The vegan bible: Vegan Planet

January 17th, 2008
Vegan Planet

Have you ever wondered how to find vegan versions of some of the most standard meals? Look no further than this book: Vegan Planet. I was given this book a while ago and I haven’t even scratched the surface. Not only are the recipes good, but there are so many of them that this book [...]

Easy, Moist Scones

January 6th, 2008
Easy, Moist Scones

Moist is an important quality in scones, I feel. The most common complaint about one of my most favorite foods is that they are dry and crumbly, and people just don’t like that. I can appreciate a good, dry scone every so often, but I much prefer something moist when I pick up a scone. [...]

Aloo Gobi: An Indian delight

January 3rd, 2008

I have an interesting relationship with Indian food. I’d never really eaten any for much of my life. Last summer I found myself in Japan with a friend, traveling around and needing to eat out. The most difficult thing about eating out in Japan isn’t explaining that you’re a vegan, it’s that they don’t tend [...]

Ben’s Vegan Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Banana Cookies

December 26th, 2007
Vegan chocolate chip cookies!

After my last post about the recipe exchange, I thought it would be fun to share with you all the same recipe I shared with my recipe exchangers. This recipe holds a special place in my heart because of a few things: it was my first real attempt at social cooking (and it worked fantastically) [...]

Winter Recipe Exchange

December 25th, 2007
Happy festivus!

Recently I received one of the most interesting and delightful emails I’d gotten in a while. Flatteringly enough, it came from two friends nearly simultaneously; it was an invitation to participate in a holiday recipe exchange. It looked something like this: Hey there! Happy holidays, blah blah blah. 1. My super friend my.super.friend@dartmouth.edu 2. Oh [...]