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…
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…
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 15, 2021
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…
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 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 11, 2021
I love food names that have propositional phrases. And ever since I saw this post, I wanted to try a vegan version of a Frog in a Hole slash Egg in the Basket! I whipped up this super-easy chickpea omelet base, chopped some fresh veggies and picked up some VioLife Read more…
October 9, 2021
Returning to Brooklyn via the Outer Bridge Crossing, I hightailed it to Eltingville’s Pastosa location on Staten Island during peak Sunday dinner time. And though my little rental car was subsequently blocked in on all sides in their little parking lot, the need to re-up my ravioli stock was of Read more…
October 7, 2021
After hearing of the vegan option’s at Cecconi’s gorgeous DUMBO space overlooking both the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, it went straight to the top of my Brooklyn list. But first, a stroll in the late afternoon sun. With a reservation, we got the option to nab one of their outdoor Read more…
September 19, 2021
Out of New York City’s 5 boroughs, the longest list of vegan options to check out is in Manhattan. But this morning, with a photographic mission in the borough, I crossed one off my list: UT47 Kitchen in Hell’s Kitchen. As I walked in I was immediately struck by tons Read more…
August 27, 2021
Sometimes, when I read a menu, I fall in love with a vegan sandwich option. I imagine it in my hands. And because “Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul” (Edward Abbey, but read via graffiti in abandoned hospital), I headed over to the eatery as soon as 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
Jack Jack’s Coffee House in Babylon serves up all-vegan breakfast eats from Veggie Head Kitchen. What is different about these offerings is that they don’t heavily rely on simply combining packaged products. The B.E.C. is made from tofu scramble, portobello bacon, and coconut milk cheese on a house made flatbread. Read more…
August 6, 2021
Fermento moved to the suburbs since I had them last in Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy. So as I embarked upon a full Long Island itinerary, I made a stop at their new space a priority. I’m so pleased their fantastic high standards remain! To start, a matcha chocolate chip muffin… because I Read more…
August 2, 2021
Peach & Pine Cafe is some of the best vegan food in the NYC area… but they’re on Long Island, throwing down impressive pop-ups in Suffolk county with their new food truck. On a day with a packed Long Island itinerary, getting to their BBQ pop-up at North Fork Brewery Read more…
July 29, 2021
Back over the bridge for some more vegan eats! Firstly, breakfast at Northside Coffee in West Brighton. I’ve reported on this space before, but when it was Fab Cup. (You may remember my complaining about their Golden Milk latte and their lack of good vegan options here.) Now, renovated and with Read more…
July 17, 2021
And while we’re hitting the best vegan in the area, it was breakfast at Clinton Hill’s Guevara’s. A space as gorgeous and vibrant as their food, this is a Brooklyn gem. A rainbow concha was a must-have… This is their B.E.C. … made of King trumpet mushroom bacon, Mung bean ‘frittata’, Read more…
July 16, 2021
Vegan Victuals Best of the Boroughs awardee Brooklyn Firefly‘s calzone is just pure perfection. It was a must for my friend to sample as we vegged out in my Bay Ridge apartment. With housemade sausage and two housemade cheeses stuffed inside, there is no denying this is a special eat… Read more…
July 15, 2021
A brief stop back home, I dove into my favorite activities… cooking and baking. I miss my kitchen when I’m away, like I miss my bed. And with a house guest on her way, it would be a “welcome” batch of chocolate chip cookies. But first, tofu going for a Read more…
July 12, 2021
Finding a meal that satisfies so fully while on the road is part of why I love to travel! And Col’s Kitchen in Concord, New Hampshire most certainly fits the bill. Bright, friendly and with a fantastic all-vegan menu, it was a welcome respite from yet another day of driving. Read more…
June 17, 2021
Time is divided in pictures, like blondies. A 90’s day, I binged grunge documentaries and made a tofu scramble Hello, berry season Waiting for a mermaid on South Beach, Staten Island Tried these Kite Hill tortellini. Good flavor and texture… If you need to use up a lot of apples, Read more…
June 14, 2021
Provincetown is on Cape Cod’s most northern tip. Well known as a very friendly LGBTQ+ travel destination, the good vibes on the streets during Pride Month was palpable. I stopped in briefly for vegan options as they seem to be the best on the Cape. Here is a brief report Read more…
June 4, 2021
With the first of a couple of Staten Island mermaid shoots coming to fruition, we hit some of my favorite places on the Island, including Eltingville’s Pastosa to finally score a box of beet ravioli–a variety that has eluded me since I discovered their vegan ravioli in 2019. Since my Read more…
April 24, 2021
My Staten Island ‘vegan eats’ list is pretty long again! I’m so excited by so many places finally embracing vegan options. Like Richmond Republic in Eltingville, which added two new all-vegan selections that are labelled with enthusiasm–an actual menu header and not some tiny marking. To start a cocktail–though I Read more…