July 2, 2021
After a few nights roughing it, a self-care day in San Diego. It started with Split Bakehouse, an all-vegan bakery I was really looking forward to. It’s inside a food court in a mall, but the food court has a bunch of dediacted vegan eateries. That is vegan friendly! Take 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 16, 2021
🌈 🏳️⚧️ Making rainbow treats for Pride Month is a favorite baking past time for me! This year I took on the goal of using the Progress Pride Flag as inspiration, and tried a few things out. None that totally blew me away. To follow, my two-day experiments… all for Read more…
June 6, 2021
Doughology is a donut chain that has vegan donuts available on Wednesdays and Saturdays at all its locations. I picked up a box full while passing through Babylon on Long Island. I got the glazed, strawberry toasted coconut, chocolate coconut and confetti. All are made with the same base, which Read more…
May 23, 2021
𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓥𝓮𝓰𝓪𝓷 𝓑𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓑𝓸𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓼, 𝓑𝓻𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓵𝔂𝓷 It’s not so easy to find high quality vegan sweets made fresh in New York City… ones that are not overly sweet, ones you don’t have to scoop a glob of one-noted buttercream off of, ones that can be named V.V. Vegan Best Read more…
April 29, 2021
I’m really excited to go camping this weekend and have the season’s first starshoot. But I’d need some nutritionally dense eats to sustain me through a packed itinerary. I played around with this recipe, so these are chocolate banana tahini flax gluten-free muffins! Say that five times fast. They’re packed 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…
As the world turns, I capture it at every angle. And now that every shot has the setting of this “new normal,” I continue to archive it–tucking it neatly in its place for prosperity. Starting with a brief respite, returning to remote work briefly, and the pancake breakfasts that ensued. Read more…
April 16, 2021
File this under lowbrow, Dairy Queen has a non-dairy option. Sure, the packaged chocolate-covered “Dilly Bar” is not all that exciting an option… but it’s a pretty clear indicator of vegan options spreading far and wide. Dorking it up, non-dairy style. And it’s got the V-word right there on the Read more…
Organic Corner is a new all-vegan spot on Long Island offering some next level vegan options that I was really excited to try. Next level meaning no Beyond or Impossible… housemade food… you know I go on about this all the time. I was happy to chat with the waitstaff Read more…
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 29, 2021
The all-vegan Christopher’s Kitchen was a perfect first dinner in West Palm area. Elevated without being stuffy, their food is an example of the best food can be–close to its original form yet deliciously treated with care–delivering on all fronts: taste, texture and presentation. For starters, the Avocado Ginger Roll, Read more…
March 13, 2021
It’s that time of the school year! Though I missed Pi Day in my classroom last year because of, well, you know, it was on the calendar eerily when I returned back to my classroom finally 6 months later. This year Pi Day would fall on a Sunday, so I Read more…
March 9, 2021
This might be a record for me. If I were to make a list of people who I got to give one of these cookies, it’d be at least 15 people. I tried this new recipe from Minimalist Baker… because I am on a quest to try like every vegan Read more…
February 15, 2021
When it comes to vegan Girl Scout cookie availability, Jim Morrison was correct when he sang, “The west is best.” Now I don’t know what is going on with the east coast bakery, Little Brownie Bakers, but they need to get with the program! As I have previously reported only Read more…
February 8, 2021
If you hadn’t noticed, my Vegan Victuals Valentine Inspirations are unique and thoughtful sweet offerings for you or your loved ones. This is no exception–a delicious, decadent chocolate cake made of beets that is gluten free, easy to make, has a natural red hue and honors the worship of the Read more…
February 7, 2021
Making vegan marshmallows is a pretty impressive feat and, therefore, a very romantic undertaking to take on for someone else’s benefit. Really, the hardest part about making them is getting the supplies you need. Again! Planning, forethought and execution are really hot🔥 in a partner. Anyone can have an idea–and Read more…
January 22, 2021
The sweetest of the winter squashes is the butternut squash. With two of them staring at me from the veggie bowl, I was determined not to make another curry with them. I thought if pumpkin purée can make one of my favorite cakes, can’t I also use butternut squash for Read more…
January 16, 2021
𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓥𝓮𝓰𝓪𝓷 𝓑𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓑𝓸𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓼, 𝓜𝓪𝓷𝓱𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓪𝓷 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…
January 15, 2021
Whether you call them Magic Bars, 7-Layer Bars or 7-Layer Magic Bars–they got the right stuff, baby. Chock full of nuts, a bit of the ooey-gooey and… chocolate: yum. Sweetened by Medjool dates (“Is there another kind?“), a bit of maple syrup and the leftover sweetened condensed milk I used Read more…
January 9, 2021
Inspired by a particularly disturbing episode of On the Media and my previous viewing of The Social Dilemma, I deleted my Facebook account… then poured over Instagram‘s new Terms & Conditions, Data Policy, and information about their Ads with the hope of finding the means to feel okay about continuing Read more…
January 7, 2021
As we enter 2021 still within this health crisis, still within political insanity, the Scenes continue! Freshly testing out of a quarantine, to follow are Scenes from several quarantines past, in-between negative Covid tests… the ones before seeing my family for both Thanksgiving and Christmas, as well as after my Read more…
December 23, 2020
In the very much not mad dash of my current to-do’s, the bananas need a new form to avoid being discarded. I don’t need any rotten fruits and vegetables following me into the new year. So–whilst I prep for a supremely wacky Christmas cake for my family–a normal, nutty loaf 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…
December 10, 2020
With a Christmas craft night planned, I decided to use a generous portion of my pumpkin puree. So a pumpkin chocolate chip loaf for the festive gathering! Every year I forget just how delicious VCTOTW‘s recipe is… While I was at it… and feeling fairly certain I’d see my students Read more…
December 7, 2020
A belated birthday Babka for my friend would be cause to make a huge mess in the kitchen today. Using the crazy-easy recipe from Make It Dairyfree, I created a gorgeously curvaceous loaf of chocolate babka. To follow are my hopefully helpful notes on the process… 1.) Check your yeast. Read more…