When I was little, my mom used to make the most wonderful gingerbread with a large dollop of homemade whipped cream on top. She always used fresh ginger which gave it a deliciously spicy punch. It was moist and dense and just sweet enough, with a rich molasses undertone. This gingerbread almost satisfied that nostalgia […]
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Non-Dairy Nogs
I’ve always liked egg nog. I’ve spent many a Christmas Eve with my mom’s side of the family drinking some quite strongly spiked egg nog. When I worked at a coffee shop, we made a holiday egg nog latte. One of my favorite things was to pull a double shot of espresso and pour a […]
Chipotle Chili
The other night I made up this chili recipe and we topped it with the butternut squash salsa I had made the night before. I grew up on green chili stew, which is probably my favorite, and is very different from the tomato based chili to which most Americans are accustomed. Lately, though, I’ve been on a […]
Butternut Squash Salsa
When I was in New York, I had dinner with my friend Emma at Angelica Kitchen. We both had chili and cornbread, which came with a side of a pico de gallo/fresh salsa made with butternut squash instead of tomatoes. I loved this little side dish and have been wanting to try to recreate it […]
Week in Review: Preparing for the Holidays
My dad usually comes out west during the holidays each year. He arrived on Thursday and he will head down to Portland to visit his mother and brothers for about a week. Usually, we have a very low-key Christmas and either go down to Portland to visit my grandmother, or stay here and make a […]
Peppermint Bark
When I used to work as a barista in a coffee shop at the Pike Place Market, we sold peppermint bark as a seasonal holiday treat. As an employee, I got a significant discount on these gift-type items and so I bought some of the peppermint bark to take home to Pittsburgh for my aunt and uncle and my grandmother […]
Vanilla Extract
One of our crafting projects for holiday gifts (quick! family and friends cover your eyes!) was homemade vanilla extract. The first thing we did was locate the materials we needed for the best price possible. We found beautiful 4 oz corked bottles at Specialty Bottle for $1.89 each. We bought a reasonably priced, but good quality […]
Feed the Movement
As the Occupy movement thunders along with no hint of going away anytime soon, there have been some exciting and innovative alternative models emerging for how we relate to one another outside of more typical market economic relations. One of these movements is ‘Feed the Movement’, an informal coalition devoted to donating produce from small, […]
Sidecar for Pigs Peace Bake Sale
Sidecar for Pigs Peace, in case you’re in Seattle and have not visited it, is a tiny 100% vegan grocery store in the University District. It is owned by Pigs Peace Sanctuary, which my mom and Eric and I visited for my birthday this year, and a portion of the proceeds from the store go straight […]
Cookie Mix Jars
On our crafting day last Thursday, Tish and I decided to make cookie mixes in recycled mason jars. There are lots of recipes floating around online for these and we improvised, using some recipes for guidance and creating a veganized recipe that we hope you’ll like. We used 24 oz spaghetti sauce jars. The recipe here […]
