February 15, 2016
With record cold this Valentine’s morning, the windows were intricately frosted by Mother Nature. The Atlantic ocean in the winter from the Robert Moses Causeway. Orchids are beautiful–and other such understatements. You are my Everything. A batch of Brooklyn’sĀ Dunwell‘s. At like 1030 on Sunday, they were sold out of most Read more…
August 11, 2015
The Burger Showdown continues with theĀ first BrooklynĀ showdown: Toad Style vs. Champs Family Diner Just when my burger brackets were set, along comes Toad Style‘s all-vegan menu, batting its housemade cheese and sage butter and limeĀ aioli. Those kinds of words indicate an eatery who not only make but love food. Throw Read more…
February 15, 2015
Sweet eats for me on Valentine’s Day: Box of Divine Treasures chocolates. Red velvet pancakes at Champs Diner A box of Dun-well Doughnuts Happy Valentine’s Day!
May 11, 2014
Dewy mornings in the backyard are a weekend highlight. During the week I leave atĀ sunrise. So although I get to watch the sunrise from the train platform, I can’t check in on the Spring goings-on in the backyard. On the weekend I can seeĀ Ā all theĀ activities. Foraging ants, specks of umber Read more…
February 13, 2014
Now that I don’t live in Brooklyn anymore, I’m a visitor. And I am kind of glad I can leave after tasting a newish vegan option in the middle of a once-working class or once-industrial area now overrun by hipster locusts. So I can take the food and run. And Read more…
December 29, 2013
Essex, on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, is a huge brunch destination. It must be listed in the NFT GuideĀ 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…
January 13, 2013
After another day of moving stuff at my apartment, a well-earned lunch at Bliss Grand. I wanted to come back for their Seitan Taquito. I ordered the large plate which included sauteed greens. The dish as a whole was super-salty. Ā The greens and the Daiya-filled taquito needed something to balance Read more…
January 7, 2012
I first noticedĀ Dun-Well‘s doughnuts popping up at Bone Shakers in my neighborhood in Brooklyn quite some time ago. Since the dapper vegan doughnut duo have raised their fundraising goal onĀ IndiegogoĀ & opened their very own space on Montrose avenue in East Williamsburg. It took me several weeks to check the place Read more…
May 1, 2011
Organic Village‘s Shiitake-Veg āBurgerā. Quite good for a raw version of a burger, however, after horrendous service I’ll likely not return to this place. We ate in the car so to escape the mess of stress within the tiny restaurant. Finally tried Dun-Well Doughnuts at Champs Family Bakery, which is Read more…