June 22, 2020
Oh, how I love to begin to smell the ripening bananas in my fruit bowl! Though they most often become my oatmeal, chocolate marble banana bread is an old favorite from Isa Does It. Chocolate and banana are a flavor duo I really enjoy. And so photogenic!
May 18, 2019
Stir fries (frys?) are the perfect solution for refrigerator turnover. Besides having the opportunity to make your stir fry exactly to your tastes, you can throw all sorts of things in that have been taking up space. I chose broccoli and a lot of it because I believe there are Read more…
March 29, 2019
With a hectic weekend, a hectic upcoming week and a hectic next weekend… and the weekend after that and into Spring Break, I have to forcefully find moments to catch my breath. Even on my usual low key Friday I have to manufacture that Sunday urgency of taking care of Read more…
January 14, 2018
Ok, so I tried another ancient buzz-worthy grain: Teff. Teff means “lost” in Amharic… because it’s so damn tiny. Each grain is like a third the size of a single quinoa seed. First originating in Ethiopia and Eritrea between 4,000 B.C.E. and 1,000 B.C.E. , it’s one of those cool ancient Read more…
January 1, 2017
Did you know that Pillsbury Crescent Rolls are “accidentally” vegan? This I learned after realizing I didn’t have enough time to make vegan puff pastry dough from scratch to make Pigs in a Blanket with the Field Roast breakfast links we picked up. So I took the shortcut for an easy Read more…
November 4, 2015
With autumn comes a whole new set of seasonal veggies. I anticipate this change in the fruit and vegetable racks in my local grocer like how some other do clothing lines, a new sneaker, or tickets for whatever millennial-deep (puddle) marketing exec-made “musician” who doesn’t play or write music who’s Read more…
May 15, 2015
A while ago, Vegan Cuts gave me a full sized bag of brown rice noodles. I hate to have things sit around too long, so I decided to make Pad Thai for my lunch this week. There are a ton of vegan Pad Thai recipes out there, but I trust Read more…
April 9, 2015
One can measure the the veg-friendliness of a city on many things. I suppose I have my own algorithm. Part of my measure: if vegan options penetrate mainstream “normy” places, like sports stadiums and airports. So in both of these arenas, San Francisco is decidedly veg-friendly. AT&T Park (where the SF Giants Read more…
February 2, 2015
My sister and I planned a trip to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania this past weekend–nerdy mini road trip to watch the prognostication of the famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil. I was all ready to write an article about the hailed groundhog’s living conditions and how the associated hullabaloo impedes on his natural existence… while partaking Read more…
November 11, 2014
I trust Isa Chandra Moskowitz. Not just because she’s got punk cred I can relate to–like pen pal-ing with MRR (which, I’m shocked to learn, is still in publication and has a Twitter), “salad days” of all-ages punk shows, zine culture and the general coolness associated with the proximity to Read more…