I’m gonna have the shiniest coat in the tri-state area after all this the olive oil sampling. A month ago I put together four olive oils with dried flavory bits, and here’s what I ended up with! Left to right, here are the results: Lemon peel and black peppercorns. This is going to sound worse than [...]
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success! flavored olive oils
Posted in recipes, tagged basil, lemon, olive oil, peppers, rosemary on December 1, 2010 | 8 Comments »
corn-battered avocado
Posted in recipes, VeganMoFo, tagged appetizer, avocado, snack, vegan, veganmofo on November 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Inspired by tales of American Vegan Kitchen’s deep-fried avocado (but filled with a hate so, so pure for beer batter), I put together a batter of my own. I’ve been toying with corn batters, and this one works best for me, especially with something as delicate as an avocado. • ¼ c A/P flour • [...]
hearty mofo: veg-n-bean pasta
Posted in recipes, VeganMoFo, tagged beans, pasta, vegan, veganmofo on November 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a trip to my local Mediterranean/Middle Eastern/international grocery, where I found a bag of giant white beans. I’d been searching for Coronas since falling in love with them at Portobello, and while these may not be them, the shopkeeper sold me on them (as shopkeepers are wont [...]
tofufry
Posted in recipes on September 28, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Sometimes I decide on a color for my food and I walk around my kitchen, grabbing anything that’s the right color. It works especially well for pasta and rice dishes, but pizza is pretty too. That’s what I did with my tofu stir-fry, after picking up some Thai basil. I’d never cooked with Thai basil [...]
i’m spicy like that
Posted in general, recipes, tagged spices on September 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
So two vegan bloggers are walking down the sidewalk in the Pearl. One grabs the other’s shoulder, halting her, not even able to speak. What could have so excited her? No, not the Little Big Burger—it’s a new, not-way-the-hell-out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere Penzey’s! I used to have to drive way, way, far away to the suburbs for this, [...]




