June 29, 2023
Can you believe I’ve never been to Jersey City? A quick trip for to Gaia & Loki, an all-vegan eatery in the city’s restaurant row, would prove its worth tenfold. Once in the gorgeous space, we started with the fried cauliflower. Though cauliflower is the new it appetizer, Gaia & Read more…
September 24, 2022
The North Fork Shack has a great vegan sandwich option that really hits the spot after a long day in the sun at the Merry Merfolk Festival. The S.L.T. is shiitake mushroom, lettuce and tomato… and avocado, minus the lemon-aioli to make it vegan. It was nice to see the Read more…
August 20, 2022
{Warning: This is long. Just scroll down for the food if you’re not wanting the idiot’s guide to visiting and eating vegan in Madrid.} Simply put, the vegan food in Madrid is plentiful and outstanding. From the moment of my arrival to the time I boarded a high speed train Read more…
May 8, 2022
I followed this fantastic recipe from Loving It Vegan to make my mother a cake on her special day. And I am happy to report that I did not scrape my knuckles on the grater while I grated the carrot that is the predominant source of moisture for the recipe. Read more…
February 22, 2021
As I continue to chomp on new vegan sandwich options across New York City, my next offering: The Spicy Peanut Sandwich from Rolo’s in Ridgewood, a new eatery from cred-backed chefs who have a clear passion for high quality food and excellent service. Of course their vegan sandwich option would Read more…
August 15, 2020
Peekaboo Canyon in Kanab, Utah offers clearly labelled vegan pizza and burger options. Shying away from packaged vegan cheese, I got the Something Special with their housemade basil pesto, roasted tomatoes and artichokes. It was so good–reminded me a bit of an old staple I used to eat years ago, Read more…
August 11, 2018
When I visit a place, I look into its history, find its hidden goodies, look at with curiosity and hunger. Doesn’t your home deserve this level of attention to detail, if not more? Determined to not take home for granted and to claim it as all my own, I explored Read more…
March 15, 2018
With winter on its way out and my second New Years Polar Bear Plunge thwarted by severely cold weather (first here), it was our duty to get in the beloved ocean. And it would be easy to get into Brighton Beach in Brooklyn as my friend lives right on top of Read more…
July 24, 2017
Despite being pretty organized and calculated in many areas of my life, there are other areas in which I am reckless, irrational, and possibly quite stupid. Eh, definitely quite stupid. One minor example of this is how I go veggie-crazy at farmers markets. I buy what looks good without regard, Read more…
October 21, 2016
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…
November 6, 2014
Queens is more often an in-between. But once my bookmarked leads were a bit brimming, it was time to purge with a vegan tour of Queens, starting at Richmond Hill’s Veggie Castle, the Queens version of the long defunct Veggie Castle on Flatbush avenue in Brooklyn. I feel lucky to have experienced Read more…
August 24, 2014
In my quest of reporting vegan eats near and far, I have grown quite adept at planning trips with maximum “umph.” To follow, my most recent excursion to Philadelphia by way of the Jersey Shore, two destinations with thriving vegan options. In the interest of my hazy Sunday head, I Read more…
May 11, 2014
Happy Mothers Day! By special Mom request, carrot cake! I guess my first time baking carrot cake was a success. When I asked my mom what kind of cake she wanted, carrot cake was the choice. All out of cupcake liners, I made a layer cake… which, unfortunately, decided it Read more…
April 24, 2014
Transitioning back to Eastern Standard Time, I got myself back into the kitchen… for a sense of normalcy. I whipped up two types of cupcakes for an Easter event. First, these gluten-free beauties, VCTOTW‘s recipe. With a huge bag of coconut from the Indian grocer, I opted to top these springy Read more…