February 6, 2022
I have been stalking Vice Doughnuts & Coffee on the Instagram for quite some time. Vegan doughtnuts made fresh with organic ingredients on my ol’ stomping ground–Long Island. Arriving before a long formed behind me, I got a box of 6 of their vegan doughnuts and a oatmilk cortado and Read more…
February 1, 2022
I’m pretty motivated to uncover all the best vegan food in Rochester, New York. And my list continues to grow… well beyond the well known all-vegan eateries. On this most recent visit, I started with Hollycake House, a new all-vegan eatery and bakery. I got the California Bagel Breakfast Sandwich–Just Read more…
January 22, 2022
Straight out of Long Island is a new vegan business that I never would have imagined existing when I went vegan almost 25 years ago on said island. Veg On Board offers all-vegan charcuterie that looks as amazing as it tastes. I picked up one of their showstoppers on a Read more…
January 19, 2022
I am happy to report that I have been reporting on Divine Treasures in Manchester, Connecticut for 10 years now! Their quality is through the roof. Everything they make–chocolates, soft serve, cheeses–is so beyond anything happening in New York City. Yes. This strip mall shop off the interstate in Manchester, Read more…
January 17, 2022
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…
January 12, 2022
When I arrived at the subway station to head home from work, I saw I had 28 minutes to wait for the next train. This was what had me walking the 9 blocks to the local Kentucky Fried Chicken to sample their vegan offering: The 6 piece Beyond Nuggets Combo. Read more…
January 8, 2022
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…
January 7, 2022
Finding a place to get a drink before 5pm is kind of a difficult mission in Manhattan now. It is a little cringey how the pandemic has altered it so. So this is chips and guacamole and an overpriced drink from the only place we could find that was open Read more…
January 2, 2022
I am slowly working my way to all of the eateries on my vegan Rochester list. So here’s my second run-down. 😋 An old school diner with vegan options, as you likely know if you are a reader of my blog, is one of my favorite things to report on! Read more…
December 12, 2021
Flora Plant Food + Drink in West Hartford was a welcome respite from braving the cold winds in several abandoned sites. This is a brunch menu one falls in love with before a visit… you start planning what to get to not squander the opportunity. Wanting to hit all the Read more…
December 11, 2021
This is one of my favorite types of eateries… great, thoughtful breakfast selections done well with minimal packaged processed food on the menu. The Stand Vegan Cafe in Fairfield, Connecticut does it right. My Seitan Bagel Sandwich, an everything with maple-mustard marinated seitan, grilled tofu, chive cashew spread, and tarragon Read more…
December 4, 2021
The holidays in New York City are back! That means the places like the Union Square Holiday Market are jam-packed with merry-seekers in pre-Covid fashion. Naturally you will need to feed yourself special treats for enduring the mob. I was happy to discover Macaron Parlour and their many vegan macarons Read more…
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 28, 2021
It’s pretty fantastic that vegan breakfast options are becoming so widespread. For the decades I’ve been vegan, a morning bite was often not easy to be found. To follow, some easy and satisfying bites in between creative tasks. First, the Vegan Egg Sandwich from Hampton Coffee Company in Montauk, Long Read more…
November 16, 2021
Sky from plane. Welcome cauliflower tacos from Cholo Soy Cantina in West Palm Beach. 😎 😎 Delicious salad from Green Zebra in Sarasota, Florida. Their famous Raw Pancake… dehydrated banana pancake made from hemp seeds, chia seeds, cashew, and flax served with cashew cream, strawberry chia coulis, and fresh banana Read more…
November 15, 2021
Attention all-vegan eateries far and wide, I will get to you all eventually. This day, it was Paisley Vegan Kitchen in Melbourne, Florida. Deviled Potatoes.. . red potatoes piped with deviled egg filling and topped with green onion and paprika Cute and yummy The Crispy Chicken Sandwich.. . seitan was Read more…
Minty Z is home to one of the most impressive version of seitan wings I’ve ever had. I was blown away, in general, by the extensive and scrumptious menu. I highly recommend tolerating an evening in the brash Coconut Grove for some pretty spectacular vegan dim sum. First, the Cuban Read more…
With a high quality menu that hits all the notes with sky-high attention to detail and quality, Christopher’s Kitchen in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida is the perfect destination for any craving you may entertain. On this particular evening it was nutrient-dense salads and a spectacular nut cheese plate. Here, my Read more…
L’Artisane Bakery & Bistro in Miami, Florida is just perfection. I might have said, as I ate my Avocado Toast Croissant, “This is the best vegan thing I ever ate.” And as I took more bites, I may have said it again. Just look: This was my Dulce de Leche Read more…
November 8, 2021
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn has a magical eatery… an eatery with high standards–ingredients, technique, presentation. Labeled as “farm to table” and “New American,” Beets & Carrots never disappoints. A late celebration of our respective birthdays was all the occasion Ang and I needed to treat ourselves to a special meal. Here 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…
November 5, 2021
How is it November, just a couple of months away from the new year? Every year seems to go faster and faster. Here, some shots in time… things I’ve eaten within time. A beautiful morning Treat Me Thursday at my new favorite coffee shop on the way to work: Yardsale. Read more…
November 2, 2021
A few years ago I said I’d go hard on trying all the Thanksgiving sandwich specials–I’m going to try to do that this year because I really enjoy them. Running into Downtown Brooklyn’s Next Level Burger for a bite to bring on the Long Island Rail Road, I was pleased Read more…
October 30, 2021
Haab in Williamsburg, Brooklyn has a nice chunk of vegan options on its menu. Perfect for a last blast of sweet sunshine before Autumn freezes over in characteristic quickness. Seeing my ol’ pal after I get my hair cut is a new tradition since it’s really the only time I Read more…
October 29, 2021
The feeling of a Friday, its salvation, had been lost for awhile–the landmark it had been to the week, the sense of survival and accomplishment imparted to meeting it and the collective bask of joy from fellow soldiers. The crumbs we are doled while oiling a big, unwieldy machine. Cookies 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…