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A Very Pretty Birthday Cheesecake

I have never made a vegan cheesecake. But when my guy requested an attempt for his birthday, I turned to Rainbow Nourishments, whose vegan recipes are spot on and don’t involve super-processed ingredients. But I strayed a bit… at the expense, as it turns out, of the overall taste. My Read more…


Vegan Victuals Goes to Spain 🇪🇸
Lots of Vegan Food in Madrid &
An Idiot’s Guide to Madrid

{Warning: This is long. Just scroll down for the food if you’re not wanting the idiot’s guide to visiting and eating vegan in Madrid.} Simply put, the vegan food in Madrid is plentiful and outstanding.  From the moment of my arrival to the time I boarded a high speed train Read more…


Vegan Florida Eats 🌴
Dina’s Vegan Deli, Riviera Beach

Straight outta Philadelphia, Dina’s Vegan Deli continues a family business that began in the 1960’s when Dina’s grandfather owner a steak and hoagie shop. And you can tell that the love and care put into crafting the vegan Philly Cheesesteak–with its thin housemade seitan “steak” and from scratch “cheese whiz”, 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…


L.I. Vegan Eats: Maggie’s Raw Love Cafe

The Blue Firmament Holistic Centre in Rockville Centre, Long Island is a source for mind, body, and spiritual sustenance. It is also home to Maggie’s Raw Love Cafe, Nassau County’s only raw eatery.The inviting cafe takes up a large space in the center’s main floor. Plenty of tables are available Read more…


New (to me) New York City Vegan Eats

The Vakery is New York City’s latest vegan cupcake supplier! Though founder and pastry chef L.A. Brandon’s operation is via online ordering, I caught wind of her goodies being at Atlas Cafe in the West Village. I set out early for my cupcake breakfast, needed fuel for a day of errands Read more…


Sweets In Between Days

I’ve been out of the kitchen for some time, wrapped up in work… and in the downtime needed to continue to be wrapped up in work. But I made some cupcakes for my brother’s birthday recently. And then I ate about 6 of them. Is there anything better than chocolate Read more…


I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore

Deep Thoughts: While I was driving south down the I-35 today, in the “road zone”, I began to think about… [wait for it]…human beings. I began to think about how it was that a lower order of primates evolved to eventually have me sitting snug in a moving machine, barreling Read more…


On Route 66

Though we’d left TX behind spent the evening just west of Oklahoma City, we needed to drive through the panhandle to reach our next destination, Santa Fe, New Mexico. A good 7 to 8 hours drive from where we had woken up, we pit-stopped in Amarillo, Texas at Eat-Rite, a Read more…


Giving Thanks, Part I

I am thankful for friends who value food. Holidays, like Johnny Dangerously, are just another excuse to gather the gang and to eat… and eat well. The hiatus-ed FoodSparrow and her dapper gent hosted a wonderful vegan Thanksgiving potluck over the weekend in their gorgeous Park Slope apartment and we Read more…


Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governors Island / VeganMoFo #5: Karen Zucchini Muffins

/ I often feel I was born in the wrong era. Though I have taken to the 00’s I suppose, I pine for old time aesthetics. I love the smack of a type writer, tintype photography, cloche hats, Ada Jones. From the satisfying scratch of a phonograph, to the grainy Read more…


A Vegan Omelet Grows in Brooklyn

Before you even see these gorgeous little beasts, let me say a word about this fine piece of rock in my palm: black salt or, in its native Hindi, kala namak. No, black salt isn’t street code for heroin. It’s a special smokey salt. In Vegan Brunch Isa gives this Read more…


Vegan Mofo #1: Caribbean Queen

Steve & Sons Bakery, a vegetarian Caribbean bakery and restaurant in Remsen Village, Brooklyn, is a bit off the beaten track but makes for an interesting stop. The bakery counter is always bustling, stealing a lot of the waitress’s attention. But do not fret! Your long wait will be rewarded. Read more…


Out ‘N About Uptown

I work around the block from New York eat-stitution Zabar’s. When luck leaves me with 10 minutes to spare before punch-in, I head to 91st street to loiter around the delivery trucks huffing the fresh baked bread ready to be shipped all over the city at Eli’s Vinegar Factory. Photographed Read more…