June 24, 2010
The school year is done! What I’ll miss only slightly less than the smiling faces of my 10-year-olds is Thai Thursdays, an “almost there” me time treat within the busy weeks of teach-time. Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn is home to thee best Thai lunch specials in New York City… and there Read more…
May 17, 2010
Much to my delight, Gobo has a 3-course First Seating Prix Fixe during the week. I thought this was a quiet and tasty way to have the official celebratory dinner honoring my graduation from graduate school. But as a food blogger who decides to cook and bake based on the Read more…
May 16, 2010
When it comes to American Mexican food, the West coast puts the East coast to shame. Before Greenpoint, Brooklyn’s Papacitos stepped up to serve authentic and fresh Mexican with a street-food flare, if I wanted a veg-friendly burrito I had to settle for a million and one substitutions (No this, no Read more…
May 11, 2010
See this food? I have eaten it and it has helped me to move from here to there to have me here typing this to you. See it? I put it in my mouth and chewed. Yeah, so what but: Have you ever paid attention to this process? Followed a Read more…
May 1, 2010
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted about 3 Brothers… since I went on Daiya-overload a few weeks ago. But I was on Long Island with wheels and was hungry. A visit to 3 Brothers was in order. It is still surreal when I walk into this place and they Read more…
March 13, 2010
Counter is the East Village’s best veg spot in my humble opinion. It is a bit on the costly side so I haven’t been there but twice. Once in 2008, which seems like 5 minutes, ago for their spectacular brunch, and again in the twenty-ten with my dear CandyPenny for Read more…
February 15, 2010
Doing a weekender in Providence, Rhode Island, it was time to explore the vegan side of this quaint New England city. For better or for worse, many of the spots we hit had previously been featured on the Food Network’s Diners, Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. Suffice to say they were Read more…
January 31, 2010
With the Wolf Moon, I ate ravenously this weekend. If it wasn’t the moon then it was the cold. And if it wasn’t the cold it was my hungry heart looking for satiety. Here’s the the start of the ever-afflicting relationship 15. The Electrician fed me well, whipping up the Read more…
January 2, 2010
It’s time to clear out the pantry and put to use the season’s leftover ingredients. This is first in a series of pantry cook fest postings: Pumpkin coconut and shallot soup, from the ton of puree from processing my Halloween pumpkin. Seitan loaf, stir-fried. I made a dry yet flavorful Read more…
November 28, 2009
I am hardly ever in Queens, though it is a just a few blocks from my apartment. Unlike most of Kings county, Queens county is better traversed with an automobile. In fact, it is covered in expressways and wide boulevards. Brooklyn’s entire center, on the other hand, is devoid of Read more…
November 8, 2009
I once lived in the far end of south Brooklyn in the isolated residential neighborhood of Marine Park. There: Brooklyn has yards, garages, houses, a need for a car and lots of nights in. Here, in Williamsburg and by way of the G/F trains’ connections to other borough hot spots, Read more…
October 18, 2009
I have been meaning to check this place out since Ms. CP clued me in on it. So en route campus one afternoon, after a particular grueling morning, I decided to treat myself. The all-vegan Peacefood Cafe, on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, was just the spot to awaken my tired Read more…
September 25, 2009
True, I am not in love with Manhattan’s Upper East Side but I am more quoting the hilarious Ma Kelly in Johnny Dangerously when she plainly states, hobbling to her L.E.S. tenement: “The Lower East Side. This really sucks.” I’m back on the Upper East Side for my fieldwork placement. Read more…
September 13, 2009
Happiness is a day on da bike. After a hearty breakfast of my bona fide best vegan pancakes in the world, my bike bud and I hopped from Kings to Queens, a grossly under-represented borough in my New York City repertoire. Bike bud, having acquired expansive knowledge of bike hot-spots, Read more…
August 28, 2009
From author Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher, on the floor of P.C.C. Natural Market in Fremont. River House Creperie West Seattle Rive House is a darling little creperie right off the West Seattle Bridge that offers a vegan gluten-free batter as a base for all their sweet and savory crepes. I Read more…
July 20, 2009
In Chicago again for the Pitchfork Music Festival I realized I kinda, like, love Chicago.ღ But moving onward to food, something far more translatable to the written word… I took the opportunity to squeeze in some vegan eats in before, between and after musical acts. As was the case last Read more…
June 28, 2009
Garden Cafe in Woodstock, New York is a wonderful little cafe who’s vegan quesadillas are worth the price of a rental car and Triborough Bridge traffic. I recommend the black bean and spinach version to share. I’m usually a great vegan cheese detective but I can’t place this vegan cheese. Read more…
Must-eat Day Trip series, Number 3 A blog series featuring the country’s best upscale vegan restaurants. There is a New York that is not New York City, not a surrounding suburb and not within the its commuter path. Many call it all “upstate”, simplifying it into one homogeneous lump of Read more…
May 19, 2009
1.) Lust Lust (Latin, Cupidita), or lechery, is usually thought of as excessive thoughts or desires of a sexual nature. Dante’s criterion was excessive love of others, which therefore rendered love and devotion to God as secondary. Mega-D.I.L.F. Panda Bear, Terminal 5, NYC (photo: Joseph “Whoa Whoa Whoa” Roth c/o Eat My Shots.) 2.) Read more…
April 5, 2009
I’ve blogged a good deal about vegan options in Wisconsin, the land of cheese and fish frys (see here and here). Contrary to the state’s license plate, there is plenty to eat for dairy-free cheeseheads. Particularly, the small city of Milwaukee continues to impress my vegan sensibilities! Here is my Read more…
February 15, 2009
Must-eat Day Trip series, Number 1 A blog series featuring the country’s best upscale vegan restaurants. Garden Cafe in Woodstock, New York is one of my favorite restaurants. I’ve never left any less than thrilled with a meal in the cozy alcove in the historical upstate town. Their food is Read more…
January 25, 2009
Between class starting up again and several special occasions, I have spent way too much time in restaurants as of lately. Most notably was dinner at Blossom with Wok Man and some visiting friends from Chicago. It has been on my “to go” list for quite some time but the Read more…
December 19, 2008
The Art/FoodSparrow and her Tim X were the hosts of a delicious holiday vegan potluck. I had been looking forward to the event for months and spent most of the day starving myself for the feast. My additions were from VCOn: Pumpkin Crumb Cake with Pecan Streusel and the tzimmes. Read more…
November 7, 2008
Sharing a meal with friends is always special. Since I haven’t been inside the kitchen lately, here are some highlights from Wok Man‘s welcoming dinner for his visiting family and the Annual Lifecycle Celebration of “Steven”. Gobo‘s smoked Beijing-style seitan with Chinese broccoli. and their Vietnamese spring rolls. Gobo may Read more…
October 26, 2008
The East Village’s Organic Grill serves a mean tofu omelet. In my previous visits, spanning a few years now, they’ve always used a proprietary blend of vegan cheddar cheese. I was a bit disappointed to learn they have now converted over to Follow Your Heart‘s cheese. The omelet is still the Read more…
July 20, 2008
I had been to the famous Chicago Diner years ago, back when my taste buds were less sophisticated and my veganism less creative. But this time around I was able to appreciate its broad selection of eats and amazing sweet treats more thoroughly. The Buffalo wings (below) were amazing, right Read more…