Obligatory late-February soul-searching and stock-taking
What would my 15-year-old self, newly vegan and knowing exactly two other vegans (one of whom I was related to) living in a Southwestern hellscape and…
chocolate for poetry
I do a lot of barters. I’ve bartered for tomatoes (last year my favorite farmer gave me an almost endless supply of “seconds” tomatoes in exchange…
peanut butter taste test
Well, here goes. As you probably know: My favorite brand of peanut butter, the beloved Arrowhead Mills organic Valencia, recently changed their formula to pump out…
on “ethnic” food
Most essentialist apron ever, yo. Johanna over at Vegans of Color has been talking a lot about “exotification in discussions around vegan food.” Here’s my take…
roger ebert
Can you guess what this is? Yeah, probably what you think, but specifically what kind of what you think? (Hint: it’s not good.) Remember when I…
the revolution is here
HOLY SHIT LOOK AT THIS! My lovely intern Ann pointed me to this: a Natural Gourmet (the cooking school I went to) grad has started her…
Monday Miscellany (+ currants)
So much, it took a whole other day to get it all down: Jezzies talking about leg hair, specifically that of Mo’Nique—-it’s nice to see the…
noodles are my favorite food and noodle is my cat’s name and noodles are noodle’s favorite food too
It seems a break from the past is in order. It’s been a weird few weeks, and an even weirder few before that. Here is everything…
scam rant
Oh my GOD PEOPLE!!!!!! IT HAS BEEN A WEEK. Well, two weeks. SO much to chit about, so much to chat about, so much to whine…
peanut butter CALAMITY (and PB tasting notes)
A few weeks ago in Hawaii, when Jacob and I were on our bi-daily (is there a word for every other day?) hike, we spent the…
