Browsing:

Tag: tahini

And So Are the Days of Our Lives…

This year, the summer seems endless. I never know what day is and thus time is passing in giant chunks of leisure. This is my daily life right now. Until it isn’t. So I am basking. Above, an amazing tempeh rib special from Red Fern. Cornbread, sweet potato mash, pilaf Read more…


Random About Rochester

With a friend in town, we had to see some sites and we had to eat well! So first, Red Fern–with wide ranging dishes and sweet treats, it’s a vegan go-to. I took a risk on the special, the po’ boy made with battered soy curls. It was tasty but Read more…


St. George Vegan Eats

Ok, so part of the reason I was so psyched about St. George, Utah was the vegan options. Starting with a good breakfast that hits all the notes from Gaia’s Garden Cafe… The Buddha Toast with avocado, curried chickpeas, radish, cilantro & house-made tahini dressing on Organic artisan sourdough. Just 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…


flora
Westhampton Beach, Long Island

Though the lone vegan option at flora was outstanding, one might think that there might be more than one option… because, you know, “flora.” Plants. But let’s focus on the positive. They make a high quality option where there is a bit of a dearth. The Seasonal Berry Spritz is Read more…


Lots of Vegan Food in Rochester, NY {Part 9}

More vegan food reporting from Rochester! Though there are some oldies but goodies included, there are some notable new recommendations as I eat my way through the Flour City. Unlike many eateries in New York City, most eateries in Rochester have thoughtful vegan options on their omni-menus. Sure, they’ve got Read more…


Vegan Pizza Wars ๐Ÿ•
Rochester, New York

Swan Dive is a hip bar that happens to have some pretty outstanding vegan options. I appreciate a completely cheeseless, or marinara pie–especially when each component hits with simple perfection. Pillowy crust dreamy enough to make this a filling pie despite no hearty toppings. If I had to make a Read more…


รผbergeek Brewery &
Eat Me, Drink Me Food Truck

A couple of quick stops as we deeply explore Long Island’s food and beverage options! รผbergeek Brewery is an all-vegan brewery with some delicious beer offerings. And because the name of the brews are always part of the fun: existential meltdown is a vibe: raspberry, blackberry and vanilla fruit tart Read more…


A Few Bites At Industry City

Commiseration with fellow teachers at the end of the summer is a must. Industry City is a great meeting spot… for good food and good drinks. I was happy to see that Ayat is now there, one of my favorite falafel spots. And a beautiful lemonade, garnished to the 9’s. Read more…


Eating Time

I’m so pleased a place like Lively is so close to my job. Good healthy eats are readily available. Here is my Green Sandwich–Gluten free bread, kale, collard greens, spinach, celery, cucumber, chickpeas, almond, olive oil, and vegan mayo. And that delicious tahini bite that I now think taste a Read more…


Winter Torpor

To follow, stockpiles of food for the long winter! I must have taken this very same picture at least 20 times. I just love a cooling batch of chocolate chip cookies… Convinced work peeps to join me for vegan sandwiches from Renegades of Sunset, Brooklyn’s best vegan option. It’s so Read more…


Winter In Effect

A healthy start, the artistic cross-section of the cabbage. Greens. My salad with tons of detoxifying veggies with a yummy avocado dressing. There’s your booster right there. I think I would seriously hire someone to peel my pomegranates seeds. It’s so labor-intensive! Christmas is all boxed up. Walking to my Read more…


All the Foods

Lots of cookie dough for special cookie deliveries to Rochester & West Palm Beach ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿช๐Ÿ’› I am loving my cookie scooper Check out these beauties Birthday cupcakes for my work ex-wife And a special pick-me-up in the middle of the chaos of middle school teaching… That Lively bite I love Read more…


Work Sweetness

Determined to survive this school year, I have to cherish what aids my survival… area sweet treats, my new team and work time shenanigans. To start, a huge vegan chocolate chip scone and oat milk scone from Roots Cafe before I discovered it had two ants crawling on it. Doh! Read more…


