July 24, 2023
With just a few days left in Brooklyn, I headed to Williamsburg, Brooklyn–my home of 7 years in the early 2000’s. I severely needed a haircut, yes, but I also wanted to have a few tastes… Garden Carver would be my first stop. After reading that they called themselves a Read more…
May 7, 2023
After a wrong turn, we headed to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. So of course I had to cross off a couple of eats from my list… First, Happy Zoe Vegan Bakery. This place and its treats have that 90’s feel, the kind that reminds me of the old days. I got a Read more…
December 9, 2022
Love that Wegmans semi-sweet chocolate chips are vegan! Some Thai dumplings from Jai Dee by my job My custom-made vegan kicks while the train pulls in–the perks of my guy owning a skate shop A brisk and crispy morning in Brooklyn I love finding old cars Tofu doing its thing Read more…
February 13, 2022
It’s been a minute since I was at Modern Love in Brooklyn. So having a hair appointment in Williamsburg, I met up with old friends for some food and libations. These big fat fried housemade mozzarella balls (ain’t that a series of amazing words?) have been on my list for Read more…
October 30, 2021
Haab in Williamsburg, Brooklyn has a nice chunk of vegan options on its menu. Perfect for a last blast of sweet sunshine before Autumn freezes over in characteristic quickness. Seeing my ol’ pal after I get my hair cut is a new tradition since it’s really the only time I Read more…
September 7, 2021
Before the Autumn breeze, some more scenes from a Summer. Bridge stalking… Somebody’s watching me Sign of the times Happy to be a brunette again! A stop for dim sum at Tofubox after my haircut in Williamsburg, Brooklyn I made my 90’s concert stubs into a fabric… 💖 Homemade marshmallows Read more…
February 15, 2021
Staying close to home this school recess–reluctantly–I have the goal of whittling down my list of area eateries to hit. There are so many vegan sandwiches to try! Because I am the lone mouth of this blog, it’d have to be one day at a time. 🤤 First: The Pig Read more…
July 12, 2020
Kokomo is a fresh new Caribbean spot in Williamsburg with an ample selection of clearly labeled vegan options. It was all abuzz when I door-busted at opening time and continued to draw a wait the entire time I dined. After a long day of exploring in three of the five Read more…
December 27, 2019
A reoccurring topic of conversation at family get-togethers is the state of film today. How the young have swiftly diminishing means of experiencing depth and quality, the depth and quality that marked our upbringing, the endless pool of movie references we speak like a language. I bring this up because Read more…
December 23, 2019
Though vegan food is popping up everywhere, I am most excited about high quality (emphasis added) vegan food popping up. Please don’t cite recent additions of fast food restaurants offering vegan options as progress. A.T.M. Vegan Deli, a counter at the event space Kinfolk 90 in Williamsburg, is all-vegan and Read more…
December 10, 2019
Here it is! The battle that decides which tofu-based vegan fried chicken would move into the Finals. The Finals!! I’ve said a lot about both Superiority Burger and Chickpea & Olive in previous posts, so I’m going to jump right in and let them go at it. Superiority Burger, East Read more…
November 3, 2019
Moving swiftly towards a vegan fried chicken crown, I give you Battle 6! The formidable Chickpea and Olive faces off versus new jack Petisco Vegano, a new lower east side all-vegan spot who, like Honeybee’s, were placed in Round 2 without a previous win, yes (like Hartbreakers), but also without Read more…
September 23, 2019
The Warby Parker store opening in Williamsburg, Brooklyn has Stephen Powers all over it. ❤️ Bask within it while I am overwhelmed by September as I usually am. To Fall… and to Getting Up.
July 30, 2019
Williamsburg has a new little food court in the thick of the area’s hullabaloo, North 3rd Street Market, and it has some good vegan options! Manhattan’s delicious all-vegan Mexican Jajaja has a Brooklyn outpost there. Since it was Tuesday, I had to make it a Taco Tuesday. Everything is so Read more…
July 24, 2019
Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal is heavily polluted. The vivid colors of its contaminants caught my eye this day. It was like a Jackson Pollack canvas moving down the water’s surface. Is it horrible that I love how this looks? Yes, yes it is. Brooklyn-beautiful. Not beautiful-beautiful. My bridge in a delightful Read more…
July 7, 2019
I’ve appreciated the burger wizardry of Chickpea & Olive for many years… and was excited to try Sol Sips, an all-vegan eatery in Bushwick owned by a 23 year old that has a lot of buzz. But this is a vegan victuals food battle! It’s the food that does the Read more…
November 10, 2018
This is the numerical expression I use to decide on how many dim sum plates to order when x represents the quantity of diners. This is how I know that the dim sum dishes at Dim Sum Bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn are smaller than traditional dim sum plates, like in Read more…
April 5, 2018
That’s a flyer from the zine I made in the 90’s. Yes, I always liked to hear myself write. And that’s 90’s me… but this isn’t a post about how the 90’s were the last hurrah of authenticity and coolness, though that is truth. It’s about burgers. One from a Read more…
October 3, 2016
Fogwood & Fig vs. No. 7 Veggie It’s not surprising that Diane Bezanski has a background in photography. If the images of her veggie burgers, under the name Fogwood & Fig, were all I had, they might still win a few battles. It is true that you eat with your eyes Read more…
December 17, 2015
Match #8 of the V.V. Burger Showdown: The Battle of Charmed Timing. Cafe Ghia vs. Cinnamon Snail Gentrification surrounding the L-train stops has been happening for decades. 20 years ago, as a straggly teenager who frequented the original Domesy’s Warehouse on Kent, I walked through Williamsburg’s then shady streets to pay for my Read more…
January 18, 2015
How beautiful, a coconut. In each part and in all its forms. The meat of a coconut–rich, buttery in a way that no other plant food is. And what a wonderful idea to make jerky from that hearty, nutrient-packed coconut flesh. Thankfully CocoBurg, a Brooklyn-based maker of three varieties of raw, vegan, Read more…
May 11, 2014
Dewy mornings in the backyard are a weekend highlight. During the week I leave at sunrise. So although I get to watch the sunrise from the train platform, I can’t check in on the Spring goings-on in the backyard. On the weekend I can see all the activities. Foraging ants, specks of umber Read more…
May 8, 2014
I was so delighted to learn that Dr. Cow, delicious vegan cheesemakers, had opened up the front of their production space, creating the area’s first specialty vegan cheese shop. With cheese from the trees on the rise, it is a delight to visit and chat with the sweet Ms. Dr. Cow… Read more…
January 13, 2013
After another day of moving stuff at my apartment, a well-earned lunch at Bliss Grand. I wanted to come back for their Seitan Taquito. I ordered the large plate which included sauteed greens. The dish as a whole was super-salty. The greens and the Daiya-filled taquito needed something to balance Read more…
January 5, 2013
There’s a lot I won’t miss about Brooklyn. Hipsters. Transplants. Or worse, hipster transplants. But I will miss the food. After a long morning of hauling 8 years of stuff out my apartment, CP and I needed a satisfying lunch. We needed carbohydrates, and plenty of them. We needed Bliss Read more…
September 18, 2012
Don’t you wish you can step behind the counter sometimes, take a restaurant’s menu and create vegan options with their raw materials? Sneak in fresh-made vegan whip, wipe the waffle grill with softened Earth Balance, caramelize their bananas? I want to do that at Waffle and Wolf, a new Dutch taco Read more…