Monthly Archives: September 2009

I got the following e-mail to share with you. “Hi –We want to let you and your readers know about an exciting contest we at Nature’s Path are hosting with Everyday with Rachael Ray called “My Path to Sustainable Living.” We are searching for people who understand the importance of giving back, sustainability and theContinue reading “Sustainability Contest! Win $5,000 for you plus $5,000 for charity and more!”

Last week we went to dinner at Kajitsu in the East Village in NYC. Here’s the info from their website: “Kajitsu serves shojin cuisine, an ancient Japanese cuisine developed in Zen Buddhist monasteries. Following the Buddhist principle of not taking life, Shojin cuisine does not use meat or fish. Meals are prepared from fresh, inContinue reading “Vegan Buddhist Japanese in NYC”

I was reading Dan Brown’s, The Lost Symbol *and I was struck by the fact that veganism seems to pass the prerequisites for an ideology to qualify as religion (disclaimer, I am not actually suggesting veganism is a religion, just bear with me…) ABC. Assure, Believe, Convert. Veganism assures good health, believes in compassion toContinue reading “Meatless Mondays – Creamy Pasta Fazool”

Cancer bites. A big part of the reason that keeps me vegan is fear of cancer, or rather a stubborn refusal to ever get it. As you may know, my father died of colon cancer a few years ago, my paternal grandmother died of brain cancer, and my aunt and grandfather had some skin cancer.Continue reading “Cancer bites.”

Yup, it’s yet another totally vegan, but totally meaty meal. I found some organic spelt vegan english muffins and I am still experimenting with the various vegan cheeses. I got some cheddar style teese with my last order from pangea so here’s a sausage and teese breakfast sammich. It would probably be even better withContinue reading “Vegan sausage and cheese super muffin”

It’s already halfway through the month and I haven’t popped in a blog post yet? I’m not saving up ideas for this year’s MoFo in October, though I should. I’ve been cooking much of the usual, which isn’t very blog worthy and for some reason I’m on a rice and beans kick. So here’s whatContinue reading “Random stuff about menu engineering, Buffy, and vegan meet up”