C'est La Vegan

Last week I caught a nasty summer cold and totally lost my appetite.  Every now and then it would rear it’s little head, but when it did, absolutely nothing sounded good to me.  I felt like there was something that I wanted, but I just couldn’t think of what it might be.
I had a bunch [...]

The Boundary Waters in Northern Minnesota, and Sawbill in particular, are very special places for Ryan and his family. Up until the past few years, Ryan had gone there every summer of his life.  I’ve had the pleasure of joining him on several trips, including one where he proposed to me.  We also spent part [...]

For our Hollywood Bowl picnic dessert I decided to try something new.  I remember having a cream cheese-based fruit dip when I was younger, and I set out to try to make a vegan version.  It’s no secret that I love a good fruit tart, and once I found some non-vegan dip recipes to base my version [...]

When I studied abroad in London I was fortunate enough to enjoy several afternoon teas.  I love sweets, I love sandwiches, and I actually prefer tea to coffee, so a classic tea is a little piece of heaven for me.  I know that my love of this tasty ritual informed my menu of baked goods [...]

As I kid I had a huge sweet tooth.  (Who am I kidding?  I still do…)  But back then I could have happily lived on sweets, although I imagine a lot of kids feel that way.  For some reason, though, I was never a huge fan of strawberry shortcake.  I think it was partly because [...]

There’s nothing like a fresh, ripe mango.  I’d never eaten them until probably a few years ago, and I was totally missing out!  I think I was intimidated by not being sure about when they were ripe, and then not knowing exactly the best way to cut them up.  I finally got over all of [...]

I’ve been on a bit of a rhubarb and strawberry kick lately, which you might have noticed.  I can’t get enough of them!  I think I’m making something either strawberry, or rhubarb or both together every week.  This crisp though, is by far one of my favorites.  I make this a lot because it’s so [...]

UPDATE: The Green Lounge event was last night and we had a great time.  We met a ton of really nice people, both guests and vendors.
The highlights of the night were sampling some M Cafe wraps, Large Marge Sustainables kale soup and chickpea salad (both were delicious), and also trying some yummy vegan truffles [...]

When I started seeing rhubarb at the Studio City Farmers’ Market last year, I remembered that when I was little we had a neighbor who grew rhubarb in his garden.  I felt like there was a cake my Mom would make with it, and when I called her she remembered and found the recipe to [...]

Okay, I know there must be people out there who don’t like strawberries, but I’ve never met them.  It seems like this fruit is universally loved (cue the emails and comments of people telling me about strawberry allergies).  I loved strawberries so much as a kid because we only got to really enjoy them during [...]

I used to love me some Irish coffee.  Now I stick to coffee with whiskey (hold the cream), or I make my own with non-dairy cream at home.  When I tasted the batter for this cake, it reminded me of my beloved boozy beverage and instantly transported me to the last time I was in [...]

Continuing with my posts featuring the foods we served at our Oscar party, here’s what we made for the movie “UP” – “UPcakes”!  Like “Up in the Air”, this title was a hard one.  I was looking at the mini cupcakes that I had at the Farmers’ Market a couple Sundays ago and realized that [...]