I was so excited about This Cheese Is Nuts! by Julie Piatt that as soon as it showed up in my mail box, I ran into the kitchen to soak raw almonds and cashews. After the nuts were settled into their water baths, I sat down on the sofa with a cup of tea and […]
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Bourbon Salted Chocolate-Pecan Cluster Nice Cream from YumUniverse Pantry to Plate
Cool of on a hot summer’s day with Bourbon Salted Chocolate-Pecan Cluster Nice Cream from YumUniverse Pantry to Plate by Heather Crosby. I have a lot of vegan cookbooks. Seriously. I should probably enter myself into some sort of 12-step program. None of them have impressed me as much as YumUniverse Pantry to Plate by […]
Latkes from NYC Vegan
Despite the fact that I can see the Empire State Building from my neighborhood, I don’t go into New York City to eat very often, and when I do, I tend to hit up the same restaurants. I went to college in the City, but I went vegetarian while I was at school, so other […]
Vegan Chickpea Taco Salad
I’m a sucker for tacos. I make them at least once a week, and I’m constantly playing with fillings and toppings, so I rarely make the same type twice. I often use the leftovers to make a taco salad the next day, piling the filling on top of a bed of lettuce and tomatoes and garnishing […]
Cannellini Cupcakes with Whipped Parsnip from Sweet, Savory & Free
Gluten, eggs, dairy, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish. These eight foods account for 90% of food allergies (source). If you’re vegan, half of them aren’t a concern, since you don’t eat them anyway. However, the other four could be issues. And even those four foods are pretty tough to exclude from your diet. Soy […]