February 9, 2024
For the second installment of Valentine’s Day treats, something a bit more healthy! Starting with a date and nut crust. Hands up if Medjool dates remind you of water bugs from a previous Brooklyn apartment? Ew. Quickly soak and grind them with whatever nuts you have lying around to change Read more…
September 24, 2021
With a need for a wholesome type of sweetness and with a big tub of Medjool dates to utilize, I made these beauties. The base is just three easy ingredients: Almond flour, which I have a ton of after buying a huge bag before realizing I need almond flour made Read more…
June 26, 2021
Now that it’s summer I can say “Balls” again. Yes, teaching middle school you gotta figure out ways around the word if it comes up as it disrupts the class. This is what I know after teaching 12 years. (laugh emoji. Yes, I said laugh emoji.) So because I’ll need Read more…
January 19, 2020
File under “vegan” popping up all over the place: Simply Sweet organic, raw, vegan desserts on Avenue U in Brooklyn’s Sheepshead Bay. And yes, it says all that on the sign. Close-ish to my first place in Brooklyn back in 2002, I was excited to see an all-vegan option dedicated Read more…
January 12, 2020
A special delivery from West Palm Beach–Eddie’s Dark Chocolate‘s delicious Vegan Caramel Turtles. Made from scratch with clean and straight forward ingredients, I had forgotten how much caramel from dates rocked my world. After devouring these treats, I had to try making my own again. Having just hit the Indian Read more…
July 8, 2019
Dear New York City, Where is your housemade eggy breakfast sandwich with housemade cashew cheese and housemade coconut bacon? Where is your housemade toasted meringue topped vegan ice cream? You can keep your packaged vegan options, NYC, while I head north. The packaged food options are getting to be a Read more…
January 19, 2019
This picture illustrates why I love Indian food. Yes, I was making Indian food again for lunch. A recipe from beloved Vegan Richa that includes 10, yes, 10 different spices and a big knob of fresh ginger. Yes, please! Heat brings out the flavor. Cauliflower, sweet potato, yellow pepper and Read more…
December 24, 2018
Needing more aquafaba for Christmas cookies and a Royal icing attempt means using more chickpeas! So it was more Indian cooking. Even though I am off from work, I still need a daily lunch. This time, the start of my Annual Pantry Turnover–when I attempt to use the pantry stragglers Read more…
August 25, 2018
To me, baking is lovely a means of affection. My time, my care, my precision–these things aren’t given away willy nilly. They’re filled in a cupcake liner and delivered to your mouth, because of… love. And in the process and in the output, there’s plenty in it for me. It’s Read more…
January 1, 2018
Eating the same thing, especially a diet that is imbalanced with starches and sugar, leads to all sorts of health ailments. But big changes can also be difficult to sustain. That is why I resolve to welcome more healthful yet simple additions to my usual repertoire… to diversify my food Read more…
December 26, 2017
On the Winter Solstice our sun takes a nice long and potent look at the Tropic of Capricorn… and then turns around all poignant-like, tossing her golden rays–all resolved in beautiful definiteness. Winter comes and she seems farther away… but really it’s just because you’re leaning in the other direction Read more…
August 18, 2016
Everything in Jackson, Wyoming revolves around the Tetons. And proving this, I spent my day finding a variety of ways and circumstances in which I could see the Tetons. Starting at the crack of dawn. The striking hues of a beautiful sunrise can do pretty fantastic things to the sky, so I knew Read more…
April 10, 2016
Isn’t it amazing how days are neatly organized, bookended by the rising and setting of a bright, hot, great ball of fire? Goodness. Gracious. Inside them, other good things that bring you joy and sustenance, like a cracked chocolate-encased marshmallow… …Spring baseball in front of a plate of fruit-filled pancakes, with lots Read more…
July 15, 2015
What is hard about being a roadtripping blogger is that all your pearls of wisdom–the thoughts and ideas born on the road, inside its motion and pace–are diminished into imperceptible dots by the time you’re in a place you can write. Even thoughts that build into intricate cities of complexity, Read more…
January 17, 2015
Ever notice that the start of the year flies in one big chunk? It’s already January 17. So here are so pictures of recent food within the weeks of TCB. Ground dates are such a delicious, sweet accompaniment to chocolate. And these scratch-made date caramels from Oh She Glows are pure heaven. Read more…
November 9, 2013
I thank the amazing Fork & Beans for this amazing recipe that I plan to make, like, every week. Date caramel. Dates are deceptive little darlings, aren’t they? This stuff is perfect. The Twix base. Clever. All topped with date caramel. Try not to eat now. Try not to eat Read more…
November 29, 2008
Yes, I can handle 29 dates in one night! But it turns out all of them were total drupes. Food puns aside: I couldn’t wait to use the dates Sophia sent my way in our vegan care package swap. I found an easy recipe here but the batter turned out Read more…