Misplaced Mermaids ๐Ÿงœโ€โ™€๏ธ at
๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š ๐•น๐–Š๐–œ ๐–„๐–”๐–—๐– ๐•ฝ๐–Š๐–“๐–†๐–Ž๐–˜๐–˜๐–†๐–“๐–ˆ๐–Š ๐•ฑ๐–†๐–Ž๐–—๐–Š ๐Ÿฐ โš”๐Ÿ›ก (2021)

Though it was Time Travelers Weekend at ๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š ๐•น๐–Š๐–œ ๐–„๐–”๐–—๐– ๐•ฝ๐–Š๐–“๐–†๐–Ž๐–˜๐–˜๐–†๐–“๐–ˆ๐–Š ๐•ฑ๐–†๐–Ž๐–—๐–Š I’d be representing my mermaid wares! You see my dear mermaid friend was no longer available to go to Pirate Weekend, our original goal. Not wanting to waste a promotional opportunity, we mermaided up for a day at Read more…


Scenes From a Summer

And just like that… August. Traveling since the end of school, it has been nice returning to my bed. Yes, I took a picture of my reunion with my bed after roughing it so much on the road. Other home goals was finally getting my craft desk built and my Read more…


Vegan Best of the Boroughs ๐Ÿ†
Chocolate Chip Cookie in Manhattan
Seven Grams Caffe

๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฅ๐“ฎ๐“ฐ๐“ช๐“ท ๐“‘๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“‘๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ฐ๐“ฑ๐“ผ, ๐“œ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ท So there are these pillowy vegan chocolate chip cookies at Seven Grams Caffe. This morning, as I drank my morning coffee and scrolled through Instagram mindlessly, the images of their ooey gooeyness wound up reshuffling my entire Manhattan itinerary. When I arrived at Read more…


Scenes from a Quarantine, Part 13

Welcome back to my Scenes From a Quarantine series! Because 2020 said so. Convinced of this being a short-term predicament, let us continue to embrace the bizarre of this before it is buried in our collective memories. O.G. vegan: Bean curd with broccoli in garlic sauce with vegetable fried rice. Read more…


More Water Appreciation,
New York City Waterways

First: Coffee, then Kayak. What am I saying, I have been in a kayak exactly twice in my life, including this time. ๐Ÿ˜‚ And just like the first time, I barely contributed anything to the rowing process. Water: I just enjoy being around it, within in, on top of it–any Read more…


Scenes From a Quarantine, Part 5

Here are the latest highlights from the Quarantine cafe! First in the bakery, my failed sourdough starter. It was bubbling nice and fine, but I accidentally killed it. I’m starting another tomorrow, because… persistence. Next a stop at the bar before I’m seated at the best seat in the house. Read more…


The Cookies Must Go On

I was happy to stumble upon a new vegan chocolate chip cookie recipe when I realized I had no more sweet bites to eat, in between all my other eating. You see, they’ve got tahini in ’em! And I just happen to have a little less than 1/3 cup of 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…


I Drove All Day.
Day 4 in Texas

When you drive all day, the path of your thoughts can be amusing. Like this morning–I took a picture of this stop sign in Marfa before I hit the road. I thought I could get it printed all nice and big for my classroom. But as the day progressed, the Read more…


A Few Vegan Bites in N.H. & V.T.

In case you are ever near Nashua, New Hampshire and are a vegan on a road trip, let me tell you how perfectly Pressed Cafe will serve your breakfast purposes. First, good coffee. Bring in your thermos to top it of so you are good for the rest of the Read more…


Veg-Heavy in Greenpoint, Brooklyn (& No A**holes)

Along the perimeter of McCarren Park in Greenpoint, is a hot new veg-heavy eatery and “farm brewery,”ย Annicka. It sources veggies and brews locally… and they also claim they have a “no a**holes” policy!ย  I met a friend to bask in the sun of their outdoor seating, ready for some delicious Read more…


England’s Dreaming–High Tea and Tourist Attractions

We are in London for many reasons. One of them is as tourists, another, for me, is as a vegan travel blogger. These two purposes would make up day one of our stay. Though jet-lagged and robbed of hours to sleep by the time difference, we joined the masses on Read more…