Vegan Mapo Tofu for the Tightrope Walk

Still oaring through the bog of cancer treatment. “I can’t complain about it, just gotta keep my balance/ And just keep dancing on it/ We getting funky on the scene/ And you know about it, like a star on the screen/ Watch me tip all on it. Baby whether you’re high or low, baby whether […]

Kamut Whole Wheat Tartine Bread with Self-milled Flour

“Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.” Ursula LeGuin My brother was married this weekend in the vineyard countryside of McMinneville, Oregon. Our family spent days together toasting and toasting and toasting. We ate delicious breads, some of the best I’ve […]

Spiced Kuri Squash Soup and Gingerbread Bundt Cake

Our sweet bulldog is now half-blind. In a Shakespearean twist, her eyeball had to come out last Tuesday. She is adjusting like a champ. We are resorting to pirate costumes to adjust ourselves, but she is in much less pain now without the tumor that had invaded the eye, and so we are grateful. She […]

Spicy Rainbow Tofu Scramble with Toss’ables

Tofu and I have become friends over the years. Healthy friends. Not that meats are mean girls, but, I feel like tofu is the kind of friend who sends you holiday cards decades after you move away. Meats give you reflux on your birthday instead of a card, you know? Tofu is easy to toss […]

Vegan Macaroni and Cheese

I’m not a vegan. But, almost like a sport, I enjoy finding vegan recipes that are delicious. The Edgy Veg by Candice Hutchings is a treasure trove of fabulous vegan hacks of more traditionally carnivorous dishes. I pry open every vegan cookbook with severe skepticism, because so many disappoint. The Edgy Veg does not disappoint. […]

Smoky Carrot Dogs as Vegan Evangelism

Veganism. A science for creative spirits. I turned to this recipe because I had superfluous carrots on hand that needed to be dealt with. They were bothering me as they became limp antithetically in my crisper. I saw this recipe and was like, No Way. No way carrots taste anywhere near as good as a […]