NO Whey! Light Chocolate Delights
posted on 8 February 2010, 4:20 pm
One of the rare things I’ve found missing from my life as vegan is “milk” chocolate.�I run into a lot of “accidentally-vegan” dark chocolate that has certainly widened my scope of chocolate-eating, but not very many people are tackling a vegan chocolate for tho...
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Filipino vegan food in Oakland, CA (USA)
posted on 8 February 2010, 12:39 pm
I think I first stumbled upon No Worries Catering online a while ago, but as it was unclear whether they were still in existence & I’ve never lived near Oakland, CA, it slipped my mind. (EDIT: I may have also been confusing them w/a Filipino vegetarian restaurant somew...
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Fresh Apple Juice. Drink Real. Connect to Your Food.
posted on 8 February 2010, 10:06 am
Fresh Apple Juice from a foam topped glass.Milky golden caramel color.Drifting particles of green and yellow, like sand sifting through a sloshing sea.Real Apple Juice.It's not clear or shiny. It's matte.It doesn't catch the sunlight like a clear glass of water.It's opaque.L...
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Lose the Tube: Fast Fat Free Pesto Recipes
posted on 8 February 2010, 9:00 am
It's still surprisingly to me to see a self-proclaimed "health-oriented happy life" blogger buying "tubes" of blended basil, oil, pine nuts, and citric acid to make a pesto salad (let alone, buying pre-chopped greens). I mean, how long does it......
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Vegan cookbooks: helping folks eat the Other
posted on 8 February 2010, 6:32 am
I’ve written before about exotification in discussions around vegan food, but it’s something I’m always thinking about & that has come up a lot lately. This year I’ve set myself a goal to cook at least one recipe from the many cookbooks I own. Hence I’ve been s...
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All That Glitters...
posted on 8 February 2010, 5:41 am
**Photo essay highlighting the glittering details in the snow, right in my own backyard****Is it snowing where you are? Have you taken the time to notice any subtle, glittering details amidst the piles of snow?**...
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Roasted Jalapeno Poppers
posted on 7 February 2010, 11:33 pm
For me, this is a day of one of America's most popular pagan rituals. It is a day when people gather around the sacred god (otherwise known as "The Flatscreen," "The Tube," or "The Teli"- as my friend from England would say), and watch two opposing tribes battle it out.Per...
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a wok in the snow
posted on 7 February 2010, 3:49 pm
Al fresco dining, anyone?With a few strategic cuts, Dr X's patio table would make a great squirrel igloo. In case you have been leaving in a vaccum, the East Coast – from Philly to Virginia – got hammered Friday night with "Snowmageddon." Philadelphia accumulated 28 inch...
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Super Bowl Snackers Detox Playbook! Recipes and Tips.
posted on 7 February 2010, 3:00 pm
Super Bowl Sunday means super sized snacking! But even if you've blown your day on salty chips, chunky dips and other easy-to-overdo snacks - there's no reason why you can't turn your 'munchies' game plan around at halftime and be feeling healthy and happy by the 4th quarter...
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Saintly Black and Gold Salsa
posted on 7 February 2010, 12:12 pm
I don't usually write about the Superbowl. Heck, I wouldn't usually even know it's going on, but this year it is a Very Big Deal around here. After 43 years, the Saints have made it into their first Superbowl, so there's about 43 years worth of... [Click on the title to v...
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Roasted Red Pepper Scramble
posted on 7 February 2010, 12:02 pm
I’ve been eating some variation of Isa Chandra Moskowitz’s Puttanesca scramble for breakfast almost every day for the last 4 months or so. This morning I was ready to branch out into a world full of new scramble recipes. I thumbed my way through Vegan Brunch looking for ...
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Making Baby Food & Top Chef Giveaway
posted on 7 February 2010, 8:33 am
I have a cool giveaway for you guys!  Just before Christmas I was contacted about hosting a Top Chef giveaway as part of the release of the Top Chef Season 5 DVD. So you, my lovely readers, have a chance to win both of these items:1)  Top Chef Cookbook  (obviously, this ...
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Meet my feline family: Azrael, part 2
posted on 6 February 2010, 11:34 am
This is the second part in Azrael's story: the story of her ill-fated kittens. Difficult to post about but here it is. Azrael had two litters of kittens before I had at least enough sense to realize that I should get her spayed, because no one else was going to do it. Bo...
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Sea Shepherd Shuts Down Antarctic Whaling
posted on 6 February 2010, 5:49 am
[The Sea Shepherd vessel the Bob Barker, blocking the slipway of the Nisshin Maru]Our friends aboard the Sea Shepherd vessel the Bob Barker have found the whaling fleet, and caught up to the Nisshin Maru factory ship. The Bob Barker is blocking the slipway of the factory ...
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Healthy Homemade Dips: Five EZ Recipes. Part 2 of 2.
posted on 5 February 2010, 4:37 pm
It's easy and fun to make healthy homemade dips. Five delicious and colorful flavors: Pure Olive, Roasted Red Pepper Salsa, Green Dream Dip, Maple Sweet Potato and Savory Sunny Mushroom Dip. These dips are also delicious spreads for sandwiches - and your grocery bill: $10. Y...
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Yikes!
posted on 5 February 2010, 11:19 am
We haven't blogged in FOREVER. Eeps. Sorry. That's going to change soon. Mostly it's because I used to do all my blogging while at work (productive use of company resources mmmyes), and now I've changed positions and am super fucking busy during the day, and pooped when ...
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Nasturtium: New Vegan Dinner Party Blossoms in Brooklyn!
posted on 5 February 2010, 11:09 am
[Winegard gives turnips the gourmet treatment.]If you are growing bored of anonymously eating the same dishes at the same old restaurants, Nasturtium might be for you. Nasturtium is the newest vegan dinner party in town. Hosted by Chef Scott Winegard, a friendly six-foot-s...
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Why do girls fear snakes and spiders more? Does it start in infancy?
posted on 5 February 2010, 9:03 am
Text by Sally Kneidel, PhD, of sallykneidel.comPhotos by Alan KneidelSee Alan's blog at http://goodbykneidel.blogspot.com  Photo of gopher snake by Alan KneidelI love snakes. Every time I take a walk around the neighborhood, I stop and examine every squashed snake carcass ...
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Found: Vegan Betaine HCL
posted on 5 February 2010, 8:41 am
I've finally found a vegan source of betaine HCL! After scouring the web and finding only a source in England, I finally happened across a source in the U.S. It's called Quantum Betaine HCL and is manufactured by Premier Research Labs.  The betaine hydrochloric acid is ...
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Five Healthy Super Bowl Dips for $10! Part 1 of 2.
posted on 2 February 2010, 7:30 pm
Newsflash, Super Bowl snacks can be healthy and delicious! So even if you've decided to plop down on the couch and happily claim the title couch potato for a day - at least you can munch on some healthy snacks that won't bore you (ie, the bean dip, salsa, bean dip, cheese di...
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