"Reinventing Indulgence" One meal at a time!
I have been experimenting with many herbs over the past few months- some as teas, infusions, decoctions and tinctures… and others in cooking. I am excited to be immersed in an Herbal Studies program at American College of Healthcare Science, ACHS. I first learned of sorrel, Rumux acetosa, in a raw foods class at the Natural Gourmet Institute in NYC. I […]
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Forbidden? Yes.. and impossible to find! Well.. not really once you learn what it is. I usually find that when I come across a new food that I didn’t even know exist, that I soon after begin to see it everywhere. This was so the case with black rice. I heard about it though a friend on Facebook. It looked […]
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Why do I call it a meatless meatloaf? Why not just a veggie loaf, mushroom loaf or quinoa loaf? I think for two reasons really. One, I am challenged by and have seen many recreations of staple foods from when I was a kid. I can certainly throw down many vegan chicken and vegan Italian recipes! But meatloaf- it was […]
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How could something that looks like a plastic toy that I had as a kid to shape clay aka Play-Doh — make me so happy? More importantly, why have I never experienced this before. This is why when I go out for dinners to friends or restaurants, that everything seems to look so fancy. It’s like I missed the spiralizer […]
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“What’s your favorite vegan restaurant in NYC? ” I asked to a vegan gentleman in my class last year. He said Kajitsu – hands down! I have tried many attempts to get in that quite frankly, I gave up! Luckily for me, my friends have more persistence. I think actually, I just worked too much so perhaps my schedule didn’t allow flexibility. […]
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Nothing like a contest to get my creative juices flowing! This time it’s to win a Vitamix! The contest is at ThisIsStory.com. Lately, I have been in a straight up peanut butter mood. I would normally say almond butter, but I was out this time. I felt like having a hearty AND deliciously rich smoothie shake! I call this the […]
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Vegetable Soup Tonic It’s snowing here in New York- well, actually it’s a blizzard! There is really nothing better to do in these conditions but stay inside and keep warm. I was debating between making a juice or salad and then this overwhelming desire came over me to make something warm. I guess because I’m really cold especially in the […]
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I love making lasagna and have mastered it quite often and in all different ways- regular meat lasagna (yes before I went vegan), vegetarian lasagna, vegan lasagna, pasta-less lasagna and even raw lasagna! So I decided to have a mini vegan get together and I do not know what happened! I guess I got confused with all my lasagnas. I […]
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NYC’s newest lesbian venue and only lesbian restaurant – I had to go of course! THE DALLOWAY. My friend was visiting from London and wanted to catch dinner and drinks tonight so off we went to SOHO’s latest talk of the town. The Dalloway, name inspired from a Virginia Woolf novel, was all that and more than I had expected. […]
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For years I have been making coquito… from of course… a Puerto Rican recipe! This was a “secret” recipe from my friend’s Grama! Grama’s do hold all the secret recipes- don’t they? My friend walked me through it a few times in the beginning and then off I went rolling out Puerto Rican Christmas gifts! I have to say thank […]
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