Year: 2008

announcements

I Have Apples, Yes I Do!

So in a fit of what can only be called madness, I bought a bushel of apples.  Now, I must eat these apples… So I am going to start cooking apples…  Apple cakes, apple muffins, apple sauces, apple pies, apple main courses, apple sides. What I want from you all are suggestions…  Give me your […]

recipes, vegetarian

Butternut Squash/Apple Ravioli

This Sunday was play in the kitchen day.  When I went shopping, the local stores were overflowing with squash and pumpkins and gourds as far as the eye can see.  I really want to eat seasonale, so I knew exactly what I would be cooking.  10 recipes, 2 big pumpkins, 3 sugar pie pumpkins, and 5 butternut squash later […]

recipes, vegan, vegetarian

Seitan Slow Cooker Style

Before my descent into veganism, I used to love to make short ribs and pork and roast in the slow cooker.  As someone does not eat meat, I can still savor the memory of pork so tender it had to be scooped up because it would fall apart when pricked by a fork or delicious […]

announcements, recipes, vegan, vegetarian

Chipotle Seitan “Sausages”

This is my entry for the iBuyBarbecues grill contest.  This recipe makes “faux” hot dogs from seitan, a dough made of wheat gluten. Chipotle Seitan Sausages     1 1/2 cups vital wheat gluten     1/4 cup nutritional yeast     2 tablespoons chipotle powder     1 tablespoon kosher salt     1 tablespoon garlic powder     1/2 […]

reviews, vegan, vegetarian

Cauliflower Manchurian

It was a chance encounter that first led me to Masalas, an authentic Indian restaurant near my local Whole Foods. I had no idea that a simple grocery run would, in the end, leave me literally so full I could not have had another bite. The building that Masalas currently occupies used to be a […]

announcements, food and life, food media

Omnivore’s 100

Don’t worry, Part 2 of How to Make Tofu That Doesn’t Suck is coming, but I didn’t realize I had never posted my Omnivore’s 100: 1. Venison 2. Nettle tea 3. Huevos rancheros 4. Steak tartare 5. Crocodile 6. Black pudding 7. Cheese fondue 8. Carp 9. Borscht 10. Baba ghanoush 11. Calamari 12. Pho […]