Full Gastronomic Tilt

So, I’m moved. We’re moved. I’m still adjusting to the ‘we.’ To everything, really.
Penguin didn’t take long to get settled. It took her a minute to get the hang of the stairs, but once she realized it’s basically her personal play space AND that she can announce her presence by stomping down them, she [...]

I used to skip breakfast more mornings than not. An extra-strong cup of coffee would get me through to lunch, if in a jittery way. When I started listening to my body, I heard loud and clear that this was no longer acceptable.
Most days, breakfast is an english muffin, toasted and spread with Earth Balance [...]

A little over three years ago, Mark Bittman, via Jim Lahey, turned the bread baking world on its ear and gave it an impolite finger (I’ll let you imagine which one). Bittman’s New York Times column, The Minimalist, published “The Secret of Great Bread: Let Time Do the Work” and included a recipe for No-Knead [...]

Flip. flip. Flipflip. flip. Cookbook after cookbook. I had agreed to whip something up for a 10 person gathering - mostly vegetarians, one vegan, one gluten allergy. I thought something hearty, warming and fulfilling would be appropriate before extended discussion involving, among other things, community building.
What’s more communal than soup? What’s more friendly, vegan [...]

Listening: Toubab Krewe, Live at the Orange Peel
(A favorite)
Vegan crab cakes. Ponder that for a second. Consider also the fact that Vegenaise tastes enough like mayo to fool even the most hardened sandwich spread devotee. Which I am not. But if I were, I’d be converted.
Vegans are a creative bunch. I mean, they have [...]

Good Monday morning!
I am still knee deep in papers and tests (two weeks to go!), but after missing last week it is a slippery slope. Food in brief must go on!
~ Funny: xkcd skewers Twitter and the mass hysteria building around swine flu.
~ After a successful trek to the Asheville City Market on [...]

EDtF, Day 3.
I am tired.
Wednesdays are late nights for me, as I usually do not get home until 9:00. To be perfectly honest, tonight I was craving something simple, filling and comforting.
In keeping with the spirit of EDtF, I had all the ingredients on hand and it is a recipe I’ve wanted to share since [...]