­a in an unassuming strip mall in Santa Ana, California. Inside, a variety of authentic Mexican pastries as pleasing to the eye as they are to the tongue. Now stepping into an all-vegan establishment is exciting as it is… but an all-vegan panaderΓ­a? I Read more…


Because you need a piece of chocolate cake on top of your chocolate shake: Black Tap’s New Vegan Eats

Because you need a piece of chocolate cake on top of your chocolate shake: Black Tap’s New Vegan Eats" >

With new vegan eats at the chain Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer, I had to get myself there a.s.a.p. You see, they make these Instagramable “CakeShakes,” decadent shake concoctions topped with big slices of cake … and after repeated requests, they made a vegan version! And with a few Read more…


Vegan Little Debbie Zebra Cakes πŸ¦“

Though I was more a Yankee Doodle dandy, Drake’s being my choice in snack cakes as a child, Little Debbie holds a special place in my heart for her hexagonal twin cakes. The waxy white chocolate giving way to creme-filled yellow layers—pure nostalgia. And now, a vegan version here, from 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…


Move Vegan Bites & Delights on Staten Island

As a blogger, I am excited about uncovering vegan options in sneaky places. “Sneaky” as in places where you would least expect it. So vegan options in the East Village? Yeah, yeah. But vegan options in Staten Island? How amazing! To follow is yet another report on vegan treasures on Read more…