January 31, 2024
Month 1 of 2024 took its sweet time–the pace of ordinary, the pace of feeling things out. Here are some outtakes. The late 1900’s. A really yummy mac and cheese I made with that cheese sauce you make from potatoes and carrot. It is so damn good. I had a Read more…
February 12, 2023
Here is another batch of vegan food reporting from Rochester–not many places are in this report, but they’re of top notch quality deserving immediate sharing! Firstly, Petit Poutinerie–a poutine food truck turned gorgeous brick and mortar with amazing vegan options. Just look: Some beverages: Ginger Soda (Cane sugar, fresh ginger Read more…
October 21, 2022
With a very special occasion (my bird day!) and my darling guests in town, we hit up the tourist hot spot Serendipity 3. The whimsical eatery is a true NY experience. And they have vegan options! I was worried about fake super-processed fake chicken, but thank goodness it was tofu. Read more…
September 10, 2022
I made a lot of stuff this weekend, starting with using a bunch of bananas that have patiently waited in and out of the fridge while I was out of town many times. I figured they deserved a happy ending. So I started at the beginning: breakfast. 3 ingredient pancakes, Read more…
September 2, 2022
Back in Rochester means more vegan eats to try! So let’s back to it… Crave has some really great choices for vegans: vegan ramen, bun, bowls, etc. A sucker for a rice flour bun, I started with some of their tofu buns. A nice chunk of tofu, pickled daikon and Read more…
February 25, 2022
Round two of my vegan eats in Fairbanks, Alaska! Starting with East Ramp Pizza and their dreamy vegan ricotta. It’s made in-house, free of packages, and so a thousand times better. The East Ramp area is an aircraft operations area, so East Ramp Pizza is dedicated to the aviation history Read more…
September 7, 2021
Before the Autumn breeze, some more scenes from a Summer. Bridge stalking… Somebody’s watching me Sign of the times Happy to be a brunette again! A stop for dim sum at Tofubox after my haircut in Williamsburg, Brooklyn I made my 90’s concert stubs into a fabric… 💖 Homemade marshmallows Read more…
July 24, 2021
I was home for a minute when I received a message about the night’s Brooklyn Cyclones game… a limited edition bobblehead my Mom would flip for was being offered and it was… Vegan Night. So, I decided to jump right back into New York City, right into the concentrated dose Read more…
July 9, 2021
This place has been on my list to eat for years! I finally made my way to Caribreeze as I headed upstate recently and quickly became a member of the clean plate club. I ordered from the all-vegan Jamaican joint via Grubhub as I was on the road and could Read more…
April 16, 2021
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…
February 17, 2021
Vegans of Seitan is an all-vegan soul food eatery in Linden, New Jersey that was just down the street from where I was running errands. But I’ll admit that I selected where to run my errands based on where my hunger may be adequately sated afterwards. And I had been Read more…
June 26, 2020
I found fibonacci perfection in this daisy along my walk. The rose season moves into daisy and lily days. One of the reasons I love summer in New York City. Tajin covered perfectly ripe mango for $3 on the street. Black Lives Matter outside Staten Island’s Borough Hall. But I’m Read more…
November 30, 2019
With an errand on Staten Island, I made an entire itinerary revolving around vegan food! First, a new all-vegan lounge and cafe in Concord section, TRI Lounge & Cafe that is. This new vegan spot has its sights set on being a thriving art space for the community, as well Read more…
September 2, 2019
The end of summer is a heartbreaker for teachers. So I squeezed in some commiseration with a couple of my favorite teachers in Brooklyn and Staten Island. We ate, drank and mourned the end of our total freedom. Williamsburg’s Modern Love has these mozzarella sticks that are mind blowing, just Read more…
August 17, 2019
A peaceful morning in the swamp wouldn’t last all that long as I hit the road once again, enduring nonstop torrential downpours. Now… this rain… it is starting to damper my days! I continue to honor my itinerary, but it is just much more… soggy. But I guess the moisture Read more…
March 24, 2019
I have this thing for dressing on theme. So as I get dressed for a beautiful Sunday at New York Botanical Garden‘s Orchid Show, I notice my Texas flag shirt and my Daenerys Targaryen costume. I giggle that I can almost set up some hooks on my wall so my Read more…
February 1, 2019
I’m so astonished with how widespread and available vegan products are becoming. Food shopping at my local FoodTown, I was struck by this box of Annie’s organic, gluten-free vegan mac and cheese. Seeing “vegan” gives me quite the tickle and, although I am not one to eat too much processed Read more…
July 14, 2018
How cool that the Brooklyn Cyclones would do a vegan night! Well, to be accurate it was Grateful Dead Night, Vegan Night, Cub Scouts Night, so on and so forth. But I appreciated the options… and the buzz of Coney Island in the evening, one of my favorite Brooklyn things. Marty’s Read more…
September 17, 2017
I’ve begun to understand that observing the world’s beauty is my most favorite therapy. And if you look for it, you’ll find it most everywhere. From delicate macaron feet peeking out from a soft pastel shell to the browned crisped dough of a pastry that some young lady made lovingly Read more…
August 30, 2017
I was so excited to see the long-abandoned saltwater pool of old money millionaire William Vanderbilt, located on the grounds of The Vanderbilt Museum, Mansion & Planetarium in Centerport, Long Island. The 70,000 gallon pool used the water from the Long Island Sound and was the location for Gatsby-style cocktail soirees. Read more…
August 20, 2017
I arrived in Nashville in the early a.m. One, because of entering the Central Time zone and two, more so, because I left Sweetwater, TN at the crack of dawn. I just didn’t know what to expect as far as traffic. But it was smooth sailing and I arrived with Read more…
October 30, 2016
Luckily, my birthday celebrations expand many weeks–there’s me-time travel involved (the sloths), us-time travel (London), family, friends. Eventually, all sides have been represented, leaving me smiling and grateful. I love October; and I love how my birthday delivers me to the excitement of autumn and winter holidays. And I love October sunrises, Read more…
September 10, 2016
The start of a new school year is a taxing time. From freedom to strenuous furniture moving, room design and set-up, to planning units of study.. then the delivery, and all teaching entails. No one day alike, ever-changing variables and constant stimulation. And with the schedule change, I finally was Read more…
July 7, 2016
Gainesville is a university town, so you know vegan options are good… for them educated, idealist types. Starting early, breakfast: The Tempeh Scramble with potatoes, toast with vegan butter and housemade jam at The Jones B-side. Good, hearty fare, but soy-saucey marinade made the dish a bit salty. And unfortunately Read more…
April 3, 2016
Like New York, Philadelphia’s vegan options are ever-evolving. From the vegan mock meat Asian restaurants I visited decades ago when I briefly contemplated moving to Philly with a friend to all the brief day trips through the passing years, today’s highlights are a quick skimming off the mound of Philly vegan options to Read more…
November 25, 2015
It isn’t a coincidence that there are a tons of vegan vendors in Bryant Park’s Winter Village. The owner of the company that organizes this annual set up of holiday shops around Bryant Park’s ice rink is a vegan. I found my way nearby and decided to binge eat as Read more…