A head of cauliflower is an impressive thing. Delicate yet sturdy, appealingly brain-like, pale, textured, and nestled in darling little leaves. Most cauliflower recipes call for chopping, or even mincing the florets to resemble rice, but roasting the vegetable whole makes for an elaborate-looking and substantial dish that’s simple enough … Read more
My weekend schedule this past week was the chillest one I’ve had in a while, post-holidays. I did the household groceries on Friday along with the exhausted parents and their cart-fuls of babies, and we went to see a much-loved local blues singer Saturday night, had brunch with a friend’s … Read more
These cookies. They are crowd-pleasers in the “everyone-can-eat-them-and-boy-howdy-everyone-will” kind of way. They are gluten-free, vegan, nut-free, and soy-free. Whenever we have a gluten-averse guest I make these cookies, and they are usually gone by breakfast the next day (yes, we sometimes eat cookies for breakfast in my household – it … Read more
I also worked at a health food store with a “staff shelf” policy, where anything not pretty enough to be sold (bruised, wilted, containing a single moldy berry in a pint of fruit) ended up free for the taking. I was remarkably spoiled when it came to cheap and fresh … Read more
I should mention right off the bat that this is the first Banana Cream Pie that I have ever eaten. I went vegan at 16, and I was an unadventurous eater living in a small-ish town growing up, so the oh-so exotic Vegan Banana Cream Pie was one of the … Read more
Do you ever find a flavour combination that you just want to throw in everything? Lavender and lemon should become one. It’s floral without being cloying, spring-y without relying on a marshmallow gimmick, sweet but with baggage. To give you the undersell, it’s nice and I think you’ll like it. … Read more