May 5th, 2009

This recipe really makes me wish I knew how to take a food picture. Sometimes it’s hard to believe how bad I am at it. Let complaining about that be a clue as to how much I like this recipe which I modified from “The New Vegan Cookbook.”
Ingredients
2 medium sweet potatoes
2 tablespoons corn oil
salt [...] [...]
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May 5th, 2009

This weekend I had the pleasure of being in Watkins Glen, NY for the Green Grand Prix (more on that here). Despite the area being wonderfully pretty, just off of Seneca Lake, one of the largest of the Finger Lakes, Watkins Glen was also a cute town.
Both nights I ended up eating at a [...] [...]
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April 21st, 2009

Recently, I’ve been trying to work my way through a small batch of POM Wonderful pomegranate juice. I don’t have that much of it, but it’s lasted longer than any juice that’s every been in my fridge. Why?
POM is really strong stuff. It doesn’t look very intimidating sitting on the shelf in a little [...] [...]
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April 1st, 2009

The other day I was thinking about how much I liked Nutter Butters, and I decided to drop Nabisco a line to see what kind of sugar they used in their products. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to have any sort of consistent practice. This is probably to due different production facilities, suppliers, and prices, [...] [...]
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March 30th, 2009

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau’s The Joy of Vegan Baking is one of the best cookbooks I have seen in a long time. Not only does it focus on baking, but it takes a practical and “demystifying” approach to the subject.
The cookbook begins with a quick chapter on the hows of vegan baking. Patrick-Goudreau takes us first [...] [...]
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