July 17, 2023
When my friend Angela says let’s keep it local, she literally means like blocks. So we headed to The Common for our last meal together before I leave Brooklyn. Though this brunch spot has a line out the door on the weekends, those of us who don’t work summers can Read more…
November 24, 2021
I really enjoy traditional Thanksgiving dishes. So last minute, I decided I’d go hard for my family’s Thanksgiving get-together. For easy reference for years to come, the collected recipes of my most favorite vegan holiday eats. Process the Pumpkin Pumpkin Preheat oven to 350℉. Prepare heavy-bottom casserole pans by filling 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…
September 23, 2021
My landlady is so sweet. She likes to share produce from her weekly box from the senior center with me. Usually it’s potatoes, apples, and various citrus. But this time, unexpectedly, she knocked on my door with two stalks of corn! I took the opportunity to try whipping up an Read more…
July 19, 2021
Finally having electricity and running water at my will, here is a photo dump of some vegan eats from my days in West Virginia. Some sweet treats from the all-vegan Venerable Bean Bakery in Morgantown, part of the Mountain People’s Food Co-op. Selection was pretty low since it was later Read more…
July 6, 2021
The last day of the desert adventure… before I would spend hours in the air waiting for New York City storms to clear the atmosphere before landing in Buffalo to refuel and finally seeing my bed in Brooklyn at 2:00 am as opposed to 8:00 pm as originally scheduled. It Read more…
May 30, 2021
Being in Ithaca during Cornell’s graduation ceremonies meant it was extremely difficult to grab vegan food at the all-vegan Angelhearts Diner, a recommendation from the counter guy at Binghamton’s Parlor City Vegan. So I opted for Mix Kitchen & Bar which has a small section of vegan options. But this Read more…
October 22, 2019
Of course I ate all the best vegan eats in the Cleveland area. So here they are, chronologically. Breakfast at the Cleveland Vegan: this large inviting space with friendly service was first on my list. I went for their Breakfast Sandwich–house omelet, tempeh bacon, kale, tomato, chipotle mayo, and sprouts Read more…
July 12, 2019
New Jersey often gets a bad rap. But it has so many wonderful places! And I just love to uncover and report on them. Plus, really great vegan options. So prepare yourself for tons of pictures on my pretty journey south to Atlantic City. Because Jersey deserves some cred. One Read more…
April 10, 2019
Spring opens up the world… makes you want to do more than go home. So tacos and margaritas with teachers at Chela. Mexican food is beautiful to take pictures of. So colorful. Are there people in the world that don’t like guacamole? That’s weird. I got the Vegan Tacos… whose Read more…
September 8, 2018
All the way up the isle of Manhattan at Fort Tryon Park in “Fort George,” adjacent to the The Met Cloisters which was way too crowded for us to partake in, is 8 miles of gorgeous, lush trails surrounded by extensive plant diversity–layers of green textures and wisps. Overlooking Hudson Read more…
February 17, 2018
New Mexico has preserved remnants of countless ancient peoples. From the prehistoric Clovis Man to the Anasazi, ancestral Puebloans, the number of historical sites in the area is mind-blowing. One of the Anasazi, the Chaco Culture, inhabited Chaco Canyon in current day New Mexico during the 9th and 13th century. Read more…
September 22, 2017
Sometimes I go to… New York. And, despite our long history, I treat it like someone new–like how you are at the start of a relationship. I give it a new chance to win my heart (which, admittedly, I fork over and over and over thousands of times a day Read more…
October 22, 2016
After two days of walking about London, we bought an Oyster Card and went to the underground. Our room is just a couple of minutes from Baker Street station, of Baker Street (the song) fame, which plays eerily from some unknown source. The London Underground is a great system of transit Read more…
August 5, 2016
Guess where I am…Yes, I’m in Iowa! Vegan Victuals is now reporting in 48 states! So let’s get to my lunch. I decided that Krunkwich Ramen House in Des Moines, Iowa had the best vegan options in the whole state. Krunkwich has a wonderfully appetizing selection of clearly identified vegan options, from Asian Read more…
August 4, 2016
First: The Sunflowers on I-90 in South Dakota. As I travel west on the I-90 a couple of days back, I noticed a dramatic yellow hue contrasting the prairie’s muted landscape on the eastbound side of the interstate. Sunflowers. I did some recon later on and learned that South Dakota was Read more…
January 31, 2016
So the temperature is going in the 50’s this coming week… and last week’s blizzard is receding steadily exposing the backyard. But it’s winter. Before Spring, I need more chili. I used Contrary Cook’s recipe. Red, yellow, and orange bell peppers, onions, red and orange sweet peppers: Add the cumin, chipotle, Read more…
November 11, 2015
I went to Dirt Candy back in 2012 when they were a tiny, dark, bustling space. Sadly, the tiny, dark, bustling space was all I could remember years later. But now–Dirt Candy is in a much, much larger space. It was quiet and relaxed on our Tuesday evening visit. There Read more…
August 21, 2015
Ikea, the Swedish big blue monster now serves a vegan version of their meatballs. So… you know, I had to go and try them. That’s right, Vegetable Balls. They are made of… no, not plastic but chickpeas, kale, peppers, sweet corn, peas, onions, turnips, pea starch, canola oil, black pepper, Read more…
September 28, 2014
Fields and fields of corn. This is what’s inside the heart of the heartland. After hours of fields of corn, I was back in the Motor City area to sample some vegan eats. Lunch, finally was at Inn Season Cafe in Royal Oak. They have a promising brunch menu they only serve Read more…
March 29, 2013
Nothing will settle me into a day of auto/train/plane travel than a hearty breakfast. And there was still time to squeeze in another stop in Atlanta. Breakfast would be served at Stone Soup Kitchen, yet another bustling breakfast spot in the hip Grant Park area. Stone Soup Kitchen offeres patrons Read more…
July 29, 2012
V & T Supermarket in Hempstead, Long Island is a place I can spend hours in. It is a huge Asian grocery store with long aisles of interesting food items–noodles, sauces, sweets, a frozen section, and… canned goodies. I visited V & T with a clear mission in mind: get Read more…
October 5, 2010
There’s no time of year I like more than autumn. Crisp and rustling days with their Earth tones, a thick-socked morning giving way to as-long-as-you’re-in-the-sun afternoons and a fleece blanket draped night, draped–not buried. And chili is appropriate again. Chili, the perfect cool-weather eat. With some heart and some heat Read more…
August 1, 2010
I got Vegan Table for Christmas last year and have barely cracked its spine. Looking for “week eats” to help stretch out my swiftly diminishing summer funds, I whipped up a couple of yummy recipes I thought would last the week. First, I wanted a hearty potato dish, because potatoes re-heat so Read more…
September 11, 2009
I’ve had Bryant Terry’s Vegan Soul Kitchen for quite some time, holding out for a day just like today. Today, in Brooklyn, it rained the entire day. With a premature autumn breeze jet-streaming down the railroad on Olive street and backed by my iTunes on roommate’s-not-home volume, I ventured to Read more…
