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Archive for July, 2008

what’s this? progress?

Posted in general, tagged on July 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »

There actually is some good news out there! Vermont has just become the tenth state to allow K-12 students to opt out of classroom dissection.  The state I grew up in passed a dissection alternatives act in 2000…nine years after I was done with school. So, like most of us, I have dissected several animals: the [...]

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beater-lickin’ good

Posted in general, tagged , on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

What did I have for lunch today? A leftover chickpea cutlet and way too much frosting. No, not together. I made a batch of fluffy buttercream frosting from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World and there were these beaters with frosting on them. And a spatula too. What was I going to do, wash the frosting off? I [...]

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the basics: soymilk & friends

Posted in general, tagged on July 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Since I started this blog, a few friends have come out as veg-curious. Cookbooks are great for ideas, as are blogs (check out the links to your right), but before walking down that path you seem to find yourself walking down, you want the basics. The stuff-I’ll-eat-this-week basics. And dairy is one of the basics. The [...]

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if you happen to be in portland

Posted in general, tagged on July 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I found it! At Zupan’s Market, the fancy-pants grocery store, which doesn’t smell at all like mold or urine, I found the instant espresso powder I use in my blendy coffee drink. It was only $3.69—the jar looks tiny, but it goes a long way. I got it at the Uptown one, at fancy-pants W [...]

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american cookin’

Posted in general, tagged , , , on July 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »

So there’s no red, white, and blue jello mold. No hot dogs on the grill or potato salad. But after cooking today, I did look at it and think, “That’s so American…sort of.” Dinner doesn’t get much more square than this. That is clearly a meat, starch, and a veg. The meat is my first [...]

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