Eesh. It's been too long. And, since I'm too busy and unmotivated to write but still have info. and ideas I want to pass along, here's a new format that I'm going to work on: I'm just gonna pass on good stuff.
Inspired by one of my new Yoga buddies from the Yoga Teacher Training course I'm enrolled in, here's a link to a wonderful website chock full of vegan recipes: The Post Punk Kitchen. The Post Punk Kitchen was created, long ago in cyber-space time (2003) by Isa Chandra Moskowitz as a fun vegan cooking show. Back then Moskowitz was helped by friend Terry Hope Romero and they went on to host this website and write a number of truly excellent vegan cookbooks together.
I love the site and their cookbooks because
1. the recipes are uninformly excellent.
2. the recipes are easy.
3. the books are beautiful and are witty and fun reads - fun to read even when the last thing you want to do is find a recipe to cook.
I'm not vegan - my vegan experiment lasted a month but I treasure this website and the books by Moskowitz and Romero that grace my bookshelf: Veganomicon and Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar. One of these days I'll surely order who Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World if only for the title and cupcake porn.
Should you include animal products in your diet, I still highly recommend this website and these books.
3 comments:
Isa Moskowitz's cookbooks are awesome! I found one of her cookie recipes online, since I was trying to avoid dairy and minimize eggs in my diet. I have since bought two of her cookbooks -- well, maybe three since I left one in a grocery cart once. She is wonderful at offering substitutions for some ingredients. I love that she uses maple syrup to sweeten some foods, as we like the flavor and that is local for us! My coworkers can attest to the quality of the recipes -- they don't look or taste like the stereotypical vegan recipes. Oh -- and she has a wonderful sense of humor too! Okay, I think I have said enough!
I started with her "Vegan with a Vengeance" which is not posted here. Get a copy if you can find it!
It's hard to not go on about these books, Sandy! :) I love the humor in them, too. The very first recipe I made was a chocolate cake (for my birthday a few years ago) and no one was able to guess it was vegan! BTW, I'm using maple syrup almost exclusively when I bake these days - local and minimally processed. ;)
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