August 19, 2009
Considering I have travel 9,000+ miles for vegan food (see my blog reporting in Thailand) I suppose I can venture to 74th street and 2nd avenue for Slice. Slice, which has been on my radar since its opening years ago, is a special parlor of pizza- one that offers the Read more…
July 31, 2009
I had never been to a Vegan Drinks event before although the event, held monthly at the East Village’s Angels & Kings, has graced my calendar plenty of times since they started in May of 2008. As soon as I heard this month’s social gathering of like-minded veg-friendlies would include Read more…
June 30, 2009
Ever since CandyPenny showed me the cross-section of Saigon Vietnamese Sandwich‘s vegetarian Banh Mi, I knew I had to check it out. My house special Saigon sub was the perfect stop after a day of errands. Warm, French baguette stuffed with delicious and contrasting textures, temperatures and colors: pickled carrots, Read more…
June 23, 2009
Ok, that is probably the silliest blog title I ever published. Here is a epicure rundown: Kate’s Joint‘s vegan French toast. Desperately in need of a pad of Earth Balance… if only the waitress could be found. Oatmeal raisin cookies from my vegan kitchen.Sura Thai Kitchen‘s pad see ew and 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…
May 10, 2009
I used to work a few blocks away from ‘Snice, Manhattan’s awesome veg sandwich shop, and have frequented it many times. Yet through all the work lunches and meet-ups, I have stayed monogamous to their Vegan Panini. It is just perfect: a warm, toasted, roof-of-the-mouth-scraping flatbread smeared with green pesto Read more…
April 25, 2009
I’m a bit overwhelmed. It seems the careful planning and sequencing I practiced in my undergraduate studies has given way to graduate level cramming. This is a new experience for me, the usually-neurotic planstress. In an effort to keep my butt in the chair facing the screen I’ve increased my Read more…
April 15, 2009
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This blog posting is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent hangovers or illness. Every once and awhile comes a night of excess, the kind that kicks your butt for at least 2 or 3 days afterwards. Read more…
April 10, 2009
CupcakeCamp NYC was a total blast! Below is one of my offerings… the marsh-nilla cupcake: golden vanilla cake with a oozing layer of marshmallow topping (from My Sweet Vegan‘s marshmallow mudpie recipe) and dandies on top. Here, CandyPenny and I represent the vegans well in our separate table. She offers Read more…
March 28, 2009
The Valentina exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York. I’ve always found fashion to be the most trivial of the arts… but then again I’ve been wearing the same clothes and shoes for at least ten years. Had I been amongst New York’s high society in the Read more…
March 26, 2009
From Bombay to Brooklyn, cupcakes truly are taking over the world! Cupcake Camp, an ad-hoc cupcake collective lending name to local BarCamps across the globe, have brought to life CupcakeCamp NYC! An evening of mini-cake madness! The event is simple: sign up, bring cupcakes, eat cupcakes (or sign up and eat other Read more…
February 1, 2009
It was a mild and beautiful Sunday for the Lunar New Year Parade & Festival in Chinatown. What a glorious afternoon! The confetti storms against the crisp blue sky were beautifully surreal and color, dance and cheer party-popped through the streets to frighten the evil spirits that may impede on 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…
November 22, 2008
I’ll be the first to admit that the end of the semester crunch has taken me out of the kitchen. I haven’t chopped more than a potato in weeks! I rationalize this lack of D.I.Y. by talking of the importance of supporting local joints offering vegan choices, lest we forget Mighty 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 29, 2008
My class of 4th graders remind me how deep pizza passion can run in children. One student writes creative fiction about Pizza Guy, a pizza delivery guy whose is shaped like a pizza, others scream and reverberate to the chant of “pizza! pizza!” at the mere mention of it. Personally, I’ve 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…
October 24, 2008
When CandyPenny sent me the link to Lula’s Sweet Apothecary in Manhattan’s East Village, I thought: this could be the one! The one I’ve been waiting for. Can New York City finally represent on the vegan ice cream front? Could the little truck that could in West Philly do it Read more…
October 17, 2008
Riding the crosstown bus from “Yorktown” to “Morningside Heights” in Upper Manhattan is a pain in the rump, mostly because my arrival at the bus stop coincides with the release of the high school herds from the school across the street. For a gal who rarely goes above 14th street, Read more…
October 4, 2008
Although I proclaimed after my last visit to Pure Food and Wine that I’d not soon find justification to paying more than my weekly grocery allowance for a singular meal, you have to treat yourself sometimes. My upcoming birthday, CandyPenny‘s recently past birthday, Foodsparrow‘s return from a brief blogging hiatus, Tim X‘s NC-14 Read more…
September 19, 2008
Participating in the chaos down Mulberry street in Little Italy during the annual Feast of San Gennaro several times in my life, I wanted to know who this San Gennaro was. Knowing the 11 day street party was more then zeppoles, bricks of nougat and Italian pride iron-on t-shirts (and Read more…
September 12, 2008
I work around the block from New York eat-stitution Zabar’s. When luck leaves me with 10 minutes to spare before punch-in, I head to 91st street to loiter around the delivery trucks huffing the fresh baked bread ready to be shipped all over the city at Eli’s Vinegar Factory. Photographed Read more…
August 9, 2008
This weekend marked Wok Man’s 1-year anniversary here in New York City. In light of the milestone, the events planner within grabbed the reigns for a fitting commemoration: A New York City Staycation. The celebration began with a New York food staple: the bagel. Although many states and locales attempt Read more…
July 6, 2008
The Wonder Wheel, Coney Island, Brooklyn Tangled up in blue, File under: Frankenstein’s strange sleeping habits Red and blue and yellow, Sedona, Arizona Cuteness in a pile of balls, little K.Z. in Merrick, Long Island Frittata Alla Fiorentina, Counter, East Village, N.Y.C. Brunch perfection. Olive, Teachers College bathroom, Morningside Heights, Read more…
May 8, 2008
Celebrating a very special period in my life, I was treated to a triple-digit all-raw dinner at Pure Food & Wine. Being perpetually broke and an avid thrifter, I am normally critical of such lofty expenditures, even food expenditures. Despite the hefty crew of NYC happy hour socialites toasting pitchers Read more…
April 27, 2008
In my head, I’m still just visiting Brooklyn but I am reclaiming my home bite by bite. Williamsburg’s Alligator Lounge gives out free personal pizza pies with every drink purchase and has long been my compromise of convenience. But the flaked fixings still leave the marinara version lacking. Enter smuggled-in Read more…