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the 24 days of christmas...and beer. 29 Nov 2011 | 04:15 pm
apparently, i need to go back through all of my posts and update my photos because blogger and google conspired to make returning to this blog a royal PITA. in the meantime... even though NYC hit a r...
regretsgiving: don't call it a mofo. 29 Nov 2010 | 02:24 am
wow. i really failed at veganmofo...AGAIN. if i separately posted everything i cooked yesterday, i'd get myself up to 7 total entries. including this one, i'd be up to 8. i can think of a lot of excus...
veganmofo #4: gravy for breakfast. 14 Nov 2010 | 09:43 am
isa's punk rock chickpea gravy is the move. i haven't had it in forever and i made a batch a couple of days ago. forethought really paid off for me this morning because i had a late friday night out a...
veganmofo #3: when in doubt, hash it. 12 Nov 2010 | 05:58 am
i'm enjoying a rare weekday off today, thanks to my father and countless other veterans, and i've earmarked a good portion of it for cooking and baking. and the requisite cleaning that comes along wit...
veganmofo #2: mushroom & artichoke risotto! 3 Nov 2010 | 03:14 pm
i pretty much guilted myself into making some food tonight so i could do a veganmofo post. despite the fact that i have lesson plans to write, quizzes to grade, grad school to study for, and sleep to ...
veganmofo #1: what a goddamn failure. 3 Nov 2010 | 07:30 am
i had grand plans, i think, floating around in my head. and then i got super tired and had a crummy yoga class and came home and was FAMISHED, so i threw some whole wheat bowties in a pot of boiling ...
denver: i went. i ate. i left, albeit begrudgingly. 20 Aug 2010 | 03:56 am
denver is such an awesome city. i truly fell in love with it when i visited. and i feel like there is a real sense of historic pride in lots of denver merchants, which i found really endearing. lots o...
uglyfood. 7 Jan 2010 | 02:54 pm
i am convinced that the uglier food is the better it tastes. case in point: this quickly-throw-together mix of marinated artichokes, kalamata olives, shiitake & maitake mushrooms, lemon, garlic & red...
post-new year's day prosperity induction 3 Jan 2010 | 08:58 am
so, i know you're supposed to eat beans & greens on new year's day, but i was feeling all kinds of self-loathy and lame yesterday and could only muster up the energy to eat my leftover new year's eve ...
things i love this summer #4 9 Sep 2009 | 01:48 pm
CORN! corn is one of my favorite foodstuffs and i'll eat it prepared just about every way i can think of. lately, i've just been typewritering it off the cob, raw. when it's sweet corn, it's a super-d...