I am a child of the 70s. If nothing else, that means I wish I could wear roller skates all the time. Sadly, I left my skates behind when we moved from New York—five years ago. Enough is enough, I want new skates! But if you thought nonleather shoes were tough to find, try skates. There’s [...]
Archive for April, 2010
xanadu or bust
Posted in on your person, tagged roller skates on April 30, 2010 | 5 Comments »
shortcut tempeh stir-fry
Posted in quick fix on April 28, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I hate marinating. I’ve said it before, I know, but I hate it so much that I’ll never tire of bitching about it. Unless it’s a special—and I mean special—occasion, I don’t want to have to start prep work on my dinner hours ahead. This makes tempeh somewhat challenging. Sure, you can do a cheater [...]
poppy-rock
Posted in recipes, tagged dessert, vegan iron chef on April 21, 2010 | 7 Comments »
In preparation for the Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale (ours benefiting Try Vegan PDX/Vegan Iron Chef), I’ve been messin’ about with tasty experiments. Along with the cinnamon sugar cookies I wanted to take poppy seed cake, but you can’t easily sell slices, what with the poppy seed filling squishing out. What to do? Here’s what I did. Experiment #1: [...]
vegan iron chef!
Posted in general, tagged Portland, vegan iron chef on April 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Tickets have been on sale for like minutes now, so why haven’t you gotten yours yet? Don’t live in Portland and really can’t afford to visit right now? OK, you get a pass. Everyone else, listen up, then get thee to the Try Vegan PDX site, where you can find more info and buy your ticket. [...]




