Calling all out-of-work vegan baking enthusiasts living in Portland, Oregon! Sweetpea Baking Co. is hiring an early morning (read: 4am start time) baker. This sounds like so much fun to me and if I lived in Portland, I might consider this as a second career choice. Here are the details It sounds like as part of […]
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Beet, Fennel & Pomegranate Kale Salad
I’ve never been a big fan of beets, but I have set my mind to deciding to like them. About 7 or 8 years ago, I made a conscious decision to start liking olives and capers. I had always avoided them like the plague, but one day I went to the olive bar at Whole Foods […]
Thinking about the New Year
Happy 2012 everyone! I’m sorry I’ve been such a sporadic blogger over the last two weeks. The Holidays We’ve had lots going on (as I’m sure everyone has). First, it was madly racing to get holiday packages out the door to family and friends not living in Seattle. My dad arrived in Seattle on Dec. […]
Please Sue Dick Hughes, Dow Chemical
Remember back in October, when I went to New York for a visit… I blogged about the great work that Dick Hughes is doing to bring to light the lasting impacts (through generations of Vietnamese and Americans) of the use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. For those not familiar with the history of Agent […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Thoughts on ‘Animals Make Us Human’
No time for a post yesterday–I was reading the last of Animals Make Us Human, by Temple Grandin before heading off to a workshop with her at the University of Washington. This was a very unique opportunity to sit down in a room with no more than a dozen people and engage in a […]
Veganize Thanksgiving Recipe Challenge
Thanksgiving is just around the corner and I am already thinking about awesome vegan foods to prepare. Recent recipe posts that would fit nicely on any Thanksgiving table include: mushroom gravy, roasted red potatoes, apple-pear pie and apple-pear crisp. I’m ready to take on a challenge! What Thanksgiving dish would you like to see veganized? […]
Changes to the Site
Just a heads up. I’m making some changes to the site over the next couple of days. Mainly, I’m switching to a different web hosting mechanism so that I will have more flexibility in what the site can do. The first change I’m planning to implement once the shift to the new host is complete […]