September 8, 2024
I finally got to The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Being from New York and dropping in on NYC’s American Museum of Natural History since childhood, this museum has been on the backburner. With time to kill on short call reserve, I finally went. I was impressed, as were Read more…
July 3, 2024
I’ll say it over and over… I really miss baking. So along with the tofu dinner, I wanted dearly to make a patriotic-hued treat for the 4th. So I brought the berries I had just bought in DC home to Rochester for this undertaking. The very last thing of Apple Read more…
November 23, 2023
The big food holiday was here and I planned to make a 6-course all-vegan spread in my new kitchen! And I was surprised and pleased how easy it all went down… I even had time to do batches of dishes between prep tasks. With planning, this can be even more Read more…
August 25, 2023
Being vegan for about 26 years now, I have a White Whale… something I have always been searching for being done right vegan. But no place anywhere in the world is making the 🍌banana split🍌 I want… really creamy delicious ice cream in chocolate, vanilla and strawberry… home-made thick and Read more…
February 24, 2023
Las Vegas’s Graze Kitchen offers a menu full of vegan deliciousness to this weary traveler about to hop on a red eye flight. With superb attention to detail, it was a definite food highlight of my trip! My Meatless Meatloaf: Meatloaf was a tender mix of tempeh, seitan, quinoa and Read more…
December 24, 2022
Well, the big day calls for the big guns. If colleagues get cookies, the family gets a labor-intensive Bûche De Noël. I made one last year and learned some lessons. This year, a toasted meringue and some whimsical garnish ideas inspired by the many Asian markets I hit up. I 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…
July 4, 2019
I made the United States of America a marshmallow meringue, chocolate cake and berry trifle for her birthday. I used the baffling Driscoll berries because they were the only berries available. I’m going to write about this ubiquitous brand of berries, creators of big, red plump berries that taste like… Read more…
April 15, 2019
Box-free Baking, Cakes & Cupcakes, Cooking Stuff, Dressing Up, Hosting Duty, Pies, Tarts, & Parfaits, Special Events
It was finally time for the Season 8 premiere of Game of Thrones! And it was time to completely nerd out. And have a vegan Game of Thrones feast with all the bells and whistles. My weekend was full of prep and running around… and then festivities. Here it is Read more…
December 25, 2018
I always bring cake. But this Christmas, I wanted to try a classic, kitschy Americana dish–Ambrosia. But I wanted to do it right. I made sour cream and marshmallow fluff from scratch and followed the traditional additions. I don’t know that my family will be up for the kitsch, sooo Read more…
November 11, 2018
With a very dear friend’s birthday deserving a proper cake, especially after the praise I received for my recent vegan Pom Pom Cake, this cake (below) would just not do. Though it tasted great, it was–hideous looking. There was no way this was going to cut it! So it was Read more…
June 16, 2018
Nothing gets me motivated to bake than a Bake Sale that benefits animals. Last time is was for The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. This time… for with Mutt-i-grees. So I just had to go all out… First, S’mores cupcakes would mean a couple of batches of marshmallow fluff. I piped Read more…
March 25, 2018
I love Floral Frosting‘s macaron recipes. I may have said this before. Here is my version of them in my characteristic over-explanatory fashion. Note that the start of them are the same steps in creating the best marshmallow fluff (previous post). Vegan Matcha Macarons Meringue 3/4 cup aquafaba (liquid drained Read more…
In my youth, I had a thing for opaque white confections… marshmallow, nougat… To me, these were decadent treats far more alluring than chocolate and the multitude of brightly colored forms of cooked sugar. I knew them by brand names. Marshmallow Fluff and Charleston Chew (Not frozen, unless I’m at Read more…
February 24, 2018
I had a craving for a marshmallow meringue-encased cake. Pretty specific, I know. But, a craving is a craving. So a marshmallow meringue-encased cake it will be! I made the s’mores cake from VCTOTW and a big batch of fluff. Then, getting fancy with some brulee action. Craving fulfilled.
January 7, 2018
(It’s a marshmallow world in the winter.) I am the smartest idiot I know. In fact, a lot of my smart parts efficiently glean wisdom from my idiocy. It’s like a regenerating pool of experience and folly, raw material for unlimited life lessons. In the embrace of the idiot side Read more…
July 12, 2016
I’ve written about these cookies before, a cookie so ingrained in my memory that I can still vividly experience them. From the shuffling through the brown paper grocery bag, as tall as me, in the backseat of my mother’s car to find and be the first to open them; to opening Read more…
