Bean and corn fritters
on Nov 20, 2009 in squash beans fritters chickpea flour artichokes My son thinks it's amazing and stupid (amazingly stupid?) that I've never made microwave popcorn; it seems perfectly reasonable to me since I've never owned a microwave. This has come up because lately I've been thinking about, and wanting popcorn, a...

Stuffed squash / squash muffins
on Nov 15, 2009 in squash vegan table muffins ginger Those gorgeous winter squashes are just so hard to resist, sitting there all colorful and shapely in bins and boxes at farmers markets and coops. There's a growing collection of squash at our house that we all know should be used, but no one wants to...

Holiday foods cooking class / herb-infused spiced cranberry-orange relish
on Nov 11, 2009 in vegan Thanksgiving cranberries Planters peanuts Almond tuilles with pumpkin mousseWhen I was very young, my family had a habit of going out to dinner on Sunday night — and I don't use the word 'habit' lightly. We went to a Chinese restaurant in Philadelphia's Chinatown, and then to my cousin's h...

Uwajimaya / tamarind-tofu-cabbage-bowl
on Nov 7, 2009 in uwajimaya rice My cousin is an only child, and I am one of three siblings - not that any of us are children anymore, but we were. He had a LOT of toys, and he didn't like to share. My cousin lived in a large four bedroom row-house with his parents and our grandpare...

Bread, pizza - fast and delicious / kale salad
on Nov 3, 2009 in salad artisan bread edamame bread kale Last night I attended a book talk by Zoë François who is on tour promoting her book, "Healthy Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, which she co-wrote with Jeff Hertzberg. I'm not such a big bread eater but I do love to bake bread. I like to experim...

It's November / veganmofo wrap
on Nov 1, 2009 in veganmofo 2009 I meant to do my Vegan Mofo wrap-up before October ended but here it is only one day late. This was my first mofo, and the most I've ever blogged in one month. The part that was most exciting for me was finding and reading so many blogs I'd never see...

Breads and speculoos / veganmofo 2009
on Oct 30, 2009 in veganmofo 2009 fast bread speculoos I want to say upfront that I haven't been sent a review copy of the cookbook I'm about to mention (darn - I'd love to review it). It's just that the authors have developed a bread baking style that fits perfectly with the theme of this blog. Followin...

Speculoos smoothie, veganmofo 2009
on Oct 30, 2009 in veganmofo 2009 speculoos smoothie When I was a child, once a year my mother used to buy ginger snap cookies in an rustle-y orange paper sack. These cookies were only available in October. They were large and flat and crackled on top.They seemed very hard and crunchy on the outside bu...

Buffy / random food / veganmofo 2009
on Oct 29, 2009 in veganmofo 2009 Buffy got groomed today and she looked so cute I had to give her some blog space. Buffy is at least 16 years old and holding her own quite well. She's still sweet and playful. I found her at the Humane Society when she was three, and she's been with...

A Vegan Table / win $25,000 / veganmofo 2009
on Oct 27, 2009 in cauliflower contest vegan table lentils I got a new cookbook for my birthday — "The Vegan Table" by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau — and we've started giving it a try. My husband found the can of artichoke hearts I bought to make a Turkish dish, and he made red lentil artichoke stew from Col...