September 19, 2023
No longer having the ability to bake fresh cakes for my loved ones, I needed a very high quality replacement to celebrate my parents’ anniversary… and I found one. Peach & Pine‘s baker creates absolutely gorgeous cakes. I was so excited what she could do for this very special anniversary. Read more…
September 12, 2023
Beautiful Places Close By, Box-free Baking, Cemeteries, Cookies, Cooking Stuff, Eating Out, Lunch, Nature
This year, the summer seems endless. I never know what day is and thus time is passing in giant chunks of leisure. This is my daily life right now. Until it isn’t. So I am basking. Above, an amazing tempeh rib special from Red Fern. Cornbread, sweet potato mash, pilaf Read more…
July 17, 2023
And just like that July flew by… it is and will be a jam-packed month of change and finality. Here is peek into its everyday days thus far.. Through the Viewmaster looking glass… Let’s make lemonade! Making things with kids takes longer but you get all these little cute hands Read more…
June 15, 2023
I’m way into creating my own poké bowl, like this one from a place called Poke Rainbow. But then… Poof! The eateries disappear inexplicably. I really don’t get it. Sushi lunch from Kiku. Vegetarian sushi perfection Drinks after work at Shaka Shaka Tiki. Pulled in by ube, but the space Read more…
September 27, 2022
With a quick trip to Rochester, here are some outtakes. Starting with this great meal from Red Fern–their Oktober Fest Special: Vegan bratwurst with sauerkraut, apple-raisin chutney & creamy mustard mayo on a Pretzel Roll with a side of German potato salad. Very yum. Goodbye, NYC. Almost there after a Read more…
July 15, 2022
My list of vegan eats in Rochester, New York continues to grow. So allow me to dive right into sharing some food highlights from my most recent stay. Eden Cafe & Bakeshop in Batavia is just a quick drive from Rochester. They’ve got a selection of carrot dogs on their Read more…
March 13, 2022
It’s hard to cook a meal when you’re really damn hungry. This might be a metaphor for other things too, but let’s focus on the literal. All kinds a food can be prepared and delivered to your doorstep with a few lazy clicks. And though I really want to get Read more…
January 2, 2022
I am slowly working my way to all of the eateries on my vegan Rochester list. So here’s my second run-down. 😋 An old school diner with vegan options, as you likely know if you are a reader of my blog, is one of my favorite things to report on! Read more…
November 16, 2021
Sky from plane. Welcome cauliflower tacos from Cholo Soy Cantina in West Palm Beach. 😎 😎 Delicious salad from Green Zebra in Sarasota, Florida. Their famous Raw Pancake… dehydrated banana pancake made from hemp seeds, chia seeds, cashew, and flax served with cashew cream, strawberry chia coulis, and fresh banana Read more…
November 7, 2021
As long as I can remember I’ve tried to find the best parts of Long Island. From when I barreled down the parkway eastbound in search of wonder in my Chevy Citation as a teenager to now, uncovering shenanigans with a Brooklyn expat who shares my same adventurous spirit, one 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…
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…
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…
May 6, 2020
Here are the latest highlights from the Quarantine cafe! First in the bakery, my failed sourdough starter. It was bubbling nice and fine, but I accidentally killed it. I’m starting another tomorrow, because… persistence. Next a stop at the bar before I’m seated at the best seat in the house. Read more…
February 13, 2020
How are we well into February already?! New Years seems like last week! Must time pass so swiftly? It has been a very busy 2020 thus far. Here are some outtakes. Freshly milked cashew milk from a colleague? Yes, ma’am! ICYMI, there is now a Saturn emoji on the iPhone. Read more…
May 8, 2019
Picture purge–First, my umbrella holder. Ever since I had fantasies of having my own place I thought it quite the clever idea to buy a rifle holder to hold my umbrella. I finally did it. I painted it myself too! If you are ever starved for attention, walk around with Read more…
September 30, 2018
To continue exploring the eats of my neighborhood, I have started a Take-out Thursday ritual. On this particular Thursday, with a bit of a dizzy buzz from after work drinks, I made the mistake of ordering Shangri-La. It always makes my belly grumble on with strange commentary throughout the evening. Read more…
July 13, 2018
My new view in Brooklyn, the mighty Verrazzano Bridge is never out of site in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn–my new home. Also, in site, lots of unique vegan options ready to be explored. This is a selection of my welcome eats. Kusharista‘s tag line is “Grains, Lentils & More.” This is Read more…
January 27, 2018
And just like that, 2018 is 1/12 done. Here’s to the color in the gray. 1) Fire in the sky. 2.) A complicated vegetable sushi roll with greens and pickled things 3.) Summer-inspired vegan macarons from Confectionery! in the East Village: orange creamsicle, mango-lime, strawberry milk, toasted coconut, and jasmin 3.) Read more…
September 28, 2017
The Farmers Markets end. I eat dinner in my classroom on Back to School night. (Kiku Sushi) Things get organized into colorful bins… …and I spray paint other things. The sunset grows more potent, weeping for the fall of its crown. (Long Beach, New York) And a small, sliver of Read more…
August 3, 2017
This picture was taken in June as a teacher pal and me rebelliously snuck out of a PTA-sponsored lunch for sundaes at Van Leeuwen. In some ways June seems like years ago. In other ways it remains piercingly vivid. I think I was in denial that the school year was Read more…
July 29, 2017
[New for 2018 season! Please see most recent report on vegan offerings at Yankee Stadium here.] The last time I was at a New York Yankees game was 11 years ago in the old stadium. And though sports rivalry can raise the stakes in an enjoyable way, this Mets fan Read more…
October 23, 2016
It was a beautiful day in London. I had to step onto our balcony to see the bright blue. We let her tell us which way to look. A pretty litter… followed by sushi off a conveyer belt. (YO! Sushi) And the always-appreciated vegan options.
January 31, 2016
2016 is 1/12 complete. January is new routines inside old comforts, like the best vegan chocolate chip cookies: your own. It’s taking care… with a Long Island rec. center membership bonus: nobody in the sauna with you. It is having fire with the snow… with tempeh. It’s inspiration from the ground; the potato plays nicely 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…
August 27, 2015
After several days at sea it was very exciting to disembark finally. The first port was Haines, Alaska, a sleepy, small city (number of graduating high school seniors in 2015: sixteen) with plenty of natural beauty and wildlife. The kind of stuff people come to Alaska for. The port only Read more…