November 29, 2021
Lots of cookie dough for special cookie deliveries to Rochester & West Palm Beach 💛🍪💛 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…
November 7, 2021
As long as I can remember I’ve tried to find the best parts of Long Island. From when I barreled down the parkway eastbound in search of wonder in my Chevy Citation as a teenager to now, uncovering shenanigans with a Brooklyn expat who shares my same adventurous spirit, one Read more…
October 23, 2021
Finally, all the vegan food from my Rochester trip! Starting at Balsam Bagels, which offers next level vegan options like more than 10 varieties of vegan cream cheese, Just Egg breakfast sandwiches with their house made coconut bacon, vegan bagel dogs and carrot lox, as well as vegan sweet treats. Read more…
October 9, 2021
Though the Upper West Side’s Tiki Chick isn’t my kind of tiki bar (“my” meaning grimy, with retro credibility, not on the Upper West Side, etc) it is a version of a tiki bar, a kind I just have to embrace given my coordinates. And they’ve got a vegan sandwich Read more…
August 25, 2021
Happy to be right across the street from Cider Belly Doughnuts for ease of breakfast fulfillment–for both vegans and not-vegans. Also, an oat milk latte from Dunkin’ because of convenience. I bought two for me… thinking I’d have one now and later. Buuuut, it was more now and now on Read more…
August 7, 2021
I love me a menu with marked vegan options! Barrow Food House makes it easy to see the makings of a tasty vegan meal in an area with no all-vegan eateries. With some adjustments, we were satisfied in our bellies… but not necessarily in our wallets. Let’s start with our Read more…
July 24, 2021
I was home for a minute when I received a message about the night’s Brooklyn Cyclones game… a limited edition bobblehead my Mom would flip for was being offered and it was… Vegan Night. So, I decided to jump right back into New York City, right into the concentrated dose Read more…
June 30, 2021
Carlee’s Place has been serving the Borrego Springs community since 2010… but it seems longer. The place is timeless, cradling a familiarity and ambiance that is inexplicably comforting. So it is wonderful to see the “vegan” markings on its menu! First, a Coke. It’s been years since I had a Read more…
April 1, 2021
Plant Based Mafia is a new all-vegan eatery in Southern Florida. And they “don’t whack animals. They whack plants.” 💚 🇮🇹 They had a dish I just had to get… because I have never seen anything quite like it. The Italian Coronary is two veggie burgers stuffed with caramelized onions Read more…
March 20, 2021
I treated myself to a little bit of burger chaos as a reward for a week well done. Wanting more of Mrs. Goldfarb’s Unreal Deli Corn’d Beef, I headed to Next Level Burger for a Thicc Boi: One of their mushroom quinoa patties (substituted the Beyond patty), Mrs. Goldfarb’s Unreal Read more…
November 15, 2020
I try to not eat garbage that often, though I do sometimes… even report on it here. But in general I’m not a fan of super-processed meat analogs, thickener-packed super-processed vegan cheese products, fast food companies’ new “vegan” offerings—garbage… vegan garbage. But Lekka Burger doesn’t make no junk. So let’s Read more…
October 3, 2020
I’ve realized that intellectual compatibility is the only way to be ushered past all my diligent guards. But beyond the gates… rewards well worth the usual frustration, hassle and disappointment of having said standards. Within these states of understanding, the exchange of thoughts and ideas is, to me, the most Read more…
April 11, 2020
I can’t just let some fantastic pickles sit there in the fridge. And since I processed the rest of those over-cooked slow cooker veggies, turning them into veggie burgers, I needed some buns, hun. So after a quick search, this recipe for pretzel buns. Though they didn’t rock my world Read more…
January 28, 2020
A day of teacher professional development is like a little vacation. You get to sleep later, it usually takes place in some part of New York City you’re not often in, and… jeans/sneakers. Downtown Manhattan is one of my favorite hoods to be in for PD. For the views, I Read more…
January 15, 2020
Even though I am vegan I have long followed mainstream foodie media sources as I understood what they seemed to not: vegan food is not weird, that everybody on the entire Earth eats vegan food on a daily basis, and its time in the spotlight was a-coming. How could it Read more…
December 28, 2019
So delighted to have a chance to bask in the positive vibes inside Next Stop Vegan‘s space in the Parkchester section of the Bronx. I had previously tried their food at the Bronx Night Market in 2018, so I was hoping to try something new on their menu. But getting Read more…
November 30, 2019
With an errand on Staten Island, I made an entire itinerary revolving around vegan food! First, a new all-vegan lounge and cafe in Concord section, TRI Lounge & Cafe that is. This new vegan spot has its sights set on being a thriving art space for the community, as well Read more…
November 17, 2019
With my fried chicken battle in mind, I chose an opportunistic visit to Honeybee’s, now in the space once occupied by Cienfuegos above Mother of Pearl. Honeybee’s, a bourbon and rye bar slash barbecue, is one of Ravi DaRossi’s empire of all-vegan eateries, as are the other two listed above. Read more…
October 14, 2019
A big and warm welcome to Staten Island’s first vegan cafe, Love Earth! I’m so glad I stumbled upon their space under construction this past summer. Now that they are up and running and I, oddly, had plans in the Charleston section of Staten Island, I just had to give Read more…
August 14, 2019
At some point, as I sat in the vacant astronomy field across the street, the traffic in the parking lot of the public stargazing field of Cherry Spring State Park died down. There was darkness above, yes, but it was blanketed by a murky sheet of heavy overcast. Underneath it Read more…
July 13, 2019
After a whirlwind, a ton of pictures from the Atlantic City Vegan Food Festival at the Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City. Enjoying a break between responsibilities. Another break when I gambled away $20, because: Atlantic City. Get the vegan message! Peanut Principle in Albany, New York Gangster Vegan Organics. I Read more…
July 9, 2019
This is perfect summer eating. I am floored by my latest meal at Bay Ridge’s Beets & Carrots, an unassuming food-first eatery with elevated standards. With one chef caring for all of the meals served, expect beautifully plated, flavor-packed dishes that make you forget you’re just a short walk away Read more…
June 29, 2019
Vegan food, Coney Island, fireworks and old friends? This is a recipe for summer fun! I am happy to attend year two of Brooklyn Cyclones Vegan Night. Actually their season is bookended with two, that’s right, two Vegan Nights. But with Marty V‘s being in the stadium for the entire Read more…
February 22, 2019
A few confused turns into the heart of an automotive industrial complex in Travis and you will find a winery, Staten Island Winery. A lively passion project for proprietor Bob Rando, the space is a unique place to stumble upon. Punctual teachers with an itinerary, we set up at the Read more…
February 17, 2019
In Somerville is Arts at the Armory, who just so happened to be hosting a vegan shop-up as I was passing through. Well then. Don’t mind if I do… I was pretty much famished, which made finding parking and dealing with the crowds a bit trying. But it was love Read more…
December 27, 2018
It took me a while to finally eat the vegan burger at Beets & Carrots in Bay Ridge. They had foie gras on the menu… and veal. The production of these two “foods” are reprehensible to this vegan. Both of these items are now off their regular menu, though a Read more…