November 24, 2020
I don’t know how it is possible after years and years of blogging that I don’t have more 𝕾𝖊𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖓 puns on here! In fact the only one I could find was a two-sentence post that was referencing The White Stripes album… in 2007. So now, a post totally dedicated to Read more…
December 21, 2019
I am pleased to present to you Battle 10! And to its victor–an enthusiastic welcome to the Championship Round, the last Battle of The Vegan Victuals Fried Chicken Showdown. It has been a spectacular run. Reviewing the brackets, I am confident that the final battle has two of the bests Read more…
November 27, 2019
With this Battle 8, the semi-finals are officially set! Are you as excited as I am? I feel really great about the state of these brackets, but I don’t look forward having to ultimately eliminate 3 of the 4 semi-finalist fried chicken sandwiches. But let me slow my roll. Battle Read more…
November 24, 2019
I’m getting a jump on my angel hunting, beginning with Angel Olsen at Brooklyn Steel last night, opening up a broader interpretation of this I’ve decided annual series. It is hard to resist. I am extremely choosy with who I see live these days. If you would tell the teenager Read more…
November 8, 2019
With an ever-growing field of vegan fried chicken at my fingertips, I made an addition to my brackets. I had to. After hearing the vegan fried chicken sandwich at Bushwick’s new all-vegan bar and event space Gradient was house made, I told my friend to meet me there… because unless Read more…
July 7, 2019
I’ve appreciated the burger wizardry of Chickpea & Olive for many years… and was excited to try Sol Sips, an all-vegan eatery in Bushwick owned by a 23 year old that has a lot of buzz. But this is a vegan victuals food battle! It’s the food that does the Read more…
December 4, 2018
What did you think? That I could be a mile and a half away from a rural cemetery all day and not head directly through its gates when finally free from my school visit in East New York? Established in the 1849, Evergreens Cemetery is a rural cemetery on the border Read more…
November 5, 2018
Before I go on about how this fried “chicken” sandwich tasted, here are some hues from a Sunday in which the Autumn sun blazed glorious beams. Let’s follow them out and about. First, they crept into my basement apartment as I prepared my lunch for the week, making this radish Read more…
October 3, 2018
Why do we praise what is logical and reasonable? When have these things ignited your heart and imagination? Stepping into this elementary school library in Bushwick, Brooklyn, I was struck by the the questions posed by its students all about the walls. Within each, Hope–in the form of curiosity, innocence, Read more…
June 25, 2016
Match #4 of the V.V. Burger Showdown Semi-Finals: Brooklyn Born. Toad Style vs. Cafe Ghia We are nearing the end. With a new summer brings another new burger battle. There is no rest for the vegan eats these days. But before a new beginning, an end. Each burger in this battle has made Read more…
December 17, 2015
Match #8 of the V.V. Burger Showdown: The Battle of Charmed Timing. Cafe Ghia vs. Cinnamon Snail Gentrification surrounding the L-train stops has been happening for decades. 20 years ago, as a straggly teenager who frequented the original Domesy’s Warehouse on Kent, I walked through Williamsburg’s then shady streets to pay for my Read more…
August 11, 2015
The Burger Showdown continues with the first Brooklyn showdown: Toad Style vs. Champs Family Diner Just when my burger brackets were set, along comes Toad Style‘s all-vegan menu, batting its housemade cheese and sage butter and lime aioli. Those kinds of words indicate an eatery who not only make but love food. Throw Read more…
February 13, 2014
Now that I don’t live in Brooklyn anymore, I’m a visitor. And I am kind of glad I can leave after tasting a newish vegan option in the middle of a once-working class or once-industrial area now overrun by hipster locusts. So I can take the food and run. And Read more…
July 16, 2011
I had one of the most tasty meals I’ve had in a long time at Bushwick’s Arepera Guacuco. The restaurant serves fresh and flavorful Venezuelan food that, at first glance, doesn’t seems to have many vegetarian options. But our friendly and knowledgable waiter told us that they can make anything we Read more…
May 5, 2011
Pine Box Rock Shop, a vegan-owned and operated bar in Brooklyn, hosted a special Cinco de Mayo feast, courtesy of Yummy Eats [a pop-up restaurant] and Verily Baked Goods [an impressive baker that does both omni and vegan treats]. Here was the impressive pre-fixe: Having the choice of two appetizers, Read more…
July 30, 2010
It’s about time I got myself to Stogo, New York City’s all-vegan gourmet ice cream shop. To escape the debilitating heat and humidity, CandyPenny and I ducked into the East Village storefront’s huge people-watching windows to cool down with their soy, hemp and coconut-based frozen treats. Stogo has some wonderful Read more…
