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…
May 14, 2022
Beet burgers are one of my favorite type of veggie burgers. Ok, beets–in general–are one of my favorite vegetables. . . one the purest form of vegetable, covered in dirt then a blazing bloody magenta.. Earthy, potent, their hue alone hints to their power. So this week, a big batch Read more…
May 6, 2022
Though many of these are repeats from previous visits, a second visit is a nice progression to developing reliability for cravings. Like the chocolate chip cookie from Balsam Bagels. Thick and just barely cooked like I like… And their breakfast bagel is also an easy pleaser There is not a Read more…
April 19, 2022
It’s official… Beyond or Impossible products are as disgusting as dead flesh to me and I won’t eat them again. Why? Because they are food product, not food. They are created in a laboratory and not in the Earth. And they’re made with garbage, some of which has not been Read more…
March 24, 2022
𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓥𝓮𝓰𝓪𝓷 𝓑𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓑𝓸𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓼, 𝓑𝓻𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓵𝔂𝓷 Imma be honest. The state of veggie burgers has devolved since “Big Veggie Burger” (Beyond and Impossible) became the easy option of so many eateries incorporating vegan options. Sure, it is great that so many eateries are wanting to embrace all eaters, including 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…
February 1, 2022
I’m pretty motivated to uncover all the best vegan food in Rochester, New York. And my list continues to grow… well beyond the well known all-vegan eateries. On this most recent visit, I started with Hollycake House, a new all-vegan eatery and bakery. I got the California Bagel Breakfast Sandwich–Just Read more…
November 29, 2021
Lots of cookie dough for special cookie deliveries to Rochester & West Palm Beach 💛🍪💛 I am loving my cookie scooper Check out these beauties Birthday cupcakes for my work ex-wife And a special pick-me-up in the middle of the chaos of middle school teaching… That Lively bite I love 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…
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…
October 9, 2021
Though the Upper West Side’s Tiki Chick isn’t my kind of tiki bar (“my” meaning grimy, with retro credibility, not on the Upper West Side, etc) it is a version of a tiki bar, a kind I just have to embrace given my coordinates. And they’ve got a vegan sandwich Read more…
August 25, 2021
Happy to be right across the street from Cider Belly Doughnuts for ease of breakfast fulfillment–for both vegans and not-vegans. Also, an oat milk latte from Dunkin’ because of convenience. I bought two for me… thinking I’d have one now and later. Buuuut, it was more now and now on Read more…
August 7, 2021
I love me a menu with marked vegan options! Barrow Food House makes it easy to see the makings of a tasty vegan meal in an area with no all-vegan eateries. With some adjustments, we were satisfied in our bellies… but not necessarily in our wallets. Let’s start with our 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…
June 30, 2021
Carlee’s Place has been serving the Borrego Springs community since 2010… but it seems longer. The place is timeless, cradling a familiarity and ambiance that is inexplicably comforting. So it is wonderful to see the “vegan” markings on its menu! First, a Coke. It’s been years since I had a Read more…
April 1, 2021
Plant Based Mafia is a new all-vegan eatery in Southern Florida. And they “don’t whack animals. They whack plants.” 💚 🇮🇹 They had a dish I just had to get… because I have never seen anything quite like it. The Italian Coronary is two veggie burgers stuffed with caramelized onions Read more…
March 20, 2021
I treated myself to a little bit of burger chaos as a reward for a week well done. Wanting more of Mrs. Goldfarb’s Unreal Deli Corn’d Beef, I headed to Next Level Burger for a Thicc Boi: One of their mushroom quinoa patties (substituted the Beyond patty), Mrs. Goldfarb’s Unreal Read more…
November 15, 2020
I try to not eat garbage that often, though I do sometimes… even report on it here. But in general I’m not a fan of super-processed meat analogs, thickener-packed super-processed vegan cheese products, fast food companies’ new “vegan” offerings—garbage… vegan garbage. But Lekka Burger doesn’t make no junk. So let’s Read more…
October 3, 2020
I’ve realized that intellectual compatibility is the only way to be ushered past all my diligent guards. But beyond the gates… rewards well worth the usual frustration, hassle and disappointment of having said standards. Within these states of understanding, the exchange of thoughts and ideas is, to me, the most Read more…
April 11, 2020
I can’t just let some fantastic pickles sit there in the fridge. And since I processed the rest of those over-cooked slow cooker veggies, turning them into veggie burgers, I needed some buns, hun. So after a quick search, this recipe for pretzel buns. Though they didn’t rock my world Read more…
January 28, 2020
A day of teacher professional development is like a little vacation. You get to sleep later, it usually takes place in some part of New York City you’re not often in, and… jeans/sneakers. Downtown Manhattan is one of my favorite hoods to be in for PD. For the views, I Read more…
January 15, 2020
Even though I am vegan I have long followed mainstream foodie media sources as I understood what they seemed to not: vegan food is not weird, that everybody on the entire Earth eats vegan food on a daily basis, and its time in the spotlight was a-coming. How could it Read more…
December 28, 2019
So delighted to have a chance to bask in the positive vibes inside Next Stop Vegan‘s space in the Parkchester section of the Bronx. I had previously tried their food at the Bronx Night Market in 2018, so I was hoping to try something new on their menu. But getting 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…
November 17, 2019
With my fried chicken battle in mind, I chose an opportunistic visit to Honeybee’s, now in the space once occupied by Cienfuegos above Mother of Pearl. Honeybee’s, a bourbon and rye bar slash barbecue, is one of Ravi DaRossi’s empire of all-vegan eateries, as are the other two listed above. Read more…
October 14, 2019
A big and warm welcome to Staten Island’s first vegan cafe, Love Earth! I’m so glad I stumbled upon their space under construction this past summer. Now that they are up and running and I, oddly, had plans in the Charleston section of Staten Island, I just had to give Read more…