April 1, 2021
Vegan Collective Kitchen is a shared space in West Palm Beach where vegan merchants sell their goodies. When we pulled up into the unassuming parking lot I had no idea how much deliciousness lay steps away. My first selection was the Kindness Batters Creme Eggs. With Easter just a few Read more…
March 27, 2021
With the coming of Spring, I am drawn out of my apartment… and happy to see so many “vegan” signs everywhere. First at Little Cupcake Bakeshop, a new vegan option: the Red Velvet. It was most certainly red! But I didn’t taste any cocoa at all unfortunately. And there was Read more…
March 17, 2021
It was one year ago that New York City began a lockdown. I had just said goodbye to my classroom and, like everyone else, had to worry about stocking up for a quarantine, amongst other worry. In mourning, I captured my classroom knowing the great unknown would alter all variables. Read more…
March 8, 2021
Slowly, very slowly, more simple collective pleasures seem to be surfacing. The streets of New York City, once jarringly empty, have been bustling with a long-gone energy. And I am reminded of how strong a “character” setting can be in a story, a powerful entity impacting all characters. Ok, ok, Read more…
January 24, 2021
I am so pleased that a lot of the new vegan options sprouting up in New York City are so high quality. Vegans deserve the best given how much good their lifestyle brings–to personal health, the environment and of course to animals. We deserve better than a Beyond Burger offering Read more…
January 16, 2021
๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ช๐ท ๐๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐ป๐ธ๐พ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ผ, ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ช๐ท 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…
December 14, 2020
The vegan options at Copiague Bakery are the kind of vegan options I love. Unpretentious and unlikely vegan options that seem available quite randomly. I arrived thinking I’d get a simple cupcake and be on my way… but their sweets grabbed me by the hand in a stroll down memory Read more…
October 24, 2020
๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ช๐ท ๐๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐ป๐ธ๐พ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ผ, ๐๐ป๐ธ๐ธ๐ด๐ต๐๐ท Welcome to my series that highlights the very best vegan foods in New York City’s boroughs. While vegan options are popping up all over, this series focuses on the non-dairy cream of the crop, options that raise the bar for vegan food and Read more…
October 21, 2020
As I am wont to do, I spent my birthday far away–far from obligations to others and doing exactly what brings me joy. This joy will be the subject matter of the next posts as I packed my itinerary so full of wonder–battling the year’s chaos, upheaval and misery. It’d Read more…
July 20, 2020
Despite the continuing of restrictions, I try to get out often and stay busy–but safely. And since my car is not mine anymore, I have been sampling all kinds of mass transit. My favorite: The Ferry. My bike, here, at the Brooklyn Army Terminal when I missed a ferry. And Read more…
July 2, 2020
I have only been to Indiana once before in 2014 and was looking forward to reporting on vegan eats. But my best food plans needed to be flexible considering the current pandemic and what it has done to supply and demand of vegan options. Here is what I wanted to Read more…
June 24, 2020
This handwritten sign caught my eye as I hobbled along 3rd avenue with my laundry bag. Yes, Paneantico Bakery enthusiastically announcing vegan pastry options. After hobbling back without my laundry bag, I discover they now carry Vegan Treats goodies. So I had to partake! I love me a real bakery Read more…
March 7, 2020
I am one visit away from the Union Square Greenmarket being one of my official Favorite Things. It’s like a living gallery with tactile and tasty displays… plus real-life, non-pretentious folk from mostly upper New York… They’re not playing some role. They’re farmers and makers, by merit and not by Read more…
March 1, 2020
I am happy to report on some new vegan options on Long Island. Starting with Sweet Soul Bakery in St. James, an all-vegan bakery utilizing real and natural ingredient goodness. The result: deliciousness. I tried the vanilla cupcake with chocolate frosting after basking in all the v-vombs. The cake was Read more…
February 20, 2020
Vegan By Victoria’s is an all-vegan panaderรญa in an unassuming strip mall in Santa Ana, California. Inside, a variety of authentic Mexican pastries as pleasing to the eye as they are to the tongue. Now stepping into an all-vegan establishment is exciting as it is… but an all-vegan panaderรญa? I Read more…
October 5, 2019
One thing I like about the onset of Fall is I can tolerate a day of errands in Manhattan. Manhattan that is so steamy and unbearable in the summer. For fuel first, Michaeli Bakery on the Lower East Side. The namesake is for pastry chef Adir Michaeli, former head of Read more…
October 4, 2019
It’s about time Baked By Melissa, home of the two bite tie-dyed cupcake, expanded its line to include vegan flavors. And since I had never had cause to eat their stuff until now, I wasn’t sure how many of them little things would be appropriate for my appetite. I opted Read more…
August 25, 2019
The potential of one day is pretty mind-blowing. Waking up in our adorable green pastel RV in Key Largo’s Sunset Cove Resort we headed to the renowned John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the country’s first undersea park. Though our snorkeling tour had been cancelled the previous day due to Read more…
August 21, 2019
Today would take me to my 25th National Park! The only one of Florida’s three National Parks that is accessible by car, Everglades National Park. I also start my quick journey East. But first, a healthy breakfast at Delicious Raw Kitchen & Juice Bar in Naples. Like the name implies, Read more…
